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| Community Tasting Notes (average 89.8 pts. and median of 89 pts. in 21 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by OenophilistMN on 2/20/2024 & rated 88 points: In memoriam dinner with a couple of friends for my father on what would have been his 98th birthday. The wine was one of the last from the cellar of my friend Art. Service and profile similar to my note of 3-9-2020 except to note that wine started to fade at the end of the meal. It really is time to consume this wine. (72 views) | | | Tasted by vitroman on 1/13/2022 flawed bottle: Undrinkable…..ullage was low, cork was disintegrating, poured down the sink. (1084 views) | | | Tasted by PSPatrick on 11/30/2021 & rated 93 points: High shoulder fill. Cork completely soaked and slippery. Medium garnet colour, some sediment. Red fruit, cherry, black currant, prune, complex spice notes (including Asian spices, cinnamon), leather, tobacco, underbrush, earth, and balsamic notes are joined by a minty note on the finish, with lively acidity, fine, mostly resolved tannin, and very good persistence. Smoothly textured and well-balanced. Very harmonious and complete by day two. Great claret! (1342 views) | | | Tasted by pavel_p on 1/31/2021 & rated 89 points: 7 years since my last bottle and this is still alive and kicking. Top shoulder fill, top of cork still dry and clean. Medium garnet, no browning. A fair bit of sous bois, sweet soft fruit, fine+ tannins. Drink up (1789 views) | | | Tasted by seijaro on 10/24/2020 & rated 89 points: Last bottle of the case bought on release; quite brown and it shows an old nose. Flavor is not bad, but it's limping towards the cemetery.
10/20/23 Found one more hiding... same story: still OK to drink, rate 89 (1661 views) | | | Tasted by OenophilistMN on 3/9/2020 & rated 88 points: From Art's cellar. One-hour decant through a screened funnel with some sediment. During decant nose was forest floor with a tobacco undertone. In the glass, wine was clear and dark ruby in bowl, orange rim. Nose in the glass was black currant and lead pencil shavings. Tannins had melted away and wine was smooth as silk, but the finish was quite herbaceous. Wine was in wonderful condition and cost $9.99 in 1991. (1748 views) | | | Tasted by seijaro on 5/14/2017 & rated 89 points: Cork wet all the way but good fill. Sediment, good color, old nose on decant. After one hour tastes a bit green but pleasant and interesting. Fades after two hours. OTH, drink up. Serve with milder food. (2462 views) | | | Tasted by Collector1855 on 10/14/2016 flawed bottle: During a Commanderie de Bordeaux bin end event. Clearly over the hill with notes of mushroom. No surprise. 30 years and still going strong is more like Paullac Grand Cru territory. (3197 views) | | | Tasted by PSPatrick on 9/21/2015 & rated 92 points: The bottle was in very good condition; the filling-level was top shoulder, the cork was soaked, but no seepage. The wine had medium ruby core, the colour turned garnet at the edges. It offered a sweet and savoury nose of red a dark fruit, cedar, leather, tobacco, pencil shaving mushroom and earth. On the palate the wine showed sweet fruit, cherry, black currant, prune, raspberry effervescent powder, Asian spices, tobacco, mushroom and earth, with fresh, medium-plus acidity, fine, well-integrated, medium-plus tannin, a great, smooth mouthfeel and very good length of the slightly drying finish. The medium-bodied wine was smooth and very balanced, with good complexity. It benefited from aeration in a small decanter for 30 minutes to an hour, and held up well as time passed. (3224 views) | | | Tasted by pavel_p on 11/15/2013 & rated 90 points: PnP and drank over 3h. Not the very best bottle with a very top shoulder fill and a completely soaked cork. Color however looks young with a fairly dark garnet. Only slight browning at the rim. Sous bois and dark fruit on the nose. On the palate there is still nice juicy fruit and earth but also plenty of oak that has turned into cedar. Fine tannins. This cedar is masking a lot of the action on the palate and also dominates the finish.
