2023 Vieux Chateau Certan
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This is a stunning wine in 2023, with an expressive, floral nose. Crystallised violets mingle with plump red fruit – vibrant cherry and plum. It’s juicy and fresh, with great concentration of fruit on the mid-palate, an elegant, sleek mouth-feel and powdered tannins that are very fine and supple. There is 14% alcohol here, but you don’t feel it at all; it’s gorgeously balanced with 3.7pH. Aged in two thirds new oak. Blend: 82% Merlot, 18% Cabernet Franc
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James Suckling
William Kelley, Wine Advocate
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The 2023 Vieux Château Certan is wonderfully complex and dynamic in the glass. The layers here are just remarkable. That sort of dimension is one of the qualities that was hard to come by in 2023. Dark blue-toned fruit, lavender, scorched earth, new leather and menthol soar, lending tons of vertical, explosive energy. Floral and savory overtones develop with air, adding further shades of nuance. What a gorgeous and complete wine this is
Based on 82% Merlot and 18% Cabernet Franc and aged 18 months in 66% new French oak, the 2023 Vieux Château Certan sports brilliant red, blue, and black fruits as well as smoky tobacco, liquid violets, graphite, and hints of chocolate. Including no Cabernet Sauvignon due to the heatwave, this plump, full-bodied, ripe, sexy Vieux Château Certan is already impossible to resist yet is going to benefit from 4-5 years of bottle age and drink brilliantly for three decades. There are roughly 3,333 cases produced. Drink 2029-2059.
The 2023 Vieux Château Certan, which contains no Cabernet Sauvignon, has a sublime bouquet, beautifully defined, with blackberry, blueberry, graphite and light marine scents in the background. Very focused. The palate is medium-bodied with grainy tannins that lend this VCC structure. Quite "cool" in style, a healthy dash of cracked black pepper furnishes the prolonged finish, where the 18% Cabernet Franc is very expressive. To quote Alexandre Thienpont, very "restrained" in the most positive sense of that word.
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The original Château at Vieux Château Certan dates back to around 1770 but the modern history of the estate begins in 1924 - the year that Belgian wine merchant Georges Thienpont purchased the property.