Vieux Chateau Certan, Pomerol, France 2020 Chianti Castel Vecchi flinty minerality

flinty minerality

Subtle tannins

500-liter oak vats for one year

fruity and intense fragrance

with ruddy Shiraz ripeness in step with the more tannic bite of Cabernet Sauvignon’s blackberry and mulberry adding a moreish savoury note

Vieux Chateau Certan, Pomerol, France 2020 Chianti Castel Vecchi flinty mineralityMoving to the Grand Vin, the 2020 Vieux Chteau Certan is another legendary wine from this vintage, ranking with the best Bordeaux ever produced. Based on 85% Merlot and 15% Cabernet Franc that spent 18 months in 65% new French oak, it has a deep, powerful, full bodied style as well as incredible purity and precision in its darker cassis, graphite, gravelly earth, and tobacco driven aromatics. With perfectly integrated oak, again, incredible purity,