While this is a very solid effort from an inexpensive Grand Cru Classe at age 28, and will no doubt still last for several years, it tastes more St. Julien than Margaux in my eyes, and just like say the (of course much better) Talbot 85 it's simply not a style I love. (5311 views) | | | Tasted by meqoubal36 on 7/13/2013 & rated 92 points: Très beau vin. Margaux épanoui et classique. Merveille. (4780 views) | | | Tasted by Tim Heaton on 2/9/2013: PnP at CT offline, served side-by-side with the 2000. Smoking good, and in a really solid place at the moment. I preferred this over the 2000, but that's because it's in its zone; the 2000 won't be there for another decade, at least. Still fairly bright, really well composed, with captivating tertiary aromas and flavors, and undeniably Bordeaux. Brilliant, and recommended. Purchased on release (said the owner) and stored perfectly (the cork was remarkable, as was the color), this really made a case for proper storage for any newbies at the tasting that are just starting to collect. (4398 views) | | | Tasted by simba-mk@cox.net on 5/12/2009 & rated 90 points: Very nice with braised lamb shanks (5266 views) | | | Tasted by grossie on 7/12/2008: Forgot to write a note, but I recall it as being quite a nice example of a mature margaux wine. surprisingly alive and balanced. (4506 views) | | | Tasted by curtispomeroy on 1/6/2008 & rated 88 points: Still holding up well. Had a slight sour cherry finish that I did care for but the wife liked. Had softened by day two. (3622 views) | | | Tasted by JOhlsson on 4/3/2007 & rated 91 points: Beautiful. Deep mature cassis fruit up on opening. Held up very well in the glas over several hours showing scents of cinnamon and pencil shavings together with floral and earthy perfume. Silky mouthfeel with fully dissolved tannins. Compared convincingly with the 2000. (4069 views) | | | Tasted by La Cave d'Argent on 8/9/2002: Tasted blind (bottle from personal cellar) at Vintage Wines, Ltd. with usual Friday group. Corked. (3231 views) | | | Tasted by Xavier Auerbach on 11/7/2000 & rated 90 points: Christie's Pre-Sale Tasting (Amsterdam): Still tastes very young, good structure, well-made. (3283 views) | | | Tasted by Xavier Auerbach on 4/27/1993 & rated 88 points: Christie's Pre-Sale Tasting (Amsterdam): Elegant, supple, juicy, nice weight. (2926 views) |
| Château du Tertre Producer website - Read more about Chateau du TertreChâteau du TertreChateau du Tertre is a 52-acre estate in Margaux. Though it traces its history back nearly a thousand years, the estate became famous in the mid-19th century when the 1855 Bordeaux classification established the estate as a Margaux Grand Cru Classe.
In 1997 it was bought by Eric Albada Jelgersma, a Dutch businessman. Robert M. Parker Jr. has noted that Jelgersma “is doing a splendid job rebuilding this estate and producing wines of higher and higher quality…du Tertre is a stylish, full-flavored, somewhat exotic Margaux…”Red Bordeaux BlendRed Bordeaux is generally made from a blend of grapes. Permitted grapes are Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot, Petit Verdot, Malbec and rarely Carménère.Today Carménère is rarely used, with Château Clerc Milon, a fifth growth Bordeaux, being one of the few to still retain Carménère vines. As of July 2019, Bordeaux wineries authorized the use of four new red grapes to combat temperature increases in Bordeaux. These newly approved grapes are Marselan, Touriga Nacional, Castets, and Arinarnoa.
Wineries all over the world aspire to making wines in a Bordeaux style. In 1988, a group of American vintners formed The Meritage Association to identify wines made in this way. Although most Meritage wines come from California, there are members of the Meritage Association in 18 states and five other countries, including Argentina, Australia, Canada, Israel, and Mexico.France Vins de France (Office National Interprofessionnel des Vins ) | Pages Vins, Directory of French Winegrowers | French Wine (Wikipedia)
Wine Scholar Guild vintage ratings
2018 vintage: "marked by a wet spring, a superb summer and a good harvest"
2019 vintage reports
2021: "From a general standpoint, whether for white, rosé or red wines, 2021 is a year marked by quality in the Rhône Valley Vineyards. Structured, elegant, fresh and fruity will be the main keywords for this new vintage."
