Vieux Chateau Certan, Pomerol, France 2020 Francs Cotes de Bordeaux Italy producing Metodo Classico wines

Italy producing Metodo Classico wines from the indigenous Nerello Mascalese grape

Drink from 2026

It is very pretty now

with earthiness and abundant tannins and more backward than the approachable and juicy 2019 I tasted next to it

combined with fresh mushrooms and bark

Vieux Chateau Certan, Pomerol, France 2020 Francs Cotes de Bordeaux Italy producing Metodo Classico winesMoving to the Grand Vin, the 2020 Vieux Chteau Certan is another legendary wine from this vintage, ranking with the best Bordeaux ever produced. Based on 85% Merlot and 15% Cabernet Franc that spent 18 months in 65% new French oak, it has a deep, powerful, full bodied style as well as incredible purity and precision in its darker cassis, graphite, gravelly earth, and tobacco driven aromatics. With perfectly integrated oak, again, incredible purity,