Vieux Chateau Certan 1948
Vieux Chateau Certan 1948
In Bond, excludes duty and VAT · 1x75cl
In bond price shown. Duty and VAT quoted on enquiry · 1x75cl
2 bottles available
From one of our suppliers. Usually ready 6 to 8 weeks after your order is confirmed.
UK duty is charged on a wine's alcohol strength (ABV). Until we have confirmed the ABV of this wine we cannot take a duty-paid order, so a duty-paid basket is sent to us as an enquiry. We reply with a delivered price including duty and VAT. Nothing is charged until you accept it.
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One bottle of Vieux Chateau Certan 1948, offered In Bond from one of our suppliers, usually ready 6 to 8 weeks after your order is confirmed. Price per bottle, In Bond UK.
Duty and VAT are payable only if you later withdraw the wine from bond. Transfers between bonded accounts are arranged by our team after purchase.
Price per bottle £1,835.50 In Bond, excludes duty and VATIn bond price. Duty and VAT quoted on enquiry
2 available, 1x75cl
Offered in bond. Duty and VAT are not included and become payable only if the wine is withdrawn from bond. Transfers between bonded accounts are arranged by our team after purchase.
UK duty is charged on a wine's alcohol strength (ABV). Until we have confirmed the ABV of this wine we cannot take a duty-paid order, so a duty-paid basket is sent to us as an enquiry. We reply with a delivered price including duty and VAT.
This wine comes from one of our suppliers and is usually ready 6 to 8 weeks after your order is confirmed.
Offered subject to availability. We confirm every wine with the supplier before your order is finalised, and contact you the same working day if anything has changed.
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- Format
- 1x75cl
- Vintage
- 1948
- Producer
- Vieux Chateau Certan
- Origin
- Pomerol, France
- Type
- Red
- Duty status
- In Bond
- Availability
- From our supplier, 6 to 8 weeks
What the critics say
98 VMVinous, Neal Martin, 30-07-2024
The 1948 Vieux Château Certan has the unenviable task of following the 1947, yet it acquits itself quite brilliantly. Deep in color, it has a very complex bouquet with incense, menthol, black olives and estuarine scents, developing hints of aniseed with time in the glass. Like previous bottles, the palate is robust and masculine, maybe a little drier on the finish compared with coeval vintages. There is real backbone to this "stout" Pomerol, yet the balance is just stupendous with a compelling eucalyptus-tinged finish that lingers long in the mouth. Georges Thienpont produced a masterful 1948, perhaps the best of that vintage. Tasted at the1940s/50s Pomerol dinner in Hong Kong.
Drink 2024 to 2038
98 WAWine Advocate, Robert Parker, 31-10-1994
Tasted 8 Times With Consistent Notes The 1948 Vieux-Chateau-Certan is another profoundly great wine from the forgotten vintage of the forties. I have tasted this wine four times in the last year and it was exceptional in each tasting. The opaque dark purple/garnet color is followed by a huge, exotic nose of caramel, sweet cassis, soy sauce, walnuts, and coffee. Thick, chewy, fabulously concentrated flavors with low acidity and high tannin coat the palate. There is amazing glycerin and an elevated alcohol level to this super-concentrated wine. Although fully mature, it exhibits no signs of decline and will easily last for 15-20 more years. Remarkable!
Drink 1994 to 2014
Scores supplied through Liv-ex
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