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Manage Subscriptions1990 Vieux Château Certan
Red Bordeaux Blend
- France
- Bordeaux
- Libournais
- Pomerol
Community Tasting Notes 99
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dream Likes this wine: 95 points
April 13, 2024 - Open and fully mature with a wonderful layered texture and loads of VCC complexity. Very buoyant and flavorful for a VCC with lovely flavors of bluish fruits and cigar box. Really stood out as being a special wine this evening. Commanderie BYOB Pomerol dinner.
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Burgnick Likes this wine: 90 points
October 30, 2023 - Aromatic nose but palate was a bit thin and monolithic.
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Kemo Sabe Likes this wine: 94 points
July 9, 2023 - Firing. Leather, saddle, pencil shavings, blue fruit, plums, a hint of cigar. The texture is pure silk. Solid depth and just so much nuance. VCC is always one of my favorite producers and the 90 is in the zone.
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Katzbrd Likes this wine: 96 points
June 3, 2023 - This really impressed from the get go. Seemed to be at peak - fully resolved with perfumed nose, silky red fruits, and tertiary notes of cigar and cut grass emerging with time in the glass. On the sweeter side with red/black currants and cherry fruit profile. Light mouthfeel with ethereal power - dare I say almost burgundian. Lively and pronounced tannins in beautiful balance with the fruit profile. Really enjoyed this bottle.
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liber wrote: flawed
April 1, 2023 - 8th of 12 and CORKED......grrrrrh!!!
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By Neal Martin
Pages in the Photo Album: Vieux Château Certan 1928-2013 (Mar 2022), 3/1/2022 (link)(Vieux Château Certan Vieux Château Certan Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By John Gilman
Mar/Apr 2019, Issue #80, Another Look At the 1989 and 1990 Bordeaux - Twin Vintages Have Taken Different Paths With Age(Vieux Château Certan) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
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By John Gilman
Jul/Aug 2012, Issue #40, The Annual Champagne and Sparkling Wine Report(Vieux Château Certan) Subscribe to see review text.
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By John Gilman
Jul/Aug 2009, Issue #22, Vieux Château Certan: A Legendary Pomerol Marching to its Own Beat(Vieux Château Certan) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Stephen Tanzer
The 1990 Clarets...To Have and To Hold (Nov 1993), 11/1/1993 (link)(Vieux Château Certan Vieux Château Certan) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Lyle Fass
10/10/2007 (link)(Chateau Vieux Chateau Certan) The VCC was a puppy but a precocious puppy. The Cabernet Franc was really showing at this point in its life with herbal berry fruit on the nose and also on the palate. Had a grapey quality to the fruit which I really enjoyed but oh man was this wine young. What I loved about this wine was how understated, pretty and elegant it was. The finesse and delineation were amazing. This needs many years but when it gets going it should be a stunner.
Wine Definition
- Vintage 1990
- Type Red
- Producer Vieux Château Certan
- Varietal Red Bordeaux Blend
- Designation n/a
- Vineyard n/a
- Country France
- Region Bordeaux
- SubRegion Libournais
- Appellation Pomerol
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 4 (0%)
- In Cellars 892 (60%)
- Consumed 597 (40%)
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- ProducerVieux Château Certan
- VarietyRed Bordeaux Blend
- CountryFrance
- RegionBordeaux
- SubRegionLibournais
- AppellationPomerol
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