2008 Vieux Château Certan Pomerol - 12x75cl
06A8VIEU _ 2008 - Vieux Château Certan Pomerol - 12x75cl
  • Colour Red
  • Producer Vieux Château Certan
  • Region Pomerol
  • Grape Merlot / Cabernet Franc / Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Drinking 2015 - 2030
  • Case size 12x75cl
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2008 - Vieux Château Certan Pomerol - 12x75cl

  • Colour Red
  • Producer Vieux Château Certan
  • Region Pomerol
  • Grape Merlot / Cabernet Franc / Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Drinking 2015 - 2030
  • Case size 12x75cl
  • Available Now
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Case price: £2,378.47 Duty Paid inc VAT
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Case price: £1,950.00 In Bond
Case price: £1,650.00 In Bond
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  • Robert Parker, May 2011, Score: 93

    This is a beautiful wine, much more developed and evolved than the 2010, as one might expect, with perfumed notes of camphor, cedar, charcoal, herbs, and black and red fruits. A blend of 70% of Merlot, 20% Cabernet Franc and the rest Cabernet Sauvignon, the wine has very complex aromatics, medium to full body, outstanding ripeness, a spicy, perfumed character, and light to moderate tannin. It can benefit from 2-4 years of cellaring and should keep for two decades. Drink: 2013 - 2033

  • Robert Parker, April 2009, Score: 92-94

    The 2008 Vieux Chateau Certan was still going through malolactics when I tasted it, so my score is probably on the low side. The final blend had not yet been determined, but what I tasted was 70% Merlot, 25% Cabernet Franc, and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon. As one might expect, this wine was among the least evolved and judge-able wines I tasted in late March. Nevertheless, it reveals outstanding potential, and once malo is finished, I would expect the wine to put on more weight and flesh. It reveals a dense purple color, plenty of depth, beautiful sweet, pure blue and red fruits, and notes of camphor as well as incense. The wine's striking freshness, length, and overall potential are promising. Production is off by 25% as there will be 3,000 rather than the normal 4,000 cases of the 2008.Given the structure, acids, and overall concentration, this wine should evolve for 25-35 years. Drink: 2009 - 2044

  • Jancis Robinson, April 2009, Score: 17.5

    Bright crimson. Fresh, meaty, savoury nose. Much less obviously sweet than Le Pin from the same family - though there is a certain freshness and bloodiness. Reminds me a little of Haut-Brion in its fresh frank expression. Very firm. Very precise - no flatterer. Quite cool. Good attack. 13.2%

  • Wine Spectator, April 2009, Score: 89-92

    The texture is classic, with plum, fresh mushroom and berry aromas and flavors. Full and round, with lovely length. There is plenty of acidity, but it's balanced and pretty. Very long and fresh. 70 percent Merlot, 20 percent Cabernet Franc, 10 percent Cabernet Sauvignon. Last time they used this amount of Cabernet was in 2000; that shows it was a late harvest.

Producer

Vieux Château Certan

What is there not to like about this château and its amiable owner, Alexandre Thienpont? Sensitive,reflective and wonderfully humble, he is of the school who believes that wine makes itself. He is just the assistant who helps it along the way. And the wine certainly seems to be spectacular year after year.

Region

Pomerol

The small sub-region of Pomerol is situated north-east of the industrious city of Libourne. Pomerol's soils are predominately iron-rich clay with a smattering of gravel that produce wines with extraordinary power and depth. As a result of this clay-dominance, it has the highest percentage of Merlot planted in all of Bordeaux. Certain châteaux are produced exclusively from this grape, but most incorporate smaller quantities of Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc as well. Despite its hefty (if not exclusive) proportion of Merlot, many people think of wines from this region as separate entities. As one wine aficionado stated recently, "It's not Merlot. It's Pomerol." Despite the region's small size, Pomerol contains some of the world's most sought after (and expensive) wines including Pétrus, Le Pin, Lafleur, l'Evangile and Vieux Château Certan. Unlike other Bordelais subregions, there is no system of classification. The châteaux are traded on reputation alone.

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