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2016 Ch Certan de May Pomerol - 12x75cl
06B6CERT _ 2016 - Ch Certan de May Pomerol - 12x75cl
  • Colour Red
  • Producer Château Certan de May
  • Region Pomerol
  • Grape Merlot / Cabernet Franc / Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Drinking 2022 - 2035
  • Case size 12x75cl
  • Available Now

2016 - Ch Certan de May Pomerol - 12x75cl

  • Colour Red
  • Producer Château Certan de May
  • Region Pomerol
  • Grape Merlot / Cabernet Franc / Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Drinking 2022 - 2035
  • Case size 12x75cl
  • Available Now
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Case price: £1,025.47 Duty Paid inc VAT
Equivalent Bottle Price: £85.45 Duty Paid inc VAT
Case price: £820.00 In Bond
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  • Goedhuis, April 2017, Score: 93-95

    65% Merlot, 31% Cabernet Franc, 4% Cabernet Franc from this tiny 5.5 hectare estate. Deep and inky in colour. It is at once juicy and fresh with a combination of plummy succulence and leafy energy. There is a salty minerality running through the palate, and some impressively tight knit and well-formed tannins. CP

  • Goedhuis, April 2017, Score: 93-95

    65% Merlot, 31% Cabernet Franc, 4% Cabernet Franc from this tiny 5.5 hectare estate. Deep and inky in colour. It is at once juicy and fresh with a combination of plummy succulence and leafy energy. There is a salty minerality running through the palate, and some impressively tight knit and well-formed tannins. CP

  • Neal Martin, April 2017, Score: 86-88

    The 2016 Certan de May is a blend of 65% Merlot, 31% Cabernet Franc and 4% Cabernet Sauvignon. It has a perfumed bouquet with bright red fruit laced with wilted rose petals, the oak nicely integrated, although it just lacks a little complexity compared to other recent vintages. The palate is medium-bodied and felt rather "skinny" on the entry with some hardness to the tannin. Linear and austere, this is a perplexing showing of a Pomerol that I have a lot of time for, continuing a patchy run of form. Drink Date 2020 - 2035

  • Antonio Galloni, January 2019, Score: 95

    The 2016 Certan de May is a powerful, dense wine, just as it was en primeur. A blast of grilled herbs, leather, smoke, tobacco, licorice and dark-fleshed fruits makes a strong opening statement. Potent and strap in feel, Certan de May shows the more virile side of Pomerol. The profile is decidedly sepia-toned. Readers should plan on being patient with the 2016. It is a jewel of a wine that just needs bottle age to be at its best. 2026 - 2046

  • Antonio Galloni, April 2017, Score: 94-97

    The 2016 Certan de May is powerful and dense in the glass. Dark tonalities of fruit and a sense of gravitas are two of the signatures. This is an especially vertical, baritone expression of Pomerol. Dark spice, lavender, leather and licorice infuse the dark, potent finish. The 2016 delivers serious flavor intensity while retaining its super classic midweight sense of structure.

  • James Suckling, April 2017, Score: 93-94

    This is really powerful with big tannins and strong acidity. Full and intense. A wine for long-term aging yet one that offers accessibility at the same time. This estate is on a roll now.

  • Matthew Jukes, April 2017, Score: 17.5+

    A structured Certan de May with a large slug of the Cabernets on board, this is an exciting wine with a rich mass of fruit and also a lusty finish. I particularly like the freshness and slight green hints which offset the dark core.

  • Jancis Robinson, April 2017, Score: 17+

    Dark crimson. Particularly rich, curranty nose. Really quite intense. And then on the palate it's all freshness and light. Should be a long-distance runner. Lots of sinew. Drink 2026-2044

  • Tim Atkin, May 2017, Score: 94

    Well situated on the plateau of Pomerol, with a combination of clay and gravel soils, this is very fine and well balanced in 2016, with a lightness of touch that is beguiling. Fresh and grassy with crunchy acidity and fine-grained tannins. 2022-32

Producer

Château Certan de May

Château Certan de May bears the name of a great Scottish family which lived in France from the Middle Ages and in Pomerol from the end of the 16th century. According to local archives, the estate was the first to be authorised by the King to grow vines in Pomerol. At the time of the French Revolution, the estate was then broken up, before finally being taken over by the Barreau-Badar family in 1925. Today, Odette Barreau-Ba...Read more

Château Certan de May bears the name of a great Scottish family which lived in France from the Middle Ages and in Pomerol from the end of the 16th century. According to local archives, the estate was the first to be authorised by the King to grow vines in Pomerol. At the time of the French Revolution, the estate was then broken up, before finally being taken over by the Barreau-Badar family in 1925. Today, Odette Barreau-Badar runs Certan de May, with the support of her son, Jean-Luc. Château Certan de May is located in the south-eastern part of the famous Pomerol plateau, bordering Vieux-Châteaux Certan and Petrus. The 5 hectares of ancient vines are planted on this exceptional clay-silica terroir. Vine plantings are 70% Merlot, 25% Cabernet Franc and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon. The wine is extremely charming, powerful, fleshy, robust and supple, all at the same time. Ageing is in 40% new oak for up to 16 months. It has a "monumental" structure and is very elegant and rich in aromas.Read less

Region

Pomerol

The small sub-region of Pomerol is situated north-east of the industrious city of Libourne. Pomerol's soils are predominately iron-rich clay with a smattering of gravel that produce wines with extraordinary power and depth. As a result of this clay-dominance, it has the highest percentage of Merlot planted in all of Bordeaux. Certain châteaux are produced exclusively from this grape, but most incorporate smaller quantities of Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc as well. Despite its hefty (if not exclusive) proportion of Merlot, many people think of wines from this region as separate entities. As one wine aficionado stated recently, "It's not Merlot. It's Pomerol." Despite the region's small size, Pomerol contains some of the world's most sought after (and expensive) wines including Pétrus, Le Pin, Lafleur, l'Evangile and Vieux Château Certan. Unlike other Bordelais subregions, there is no system of classification. The châteaux are traded on reputation alone.

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