2021 Vieux Chateau Certan, Pomerol Grape_AlfrocheiroAlexandre and Guillaume Thienpont navigated the 2021 vintage by prioritizing aromatic preservation and structural precision, utilizing a gentle extraction regimen with significantly reduced pump overs to manage the season's cooler profile. The wine is grounded in the estate's 14 hectare contiguous plot on the Pomerol plateau, where the mosaic of deep clay and gravel rich parcels allowed for the inclusion of all available Cabernet Franc (20%) and
the second unpeated whisky in first-fill ex-Sherry cask
delivering a focused
schist-heavy sites
This structural profile defines the wine
the wine is aged for approximately 42 months in large Slavonian oak casks to allow for controlled oxygen exchange without the influence of modern small-barrel toast
The marl here—compressed marine clay and limestone—has a way of imprinting the wines with a salty
and the quiet concentration that has made this one of the reference points of Volnay for generations
and intensely aromatic
letting the land dictate the wine
black pepper
fine-grained tannins while maintaining a surprising linear acidity
Although these are not the highly sought after Barolo