2024 Vieux Chateau Certan

Auslieferung bis zum Herbst 2027!
Delivery until Fall 2027!

Violet ruby with a vibrant rim, reflects the savoury vivid quality of the vintage in the wines that deliver. Clear chamomile tea, fragrant white blossom, redcurrant, blueberry, a touch of austerity and reserve compared to the past few vintages, but with purity and finesse, mouthwatering finish, 30hl/h yield, 3.7ph, harvest 20 September to 2 October. 3.70 pH, and a high Cabernet character in the final blend (despite one block less of Cabernet Franc after replanting), 66% new oak. An enjoyable wine from Alexandre Thienpont.
94/100 Jane Anson

(Pomerol; 71% Merlot; 20% Cabernet Franc; 9% Cabernet Sauvignon; a final yield of 30 hl/ha; 13.5% alcohol; tasted with Guillaume and Alexandre Thienpont at the property). Magnifique! Aromatically vertical, like Le Pin but fresher in a way and more direct. Cassis. Blackcurrant, bramble. Graphite and a hint of the cedar to come, more and more as this opens up and inhales. A little fresher in its fruit signature, with redcurrant and a redcurrant leafiness. Mimosa and rose petal. Lovely is form with a narrower frame than in recent vintages, accentuating the sense of crystallinity. This is like a vertically presented cylinder, glassy and crystalline to the middle with up-thrusts of fresh dark berry fruits revivifying the palate. With aeration in the mouth the cedar and cassis interweave like a vine spiralling upwards as it attaches itself to a vertical stake – gorgeously inter-coiled. A great sense of vertical range and hence depth. Yet this feels light and aerial. I love the reappearance of the bulby floral notes on the finish. Long and intensely vinous. More linear than it has been in recent vintages. Serine.
94-96/100+ Colin Hay; The Drinks Business

Deep garnet-purple colored. Swans out of the glass with gregarious notes of Morello cherries, juicy blackberries, and fresh raspberries, plus hints of lilac, pencil lead, and mossy tree bark. The medium-bodied palate delivers a sturdy structure of ripe, rounded tannins with seamless freshness and bags of red and black berry flavors, finishing with great length and plenty of minerally sparks.
94-96/100+ Lisa Perrotti-Brown; The Wine Independent