Vieux Chateau Certan
| Vintage: | 1995 |
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| Description: | "Frightful bottle variation left me perplexed about just where this wine fits in Bordeaux's qualitative hierarchy. I tasted the wine three times since bottling, all within a 14 day period. Twice the wine was extremely closed and firm, with an evolved plum/garnet color, high levels of tannin, sweet black currant, prune, and olive-tinged fruit, and astringent tannin in the medium-bodied finish. Those two bottles suggested the wine was in need of at least 5-7 years of cellaring, and would keep for two decades. The third bottle was atypically evolved, with a similar color, but it was far more open-knit, displaying Provencal herbs, black cherry, and cassis fruit in a medium-bodied, jammy, lush style. I expect marginal bottle variation, but while the quality was relatively the same in all three bottles, the forward, open-knit example left me puzzled. I will report again on this 1995 after further tastings." - Robert Parker, robertparker.com (Feb 22, 1998) |
| Price: | $ 295.00 |
| Price in original currency: | None |
Available from Belmont Wine Exchange
| Address: |
1091 Industrial Road, Suite 107 San Carlos, CA 94070 United States |
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| Telephone (toll-free): | 888-802-9929 |
| Telephone (regular): | 650-802-9463 |
| Fax: | 650-802-9465 |
First added to 1000 Corks on December 6, 2017.
