Community Tasting Notes 21

• parkline_wine Likes this wine: 94 points

  February 25, 2024 - Really great. Other reviewers are right - something vaguely Burgundian about this Pomerol.. really subtle and earthy but still beautiful balance emerged after about 30-1hr of air. Kept improving throughout the night. Yummy

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• S.Wayne wrote: 89 points

  August 25, 2023 - Dark garnet, bricking
  Aromatics medium +. Earth, menthol, shoe leather, cigarette ash, old wood and some green bell pepper.
  Palate has a medium body. Acid medium +. Tannins medium +, coarse grained but well integrated. Alcohol medium. Dry old black cherry. Dark cocoa. Mild green bell pepper
  Finish has a medium length. Balanced
  Dry glass notes of pyrazines
  Well made, 37 year old Bordeaux. Still has acid, good structure but all headed towards tertiary.
  Drink now

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• dsamuel wrote: 89 points

  August 22, 2023 - Double blind tasting
  Medium garnet with extensive bricking
  Medium plus aromas of dried red fruit but dominated by tertiary aromas of old furniture/ leather / tobacco - savory notes - no noticeable oak aromas
  Medium bodied with palate of red fruit/ plum and possible tomato
  Medium plus acidity and medium plus perfectly integrated tannins and medium alcohol
  I called this Brunello based on the savory notes and IMO absence of any pyrazinic qualities - I find aged wines to integrate over times
  Not my style of wine due to lack of fruit but definitely well integrated and well made
  Drink now

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• vagrantone Likes this wine: 87 points

  June 27, 2023 - I don't fully share the enthusiasm for this wine.
  Yes. It's a balanced and well-crafted wine, but 1986 was as strong on the right bank as it was on left.
  What is missing is the textural richness, generosity and length that you should expect from a very good Pomerol estate in a good vintage.
  It does make for a very good dinner wine though.
  Drink over next 3 years.

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• cos65 Likes this wine: 96 points

  March 26, 2021 - Deep ruby black with just a hint of garnet at the rim
  Beautifully sweet black walnut currant fruit with a hint of smoke. Perfect balance right now in this bottle. Rather perfect claret.
  Worth a search.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 1986
• Type Red
• Producer Château Certan de May
• Varietal Red Bordeaux Blend
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country France
• Region Bordeaux
• SubRegion Libournais
• Appellation Pomerol

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• In Cellars 235 (59%)
• Consumed 163 (41%)

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