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Certan de May 2008

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£933.00 - £933.00
£933.00
£933.00 - £933.00
£933.00
Bottle price:
£77.75
Country:
France
Region:
Bordeaux
Sub-region:
Pomerol
Vintage:
2008
Grape:
Merlot / Cabernet Franc
ABV:
15.0%
Score:
89, Robert Parker
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Availability:
Out of stock
Case Size: 12 Bottle Case 12x75cl

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Tasting notes

Robert Parker, Wine Advocate (194), May 2011 89

This potentially outstanding, dark ruby/plum-tinged 2008 reveals notes of caramel, cedarwood, herbs, earth, foresty and red as well as black fruits, excellent to outstanding density and medium body. The tannins remain elevated so this offering will benefit from 2-4 years of bottle age. It should last for 15+ years.

Neal Martin, RobertParker.com, April 2009 92/94

The bouquet is adorable: wonderful definition with maraschino, wild strawberries, a touch of orange liqueur and violets. The palate is full-bodied, very powerful and focused with fine tannins, very good backbone and wonderful purity. Blackberry, wild strawberry and blueberry pie. My only gripe is that it does not fan-out on the finish as I would like it to, though maybe it will with bottle age? Superb. Tasted April 2009

James Suckling, WineSpectator.com, April 2009 89/92

Almost exotic on the nose, with apricot, orange and blackberry. Medium- to full-bodied, with chewy tannins and a medium finish. Firm and well-made

Jancis Robinson MW, JancisRobinson.com, April 2009 16.5

Neat, but then a little lacking density without the compensating ethereal, perfectly balanced quality of its stablemate the Certan Marzelle, for instance. Dry on the finish

Derek Smedley MW, April 2009 90/94

The black fruit mix feels lush and fills out the nose. On the palate black plum is lightened by bilberry and given an added complexity by bramble. Rich, powerful flavours lend weight to the finish.

Robert Parker, RobertParker.com, April 2009 91/93

A classic Certan de May, the 2008 reveals notes of cedarwood, roasted herbs, graphite, underbrush, and copious amounts of creme de cassis and sweet black cherries. Muscular and full-bodied with sensationally ripe tannins as well as purity, this large-scaled, backward, unevolved effort should turn out to be a long-lived wine. It is among the top half dozen or so efforts from this property in the last twenty years.

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