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1986 Vieux Château Certan
Red Bordeaux Blend
- France
- Bordeaux
- Libournais
- Pomerol
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Community Tasting Notes 60
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Burgundy Al wrote: 92 points
April 21, 2024 - Wonderfully spiced black fruit, nicely fresh with the firm tannins of a classic Bordeaux vintage. I'm not very good at blind tasting Bordeaux. And while I correctly figured this out as Bordeaux double blind, I incorrectly thought it much younger than 1986 and thought it a blend of Cab Sauv and Merlot. Very good now.
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RobinTeo wrote: 88 points
March 30, 2024 - The one with Old Bordeaux (Praelum): From Magnum. Bouquet opened with blood orange, iron, cassis and smoke but this was ambiguous on the palate. Not sure what went wrong here but blinded it was uncharacteristically Pomerol and much less VCC - most of us thought this was the 86 Las Cases, with more St Julien character and the ridiculously backward nature here. It did get better overtime but there was a good 70% of the bottle left when we were done - time to drink up?
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johnh1001 wrote: 93 points
March 23, 2024 - Soft dark fruit and coffee. Round and creamy. Really nice.
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Francophile1 Likes this wine: 93 points
November 24, 2023 - Smoking good. Fully mature and the wine is singing at the moment. PnP. The nose was intoxicating and the finish was rustic but pure Merlot goodness. Loads of tertiary flavors but it still has great fruit concentration.
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thomasito2001 Likes this wine: 92 points
May 15, 2023 - Dark red colour, few signs of aging. Nose was a bit funky at opening but stabilized quickly. A typical left-bank nose, fresh and pleasant but with little complexity. Cabernet clearly dominates. Palate is better, medium to high balanced, good structure and balance, more complexity too and a fine acidic tension. The finish is linear. Decent but not the best '86 Pomerol.
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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
Jul/Aug 2016, Issue #64, Comparing the 1981 Claret Vintage at Age Thirty-Five And the 1986 Bordeaux Vintage At Age Thirty(Vieux Château Certan) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
9/23/2002 (link)(Vieux Château Certan Pomerol Red) Subscribe to see review text.
Wine Definition
- Vintage 1986
- Type Red
- Producer Vieux Château Certan
- Varietal Red Bordeaux Blend
- Designation n/a
- Vineyard n/a
- Country France
- Region Bordeaux
- SubRegion Libournais
- Appellation Pomerol
- UPC Codes 2064321086004, 400004960186, 802236002634
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 13 (1%)
- In Cellars 531 (59%)
- Consumed 350 (39%)
Food Pairing
Community Recommendations
filet mignon, Still love this wine and plenty of life leftWho Likes This Wine
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- ProducerVieux Château Certan
- VarietyRed Bordeaux Blend
- CountryFrance
- RegionBordeaux
- SubRegionLibournais
- AppellationPomerol
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- AppellationPomerol