Château Certan de May - Pomerol 2012 (375ml) available at Connecticut Avenue Wine & Liquor in Washington, DC

WE94 Wine Enthusiast Firm and concentrated, this wine has great structure and density along with acidity and berry flavor. There is an attractive final spicy.

Medium red-ruby. Perfumed, complex nose melds redcurrant, tobacco, mocha, cocoa powder and licorice. Broad, sweet and perfumed, with lovely floral lift and energy to the flavors of blueberry, hot…

Lots of violets and flowers with hints of smoke and spice. Then dried flowers. Full and broad with tannins that flow across the palate. Chiselled. The real deal here for Pomerol. 65% merlot, 25%…

#72 Top 100 Wines Of France 2022. Tar and dried tobacco with black cherries and blackberries. Stones, too. It's medium-to full-bodied with a solid core of fruit and a flavorful finish. Really tightly…

This has a darker sheen of fruits in the blackberry and blood-plum spectrum with sweetly spicy and earthy aromas and some violets to boot. The palate has quite a forthright tannin firmness. A very…

A deeply intense and plush Pomerol with immaculately ripe fruit and tannins. So well executed with aromas of truffle, dark stones, coal smoke and intense dark plums and cocoa powder. The palate has…

There's a striking sense of deeply ripe plums on the nose, as well as notes of forest wood, black truffle, wet earth and sous bois. The palate has regal tannin shape and texture. Quite powerful but…

(94 Points) Ripe fruit aromas alongside vanilla and cinnamon, dark and brooding with soft floral flecks. A little more serious than I was expecting, this is taught and focused, direct, streamlined -…