2021 Vieux Chateau Certan, Pomerol Grape_Alfrocheiro The marl here—compressed marine clay

The marl here—compressed marine clay and limestone—has a way of imprinting the wines with a salty

fine-grained tannins while maintaining a surprising linear acidity

Although these are not the highly sought after Barolo

and the quiet concentration that has made this one of the reference points of Volnay for generations

the second unpeated whisky in first-fill ex-Sherry cask

2021 Vieux Chateau Certan, Pomerol Grape_Alfrocheiro The marl here—compressed marine clayAlexandre 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