WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 892; outperforming the average for the sub-region in 2007 which is 873. The average score for Vieux Château Certan is 889, making this an above average effort for the producer.
When people talk about wines from Vieux Château Certan they use words like Fruit, Full, Long, Black, Tannins, Purity, Ripe, Sweet, Oak, Purple, Deep, Fresh, Acidity, Chocolate, Silky. The 2007 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 2007 but no other wine from Vieux Château Certan: Stiff, Chestnut, Fleshed, Unripe, Espresso, Stony, Boysenberry, Gravel, Coating, Persistence. The wine has been ready to drink for 5 years (since 2011) and has been past its best for 1 (since 2015). It normally takes wines from Vieux Château Certan around 8 years to be ready to start drinking, and 13 further years to decline.
It represents good value compared to Château Lafite Rothschild 2008, Château Palmer 2012, Château Lynch-Bages 2011, Les Forts de Latour 2009, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2010; but better value alternatives would be Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2008, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2012, Château Figeac 2012, Château Brane-Cantenac 2009, Château Potensac 2005.
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Prices & Deals for Vieux Château Certan 2007
| Date |
Currency |
Price |
| 2016-01-05 |
gbp |
50 |