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Chateau Vieux Ch Certan Pomerol(2001)
- Winery:
- Domaine du Vieux Château
- Varietal:
- Bordeaux Blend
- Region:
- France > Bordeaux > Libournais > Pomerol
- Type:
- Red Wine
- User Tags:
- lenoir grape, red grape, silky tannins, blend, subtle, merlot, intense, berry, blackberry, chocolate
75% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Sauvignon and 5% Cabernet Franc
After ageging for 18 mounths in new oak barrel, the Vieux Chateau Certan 2001 can now assert itself as an exceptional vintage.
Its dark ruby-red colour, with flashes of crimson, reveals the bluish the fringe of a young wine.
After ageging for 18 mounths in new oak barrel, the Vieux Chateau Certan 2001 can now assert itself as an exceptional vintage.
Its dark ruby-red colour, with flashes of crimson, reveals the bluish the fringe of a young wine.
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June 2007
- The dens opaque purple-colored 2001, a blend of 80% Merlot and 20% Cabernet Franc, offers phenomenally sweet aromas of black cherry liqueur intermixed with charcoal, vanilla, new saddle leather, and a hint of fruitcake. It is full-bodied and opulently textured, with low acidity, ripe tannin, and a remarkably layered, unctuous texture that has more in common with the 2000 than 2001. Thienpont feels the unusual blend, with all of the old vine Merlot (from vineyards planted in 1932, 1942, and 1959), has given the wine a profound depth and unctuosity that even the 2000 does not possess. This is a read more...
- JS
- Wine Spectator
- 03/31/04
- 94/100
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March 2004
- International Wine Cellar
- May-02
- 91-93
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May 2007
