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Manage Subscriptions2021 Vieux Château Certan
Red Bordeaux Blend
- France
- Bordeaux
- Libournais
- Pomerol
Community Tasting Notes 7
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ggroebli Likes this wine: 94 points
April 26, 2024 - 94+
Suave, épices, déjà délicieux bien que très jeune.1 person found this helpful Comment -
Ramonee Confit Likes this wine: 95 points
March 14, 2024 - 95-96/100
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watcheslover Likes this wine: 97 points
March 11, 2024 - Hello everyone. I have almost completed my tastings of the 2021 in bottles. There will be no more big surprises (Petrus not tasted). Basically, even if this vintage is not at the level of 2016, 18, 19, 20 and 22. To my taste it is very often superior to 2014 and 2017 in any case. It is very particular with enormous finesse and above all a precision in defining each terroir that is rarely achieved. A school model if you want to introduce your future alcoholic children. And for old people like me :O), the advantage is that it will be drinkable much faster than its elders. Since I'm swamped with work these days, I only put my best notes. For a rating of a particular wine, do not hesitate to write to me;
1 Lafleur 98-99
2 Carmes H-B 98
3 Haut-Brion, Cheval Blanc, Vieux Certan, Margaux, Lafite 97
4 Montrose, Las Cases, Le Pin 96-97
And finally the Oscar for best value for money
Laroque 94-952 people found this helpful Comment -
Jeff Leve wrote: 97 points
March 9, 2024 - In contention for wine of the vintage, and even better in the bottle than it was in the barrel, this gem pops with its display of flowers, spices, truffles, tobacco leaves, cherries, plums, and chocolate. The palate is influenced by its wealth of Cabernet Franc, and Cabernet Sauvignon in the blend. This is a wine of finesse, freshness, refinement, elegance, and vibrancy, leaving you with lift, and energetic, red fruits with tension, precision, complexity, and length that builds during the finish. The wine blends 77% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Franc and 3% Cabernet Sauvignon. Drink from 2026-2055.
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Jeff Leve wrote: 95 points
May 20, 2022 - Dark ruby in color, the perfume kicks off with lilacs, violets, graphite, nutmeg, spice, plums and black cherry nuances. On the palate, the wine is fresh, vibrant, crisp, chewy and long. The salty touch of minerality in the endnote adds to all the sweet, dark red pit fruits. Refined, elegant and classic, (but in a good way) there is length, purity, tension and energy in the finish, with just a hint of spice too. The wine blends 77% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Franc and 3% Cabernet Sauvignon, 13.2% ABV. The harvest took place September 24-September - October 6. Yields were 38 hectoliters per hectare. Drink from 2026-2049. 94-96
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Pro Reviews 11
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By Antonio Galloni
2021 Bordeaux: L’Enfant Terrible (Feb 2024), 2/1/2024 (link)(Vieux Château Certan Vieux Château Certan Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Chris Kissack
January 2024, 1/1/2024 (link)(Vieux Château Certan Pomerol Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Georgina Hindle
Bordeaux 2021: In bottle report, 11/30/2023 (link)(Vieux Château Certan, Merlot, Pomerol, Bordeaux, France, Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Jeb Dunnuck
2021 Bordeaux: A Challenging Yet Good Vintage, 6/2/2022 (link)(Vieux Chateau Certan) Subscribe to see review text.
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By James Suckling
5/12/2022 (link)(Vieux Château Certan Pomerol, France) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Antonio Galloni
2021 Bordeaux En Primeur: Back to Classicism (May 2022), 5/1/2022 (link)(Vieux Château Certan Vieux Château Certan Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Neal Martin
Enticingly Fallible: Bordeaux 2021 En Primeur (May 2022), 5/1/2022 (link)(Vieux Château Certan Vieux Château Certan Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By James Lawther MW
4/26/2022 (link)(Vieux Château Certan Pomerol Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Georgina Hindle
Bordeaux En Primeur 2021, 4/1/2022 (link)(Vieux Château Certan, Merlot, Pomerol, Bordeaux, France, Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Chris Kissack
April 2022, 4/1/2022 (link)(Vieux Château Certan Pomerol Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Neal Martin
2+2=5: Bordeaux 2021 In Bottle (Feb 2024) (link)(Vieux Château Certan Vieux Château Certan Red) Subscribe to see review text.
Wine Definition
- Vintage 2021
- 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 Code 2064321086004
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 760 (63%)
- In Cellars 428 (36%)
- Consumed 14 (1%)
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- ProducerVieux Château Certan
- VarietyRed Bordeaux Blend
- CountryFrance
- RegionBordeaux
- SubRegionLibournais
- AppellationPomerol
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