2022 harvest: idealwine.info | wine-searcher.comBordeaux Bordeaux Wine Guide
Vins Bordeaux (Conseil Interprofessionnel du Vin de Bordeaux)
History of Bordeaux
History of 1855 Bordeaux Classification
"2009 is all about ripeness, with wines impressively packed with ripe fruit and high alcohol levels. They are showy, in-your-face, and full of pleasure. The 2010s have the fruit and alcohol levels of the 2009s, but with a compelling freshness on the finish that balances the fruit and provides a perfect sense of structure." - Ben Nelson
"2016 is a landmark vintage in certain spots of Bordeaux and it should be remembered as one of the most inspired campaigns of the last 40-50+ years." -Jon Rimmerman
"The quality of red Bordeaux in 2016 was universally lauded – although the response to the en primeur campaign was muted. Quantity was high too, with the equivalent of 770 million bottles of wine produced. An exceptionally dry summer with cool nights eventually, thanks to mid September rain, resulted in small, thick-skinned, ripe grapes, and the wines are marked by high tannin and acidity, with superb aromatic fragrance." - Jancis Robinson
"2017 was complicated, but there are some excellent wines. Expect plenty of freshness and drinkability from wines that will offer excellent value, and others that will rival 2016 in terms of ripeness and ageability. But they are likely to be the exception not the rule, making careful selection key." - Jane Anson
"In the past, a vintage such as 2022 may have been overripe, raisined and low in acidity but 2022 had a sneaky little reservoir in its back pocket - a near perfect marriage of cool/cold/rain the previous winter and the previous vintage that literally soaked the soils (a key to why 2022 is not 2003...or 1893)." - Jon RimmermanMédoc Vins du Médoc (Conseil des Vins du Médoc) - Read More about the Medoc
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The eight precisely defined appellations of the whole of the Médoc (from Blanquefort Brook to the north of the Bordeaux built-up area, almost to the Pointe de Grave) may claim the Médoc appellation. But there is also a specific territory in the north of the peninsula which produces exclusively wines with this appellation. In the great majority, the Médocs come from the north of the peninsula. The great individuality of this region is that the number of vines has increased more recently here than elsewhere, apart from a few isolated spots where vines have grown for many years. Today, the size of the small estate has brought about the development of a powerful co-operative movement. Four co-operatives out of five belong to the group called Unimédoc which ensures aging, bottling and marketing a large proportion of their wines.Margaux Read more about Margaux and its wines As with a large part of the Bordeaux vineyards, vines first appeared in Margaux during the Gallo-Roman period.
In 1705 a text mentions Château Margaux . But we have to wait for the end of the eighteenth century and the coming of the earliest techniques in aging for the concept of wines of high quality to develop. The confirmation of this was the famous 1855 classification which recognized 21 Crus Classés in the Margaux appellation. One hundred years later, the Viticultural Federation and the Margaux appellation of controlled origin were born. The appellation, which stretches out over five communes, is actually unique in the Médoc in that it is the only one to contain all the range of wines, as rich as they are vast, from First Great Cru Classé to the Fifths, not forgetting its famous Crus Bourgeois and its Crus Artisans.
In Margaux there is a predominance of Garonne gravel on a central plateau of about 4 miles in length and one and a quarter wide. To the east-south-east, it overlooks the low lying land by the estuary. Its east side is marked by gentle, dry valleys and a succession of ridges.The layer of gravel in Margaux was spread out by a former Garonne in the early Quaternary. Rather large in size, it is mingled with shingle of average dimension and represents the finest ensemble of Günz gravel in the Haut-Médoc. It is on this ancient layer on a Tertiary terrace of limestone or clayey marl that the best Médoc crus lie. All the conditions for successful wine are present : a large amount of gravel and pebbles, poor soil which cannot retain water and deep rooted vines.
It is customary to say that Margaux wines are the "most feminine" in the Médoc, thus stressing their delicacy, suppleness and their fruity, elegant aromas. This does not affect their great propensity for aging; just the opposite, for the relatively thin terroir imparts tannins which give them long life. The other characteristic of these wines which combine an elegant vitality, subtlety and consistency, is their diversity and personality. Over and above the flavour which is their "common denominator", they present an exceptional palette of bouquets, fruity flavours which show up differently from one château to another.
Production conditions (Decree dated August 10 1954)
In order to have the right to the Margaux appellation of controlled origin, red wines must:
- come from the commune of Margaux, Cantenac, Soussans, Arsac and Labarde, "excluding the land which by the nature of its soil or because of its situation, is unfit to produce wine of this appellation".
- satisfy precise production conditions: grape-varieties (Cabernet-Sauvignon, Cabernet-Franc, Carmenère, Merlot Noir, Petit Verdot, Cot or Malbec), minimum of sugar (178 grammes - 6.27 oz. - per litre of must) degree (an acquired 10°5) base yield (45 hectolitres per hectare).
Vins de Bordeaux:
Grape Varieties: Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec, Petit Verdot, Merlot
Soil: Gravel and silt plateau on a layer of limestone or silt on clay
Surface Area: 1,530 ha |
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