Chateau Certan de May, Pomerol, 2005
Certan de May is one of Pomerol's historic small estates — five hectares perched on the high plateau alongside Vieux Château Certan and Pétrus, in Barreau family hands for generations. The plot is planted to 70% Merlot, 25% Cabernet Franc, and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon, with vines averaging around 50 years on a famous mix of clay and gravel. 2005 was an extraordinary Pomerol vintage, and twenty years on this wine is finally in its drinking window with significant upside still ahead. The Cab Franc gives it a savory, perfumed lift unusual for Pomerol, and the great Right Bank clay shows in the silkiness — black cherry, plum, espresso, iron, and the truffle that only old-vine plateau Pomerol delivers.
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Certan de May is one of Pomerol's historic small estates — five hectares perched on the high plateau alongside Vieux Château Certan and Pétrus, in Barreau family hands for generations. The plot is planted to 70% Merlot, 25% Cabernet Franc, and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon, with vines averaging around 50 years on a famous mix of clay and gravel. 2005 was an extraordinary Pomerol vintage, and twenty years on this wine is finally in its drinking window with significant upside still ahead. The Cab Franc gives it a savory, perfumed lift unusual for Pomerol, and the great Right Bank clay shows in the silkiness — black cherry, plum, espresso, iron, and the truffle that only old-vine plateau Pomerol delivers.
