Chateau Certan de May 2016, Pomerol
£84.95 per bottle
ABV 13.5%
A deeply intense and plush Pomerol with immaculately ripe fruit and tannins. So well executed with aromas of truffle, dark stones, coal smoke and intense dark plums and cocoa powder. The palate has an immaculate texture with very bright, velvety tannins, carrying rich dark plums. Plum pudding and Christmas cake to close. Try from 2025.
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James Suckling, JamesSuckling.com, February 2019
Jean-Claude Berrouet, the former wine-maker at Petrus is now consulting at Certan de May. The style is certainly less exotic and confused and is a more focussed, more classical and altogether more alluring. It will be fascinating to see what one of the most revered names in Pomerol can achieve at this well situated estate. There is plenty of creamy, rich, Merlot fruit and a nice floral touch. This is a much more focussed effort with judicious use of new oak and admirable precision of flavour. It is still quite sexy and sleek but there is a firmness and tautness that one doesn't associate with Certan de May. It is much more muscular than usual with excellent texture and a real refinement to the tannins.
