Vieux Château Certan

Vieux Château Certan, Pomerol, 2022

Name: Vieux Château Certan, Pomerol
Brand: Vieux Château Certan
Price: 1883.12 GBP

100/100

Vinous

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2022
6x75cl
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£1,883.12

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2022
3x75cl
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2022
1x6L
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£2,125.00

Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

Alexandre and Guillaume Thienpont are usually amongst the most diffident gentlemen of Bordeaux, but even they couldn't help but be impressed by their 2022. Their assessment, "a great wine". And indeed it is. It's the sort of Pomerol that makes you weep. In all the years I've been tasting here, I can't remember a more wonderful example - it's almost a caricature of VCC enhancing all the noble, charming, perfumed elements, whist still remaining refined, harmonious and a touch reserved. The bouquet is magical - aromas of violets, iris, griotte and bullace mingle with radiant cassis, high toned blue and minty fruits. Sumptuous and stylish on the palate, this oozes charm with wonderfully perfumed fruit; dense and unctuous, yet vibrant and vivid. It's easy to be seduced by the polished fruit, however, this is truly multi-layered, full of pliable, juicy fruit, blackcurrants, balsamic and cocoa. The tannins are like lace, shimmering with vibrant, charming, aromatic fruit and fine minerals. Exceptional. 75% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Franc and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon.

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Wines not bought directly from the vineyard are either sourced from trusted suppliers, with whom we share the same philosophy and rigour in buying, or from our own network of Cellarers customers. These customers’ wines are stored in optimal conditions in Octavian Corsham and, in the vast majority of cases, have been stored by us since the wine was first shipped. We do not purchase wine from auctions.

We feel it is equally important to for our customers that the case they buy and leave in storage with us is exactly the same case they subsequently have delivered. This may sound obvious and straightforward, yet we are one of very few merchants to have taken measures to ensure this.

We have created a system where every case is independent, thereby ensuring a trail of ownership and peace of mind for every customer.

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Justerinis ensures that every case of wine stored with Cellarers (Wines) Ltd has a unique identifier and customer’s name, almost unheard of in the industry as it is expensive to administer. These details are printed and placed on every case which is logged and recorded under your account name and kept in the world’s most renowned storage facility, Octavian Corsham.

This information is sent from our systems to the warehouse every day to ensure the trail of ownership is verified and upheld.

While customer reserves are stored in Corsham, our physical stocks are kept in Hoddesdon, further providing a geographical separation between customers’ wines with Cellarers and Justerinis’ own stock.

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Cellarers (Wines) Ltd is a legally separate limited company from Justerini & Brooks which currently holds approximately £450 million worth of customer reserves. It is fully insured to catastrophic loss. Many merchants will state that wine in their care is fully insured, but in reality this is on an individual case basis with insufficient cover for total loss as this is prohibitively expensive. The cover provided by Octavian and Justerini & Brooks is unmatched.

Cellarers (Wines) Ltd is audited by PwC every year.

Critic Reviews

100/100

Neal Martin,

Vinous

The 2022 Vieux Château Certan was stellar from barrel. Now, just a week after I retasted the immortal 1947, this latest iteration proves that quality remains as high under Alexandre and Guillaume Thienpont as it did during the golden postwar era under Georges Thienpoint. Boasting an intense bouquet of blackberry, briar, iodine and iris flower, this is one of the most complex and mesmerizing wines in all of Bordeaux this vintage, let alone Pomerol. The palate offers exquisite balance, razor-sharp tannins, real sapidity and a fabulous grainy texture. The Cabernet components are very expressive and lend a completely different dimension to the finish. This is exceptional.

drinking window 2032 - 2075

date of review 02/2025

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Merlot Cabernet Franc

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12.5%

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This product may contain sulphites. Full allergen information is available upon request, please call our Customer Relations Team on +44 (0)20 7484 6430.