WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 812; underperforming the average for the sub-region in 2012 which is 869. The average score for Vieux Château Certan is 891, 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 2012 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 2012 but no other wine from Vieux Château Certan: Smoldering, Edginess, Stoniness, Classy, Fleshiness, Brooding, Steeped, Voluptuous, Blueberries, Mushrooms. The wine has been ready to drink for 1 years (since 2015) and should be consumed within the next 14 years (by 2030). 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, Les Forts de Latour 2009, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2010, Château Pontet-Canet 2005; but better value alternatives would be Château Lynch-Bages 2011, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2012, Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2008, Château d’Issan 2009, Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2009.
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Prices & Deals for Vieux Château Certan 2012
| Date |
Currency |
Price |
| 2016-01-16 |
gbp |
107 |
| 2016-01-05 |
gbp |
99 |