2011 Vieux Château Certan

Community Tasting Notes (54) Avg Score: 93.8 points

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  4/13/2024 - Marc C wrote:

  Complètement fermé malgré un carafage. A attendre !

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  3/26/2024 - tufcspike@yahoo.co.uk Likes this wine: 91 Points

  First have to say this was drank alongside a magnificent 1988 Sassicaia so the competition was tough.
  
  This has very strong tertiary notes, from those I'd have guessed this wine was 20+ years old, however at the same time the tannins are not yet fully integrated so it was somewhat chewy.
  
  I've got another bottle that I'll probably hold at least 10 years - I'm curious as to whether by the time the tannins have resolved there is still enough freshness to make it enjoyable.

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  3/10/2024 - rraaffaa Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Very, very good. Still needs some time to open up (I did almost 4 hours slow ox), but it’s a really well rounded pomerol, dark fruit, leather, little smoke and a few savory notes. Big but super well balanced, still has many years ahead but not a crime to drink today

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  2/25/2024 - 831900_ Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Beautiful, structured, and somewhat reluctant. I agree with practically every note here, but will add one thing: this time the wine seemed just slightly less harmonious than I had thought before. Hard to explain. Likely the taster's lack of reliability more than the wine's.

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  12/15/2023 - Guillaume-en-égypte Likes this wine: 94 Points

  A glorious deep, velvety, beautifully formed and perfectly pitched Bordeaux. Full bodied with endless depth, classicist restraint, yet nothing that I’d consider austere. The Cab Franc really shows, with tobacco leaf and an earthy, graphite tinged savoury feel to the dark berry flavours. All the parts are well integrated and the wine comes across as confident, ready, unforced and completely satisfying. More complexity will undoubtedly come with age, but I have no regrets for drinking this now (…I just need to save up for some more).

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