WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 849; underperforming the average for the sub-region in 2011 which is 872. The average score for Vieux Château Certan is 890, making this a below 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 2011 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 2011 but no other wine from Vieux Château Certan: Fleeting, Tincture, Saline, Masculinity, Beguiling, Citrus, Ethereal, Enormous, Limestone, Laden. The wine will be ready to drink in 2 years (in 2018) and should be consumed within the next 19 years (by 2035). 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 Rauzan-Ségla 2010, Les Forts de Latour 2009, Château Pontet-Canet 2005; but better value alternatives would be Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2008, Château Lynch-Bages 2011, Château d’Issan 2009, Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2009, Château Haut-Brion 2008.
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Prices & Deals for Vieux Château Certan 2011
| Date |
Currency |
Price |
| 2016-01-17 |
gbp |
96 |
| 2016-01-05 |
gbp |
65 |