Vieux Chateau Certan 2012 750ml

With berries packed with flavour and taste, and grape skins that remained thick until late in the growing season, it was possible to wait for full ripeness in all the different grape varieties. As a result, harvesting dates were amongst the latest ever recorded at Vieux Château Certan, with the last grapes being brought in just a few hours before torrential rains set in. The risks taken were handsomely rewarded. The Merlot is ripe, opulent and velvety. The necessary Cabernet Franc, though lower in proportion this year, brings delicacy, flavour and complexity. The 2012 Vieux Château Certan reflects once again the estate’s great terroir which, allied to a demanding climate, produces wines of great pedigree and distinction.