過去最高の出来栄えともいえる2016年のヴィユー・シャトー・セルタン！！

シャトー・ペトリュスとシャトー・セルタン・ジローのとなりに位置し、16世紀に建てられたヴュー・シャトー・セルタンは、1745年以来その名で知られているシャトーです。第2次世界大戦後はその名声をシャトー・ペトリュスに譲っていますが、19世紀から20世紀前半（第2次世界大戦前）は、ポムロールの最高級品と評されていました。

1924年ベルギーのワイン商ジョルジュ・ティエポンが購入し、現在もその子孫ティエポン家が運営を続けています。ほぼ100％メルロのシャトー・ペトリュスや同じティエポン家の経営のシャトー・ル・パンに対して、ヴュー・シャトー・セルタンは、カベルネ・フランとカベルネ・ソーヴィニョンを高い割合で用い、メドックの一流シャトーのワインを思わせる複雑性と芳香と優雅さをもっています。

今回、史上初ワインアドヴォケイトにて100点を獲得した2016年ヴィンテージは、強みであるカベルネ・フランよりもメルロの比率を上げ、この年、大成功を収めました。

この年、ポムロールで、パーフェクト（WA100ポイント）に輝いたのは、隣人であるペトリュスとこのヴィユー・シャトー・セルタンのみ！ル・パンやラフルールを上回る素晴らしい評価を打ち出しました！

メルロ85%、カベルネ・フラン14%、カベルネ・ソーヴィニヨン1%。

ワインアドヴォケイト：100ポイント
Reviewed by Lisa Perrotti-Brown Issue Date 1st Dec 2018 Source Interim End of November 2018, The Wine Advocate
The 2016 Vieux Chateau Certan is blended of 85% Merlot, 14% Cabernet Franc and 1% Cabernet Sauvignon. Deep garnet-purple in color, it leaps from the glass with pristine, vivid notions of candied violets, chocolate-covered cherries, blackberry compote and mulberries with fragrant touches of raspberry leaves, crushed rocks, licorice, cumin seed and yeast extract plus a waft of red roses. Medium to full-bodied and beautifully elegant, the palate builds from Drink Date 2021 – 2070
The 2016 Vieux Chateau Certan is blended of 85% Merlot, 14% Cabernet Franc and 1% Cabernet Sauvignon. Deep garnet-purple in color, it leaps from the glass with pristine, vivid notions of candied violets, chocolate-covered cherries, blackberry compote and mulberries with fragrant touches of raspberry leaves, crushed rocks, licorice, cumin seed and yeast extract plus a waft of red roses. Medium to full-bodied and beautifully elegant, the palate builds from a quiet intensity to an incredibly well-sustained aria of crunchy red and black cherries notes plus tons of floral undertones, framed by exquisitely soft yet firm tannins and seamless freshness, finishing very long with lingering mineral and floral sparks. How does this 2016 compare to the also amazing 2015 vintage? Stylistically they are very different, as my notes on each should convey, but beyond this I am struck by the incredible harmony and seamlessness of the 2016 along with its amazing depth and energy this year. Bravo!

VINOUS：100ポイント
Antonio Galloni, vinous, January 2019
I have been fortunate to follow the 2016 Vieux Chateau Certan almost from the beginning, starting with a tasting of several lots from barrel in early January 2017, in which Alexandre and Guillaume Thienpont showed me the wines in a sequence arranged by the year of planting of various parcels. Even then, it was clear, the 2016 had the potential to be a majestic wine. Now, from bottle, it is every bit as captivating as early tastings suggested it would be. Sweet red/purplish berry fruit, lavender, rose petal and spice infuse this exquisitely beautiful, layered Pomerol. Alexandre Thienpont adds that the harvest was saved by September rains that gave the parched vines just enough water to restore some of the balance that had been lost earlier in the season. Put simply, the 2016 VCC has it all. Drink 2026-2066.

Jeb Dunnuck：100ポイント
Just as good, yet in a different style, the 2016 Vieux Chateau Certan shows cooler notes of creme de cassis, tobacco leaf, underbrush, graphite, violets, and crushed rocks. Deep, incredibly full-bodied and powerful, yet like the 2015, weightless and sensationally textured, it glides over the palate with no sensation of weight or heaviness. Expansive, deep, beautifully concentrated, and flawlessly constructed, it builds incrementally on the palate and has a finish that lasts for over a minute. It’s another legendary wine from this estate to enjoy over the coming 30-40 years. (2/2019)

ヴィユー・シャトー・セルタン