WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 839; underperforming the average for the sub-region in 2014 which is 870. 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 2014 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 2014 but no other wine from Vieux Château Certan: Frisky, Tartaric, Woodland, Unforced, Brash, Subtly, Layer, Silk, Frivolous, Lifted. The wine will be ready to drink in 3 years (in 2019) 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 Palmer 2012, Château Lafite Rothschild 2008, Les Forts de Latour 2009, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2010, Château La Mission-Haut-Brion 2005; but better value alternatives would be Château Lynch-Bages 2011, Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2008, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2012, Château d’Issan 2009, Château Haut-Brion 2008.
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Prices & Deals for Vieux Château Certan 2014
| Date |
Currency |
Price |
| 2016-01-17 |
gbp |
102 |
| 2016-01-05 |
gbp |
92 |