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  • Country ranking ?

    903
  • Producer ranking ?

    7
  • Decanting time

    4h
  • When to drink

    2020-2035
  • Food Pairing

    Beef

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The Story

The vineyard is planted in 70% Merlot, 25% Cabernet Franc and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon. At around five hectares, Certan de May is a tiny jewel poised between Vieux Château Certan and Petrus. It was very strong in the 1980's, then slipped a little through the 1990's. From 2005 onwards the estate has been back on track, producing elegant yet fleshy and flamboyant wines at a very reasonable price.

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Vintage 2015

Full report of Bordeaux 2015 by Andrew Caillard MW “Next in line in a great series of vintages; 2000, 2005, 2009, 2010 and 2015.

 

2015 is a wonderful Bordeaux vintage without the hype or hysteria associated with 2009 and 2010. The wines are generally expressive and generous with wonderful concentration and structure. Given another year in barrel, the wines should gain more complexity and fruit volume. Châteaux, in all sub-regions, are e...

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Written Notes

2015 did similarly to 2016, more candy wine, maybe more complete and deeper wine. Great, great effort. 96p

  • 96p
Round and intense red berries. A bit woody and rough tannin from palate resulted in some level of bitterness. There was some high alcohol feeling in the sample. 90-91
  • 91p
Dark purple red with violet hue and almost black core. Elegant and spicy nose, liquorice, vanilla, gingerbread spices backed by pure fruit. On the palate well structured with an opulent start and an elegant but persistent finish. Good mid-palate and convincing length.
  • 95p
Ruby. Red berries, dark fruits, some spices nose. Floral and minerals. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, smooth, rounded and elegant, detailed, long. 93-95
  • 94p
Medium deep colour. Dark cherry, liquorice, praline aromas. Sweet fruited wine with generous musky plum, blackcurrant flavours, inky complexity, fine bitter sweet tannins and savoury oak complexity. Finishes firm yet plush and long. Very well concentrated and fleshy with lovely complexity and mineral length. 95 points 
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Origin

Pomerol, Bordeaux
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