2022 Vieux Chateau Certan Pomerol

Vieux Château Certan is the very definition of Pomerol prestige, sitting at the heart of the famed plateau surrounded by the likes of Petrus and Le Pin. With a history dating back to the mid-1700s, this estate has evolved into one of the most sought-after names in Bordeaux. The blend of Merlot, Cabernet Franc, and a touch of Cabernet Sauvignon creates a wine that embodies both elegance and power, with an uncanny ability to age for decades.

The vineyard's exceptional terroir—comprising clay, gravel, and blue clay soils—gives the wine its signature complexity. With vines up to 80 years old, the fruit is rich in depth, producing wines that are both structured and refined. Under the guidance of Alexandre Thienpont, Vieux Château Certan has embraced modern technology while maintaining its tradition of excellence. Sustainability, precision viticulture, and innovative winemaking techniques ensure each vintage is a masterpiece.

The wine itself is a perfect harmony of fruit, spice, and earth, with silky tannins and an incredible finish that lingers for minutes. With rare vintages like 2009, 2010, 2015, 2020 and 2022, Vieux Château Certan stands as a testament to the unmatched quality and timeless appeal of Pomerol’s finest. If you’re lucky enough to own a bottle, you’re holding a true piece of Bordeaux history.

Vinous Media awarded the 2020 vintage 98 points claiming: “Quality is exceptionally high"

The 2022 Vieux Château Certan is a masterpiece, blending 75% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Franc, and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon. It bursts with vibrant aromas of blackcurrants, cherries, dark chocolate, and flowers, intertwined with hints of truffles, licorice, and graphite. The palate is full-bodied and rich, with velvety tannins and a deep, layered mouthfeel. The wine has perfect balance, combining intensity, freshness, and harmony. It finishes with a refreshing touch of mint and a subtle saltiness. This is a future legend, with immense aging potential—drink from 2029 to 2065.

There is no hotter wine from Pomerol than VCC today! And 2022 is a perfect example of why. Opaque in color, the nose explodes with its array of black, red, and blue fruits, dark chocolate, flowers, and truffles. There is so much intensity and concentration that it is hard to understand how everything remains perfectly balanced, as well as fresh. The sensuous, supple, and silky finish ends with a vibrancy to the fruits, a mild touch of salt, and a refreshing hint of mint on the back end. This future legend and candidate for wine of the vintage can age and evolve for decades. The wine blends 75% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Franc, and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon. Drink from 2028-2065.~100 Jeff Leve, The Wine Cellar Insider

The 2022 Vieux Château Certan is s total stunner. Readers will find a magical wine, a Pomerol that satisfies both the intellectual and hedonistic senses. Vertical and explosive, with stunning presence, the 2022 VCC simply has it all. Time in the glass reveals myriad shades of nuance. Blue/purplish fruit, lavender, spice, menthol, licorice and plum literally soar out of the glass. The tannins are present but nearly buried by the wine's deep, layered fruit. But more than anything else, it is the balance, the total sense of harmony, that is most impressive. I simply can’t ask anything more of the 2022, hence its lofty and well-deserved rating. Bravo! ~100 Antonio Galloni, Vinous Media

The 2022 Vieux Château Certan checks in as 75% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Franc, and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon that spent 18 months in two-thirds new French oak. Incredible aromatics of blackcurrants, mulled cherries, chocolate, woodsmoke, and flowery, spicy nuances all give way to a full-bodied Vieux Château Certan that builds incrementally on the palate, with flawless overall balance, a deep, layered mouthfeel, and velvety tannins. I love everything about this beauty, and while it's almost impossible to resist today, it's going to benefit from a decade in the cellar and shine for 40+ years. ~100 Jeb Dunnuck

This is full-bodied with fine tannins that spread out across the palate, a dusty cashmere texture kicking in at the end. So caressing and pleasing, I can’t spit. Drink in 2029 and beyond. ~99 James Suckling

Great expressiveness on the nose; perfumed blackcurrants, black cherries, strawberries, notes of dark chocolate, graphite and liquorice - smells serious. Supple and taught on the palate but with a really juicy core that gives life and energy. Tannins are excellent, giving weight and texture - a combination of chewy and fleshy but with a crushed stone and spiced edge. Lively, bright, intense, concentrated and suave. It’s rich, broad, muscular, complex and nuanced but at the same time stylish with lots of life, balance and freshness. This leaves the most gorgeous lingering expression and a sense that it’s going to be both extremely accessible in its youth and have great ageing potential. 3.78pH. A yield of 35hl/ha. ~98 Decanter

The 2022 Vieux Château Certan is deep and harmonious, unwinding in the glass with aromas of inky blackberries and cherries mingled with scents of burning embers, truffle and lilac. Full-bodied, dense and layered, it's rich and enveloping, its concentrated core of sweet fruit framed by powdery tannins and juicy acids. Integrated, complete and precise, this blend of 75% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Franc and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon is a brilliant vintage for Vieux Château Certan. ~98 Robert Parker, Wine Advocate

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