Château Certan de May - Pomerol 1982 (750ml)
Château Certan de May - Pomerol 1982 (750ml)
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James Suckling
Review Date: 06/2016
Château Certan de May Pomerol 1982: This is a reminder of how great 1982 is for Pomerol. People talk about Petrus or Le Pin as benchmarks for the year (I prefer Lafleur) but this wine from Certan de May is very, very impressive. It shows an amazing complexity and subtlety with wonderful aromas and flavors of flowers and berries. It's full body with refined tannis and clean finish. Decant and serve.
95
John Gilman
Review Date: 02/2020
I have drunk a lot of Certan de May from the fifteen vintage stretch from 1975 to 1990, but the superb 1982 is one of the vintages that has crossed my path the least often during this time. So, one can imagine my delight when a friend emailed me that he could not find his bottle of ’82 Bourgneuf he was planning for a 'lesser 1982s' tasting I was hosting, so he was going to bring the Certan de May! I loved the wines from this property during this stretch and the 1982 is perhaps the very finest of this magical run, as it offers up a superbly complex bouquet of black plums, black cherries, bitter chocolate, cigar ash, a superb base of soil, black tea, woodsmoke and a nice touch of cedary oak. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied and suave on the attack, with a fine core of fruit, great focus and detail, still a bit of ripe, backend tannin and a long, complex and beautifully balanced finish. This is truly a stunning wine. (Drink between 2020-2070)
93
Wine Advocate
Review Date: 06/2009
The full bottle exhibited a dense plum/purple color along with notes of cedar, forest floor, sweet jammy plums, black currants, licorice, and tobacco leaf. Full-bodied and powerful with high tannins as well as a rustic, massive mouthfeel and finish, it should be fully mature by 2015, and keep until 2030+. (RP) 93+
92
Int'l Wine Cellar
Review Date: 08/2002
Full, deep red. Exotic aromas of roasted red berries, cherry, roast coffee and menthol. Ripe, dense and sweet, with inviting earth, truffle and chocolate flavors lifted by a whiff of tobacco leaf from the Cabernet Franc component. Impressively full in the mouth, but with the faint leafy edge contributing to the impression of firm structure...An impressive bottle. (ST)
Notes
96 points Neal Martin's Wine Journal: "Tasted at Pebbles/Zachy’s 1982 dinner in Hong Kong. This is the first time that I have encountered this legendary 1982 Pomerol and all I can say is yes, yes and YES! The perfume immediately informs you that the praise is justified, unfurling with gorgeous violet and black truffle aromas. There is real minerality here and wonderful poise. The palate is very well balanced: quite stern and aloof at the beginning but there is great fruit intensity and minerality that underpins this Certan-de-May. There is a sense of effortless harmony and refinement on the meaty, ferrous finish that is utterly seductive. This is a just a beautiful Pomerol, though I agree with 'RP' that it has the substance of vivacity to go on and on and on. Magnificent!" (01/2013)
                      
                        
                        
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