With a mature color showing ruby with tea accents, the wine is medium bodied, with an earthy, spicy, truffle and red berry character. Light, silky, bright and spicy, with a light, fresh, peppery, red berry character in its finish. This is fully mature and requires drinking. From a blend of 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot and 10% Cabernet Franc, this is the debut vintage produced in the new, modern cellars.
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Belle couleur grenat tuilée. Assez lourd. Larmes moyennes. Semble un peu clair. Joli nez composé de fruits frais (groseilles maquereau et cerises), de violette et d'épices (poivre) sur un fond de bois bien intégré. Attaque très douce qui laisse apparaître rapidement un fruit abondant (cassis, cerise et fraise). Mélange de fruits complexe et très intéressant mais un vin qui manque malheureusement cruellement de matière ce qui endommage la structure. Absolument pas désagréable à boire, mais ne peut prétendre au rang de 5ième cru dans ce millésime. Meilleur avec 1.5 h de carafage.
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En accompagnement d'une gigue de chevreuil sauce grand veneur.
60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot et 10% Cabernet Franc Belle robe avec une légère trace d'évolution, de belles larmes s'écoule le long du verre nez sur le tabac blond, le cèdre bouche longue et fine avec de la matière Très belle bouteille
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an excellent wine- Tertre never disappoints-excellent quality for price even nowadays - still fresh, elegant tanin and still good acidity balance -typical margaux , dark fruit can be kept few more years
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Just starting to wane slightly, but still close to top form, this has acquired good Margaux typicity, whereas in its youth it was a bit too fruity and facile. Elegant, sweet, but with good persistence: very satisfying
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Tasted at the winery with a cheese course (protein helps, but this wine doesn't need it); it has come into it's own. Brownish color, dark fruit with a heavy terrior Bordeaux nose. Good structure with ample round tannins. The mid-palate showed strong black fruit and the finish has enough spice to keep the palate interested in the next sip.
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Tour de Bordeaux; Next stop: Margaux @ David's (Netherlands): Again some browning in the colour. In the bouquet I perceive the luxurious odors of a stud farm and saddle leather. Honorable, stylish and masculine. Complex hints of fresh compost, ground coffee and black cherries. Tannines are perfectly integrated, soft as silk and in complete harmony. Authentic and honest, a wonderful wine, drinking at its prime. 18/20
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13.0% alcohol. Opened three hours before serving. Deep red color with no signs of bricking at the edge of the glass. Classic nose of black currant, cigar box, spice, and pencil lead. Lovely and inviting bouquet. In the mouth, caresses the palate with a panoply of lovely fruit flavors and waves of complexity, led by the leafy tobacco notes and rich earth. Gentle acidity and a long, delicious finish. This is just terrific and enjoyable. Drinking beautifully now. A-
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We loved the '98 some time ago and this was almost as good. A little less 'meat', but with loads of creamy red fruit (raspberry, cherry) and floral tones. Both nose and palate were in line and showed great balance and elegance. Superb acidity and length, wit a certain 'dark' (earthy) side that kept the tension and made the wine interesting to follow throughout the evening. Beautiful! 90-91/100
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Interesting nose of butterscotch and camphor. Medium bodied, some intensity, strawberries, short on length & finish. OK wine, much different than the '98, which was better.
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Deep undertones of blackcurrant with coal, earth and smoke. Overtones of bitter herbs follow through to lightweight, underpowered and herbal finish. Not unpleasant, and generally good balance overall.
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Blackcurrant fruit, some cigarbox and earth after a while. Tannins are already resolved, drinking well and doubtful it'll get better. More of a workhorse claret than a hampionship steed, but good for what it is
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A trip to Bordeaux's Right Bank (Very long); 10/22/2006-10/30/2006 (Bordeaux, France): Had this at the Lion d'Or in Arcins. A gentleman in the next table ordered the stinkiest (attractive!) dish I'd smelled in my life: Hare slow cooked in a reduction of its own blood. Thie picked my interest so much that I ordered a very similar dish in Paris the following week.
This is a simple, eleganttly textured, pleasant, very good wine to accompany food. It is not a blockbuster by any means.
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Purchased off the wine list at the Basel Hilton for CHF 98.00. Color was age-appropriate, dark ruby with clear rims. Nose was filled with wheat grass, milkweed, and tobacco notes. Seemed more like a Pomerol on first sniff. Decent blackcurrant fruit on the mid-palate. Polished and reserved, with some herbal overtones. Finished decently, but without much resolve. Probably should be consumed by 2010.
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Really tasty wine - just a perfect little bottle of Bordeaux. Will age for several more years - opened up for a couple of hours in the glass and still hand't peaked by the time it had disappeared.
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Nice bottle, though not the quality of the Carruades the night before. The taste was softer, more feminine, perhaps, than the Carruades. I thought that the Carruades was delicious through and through - this was pleasant wine that would work well with fo
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7/12/2017 - Jeff Leve wrote: 85 Points
With a mature color showing ruby with tea accents, the wine is medium bodied, with an earthy, spicy, truffle and red berry character. Light, silky, bright and spicy, with a light, fresh, peppery, red berry character in its finish. This is fully mature and requires drinking. From a blend of 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot and 10% Cabernet Franc, this is the debut vintage produced in the new, modern cellars.
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10/12/2014 - OW_SOSPEL wrote: 82 Points
Belle couleur grenat tuilée. Assez lourd. Larmes moyennes. Semble un peu clair.
Joli nez composé de fruits frais (groseilles maquereau et cerises), de violette et d'épices (poivre) sur un fond de bois bien intégré.
Attaque très douce qui laisse apparaître rapidement un fruit abondant (cassis, cerise et fraise). Mélange de fruits complexe et très intéressant mais un vin qui manque malheureusement cruellement de matière ce qui endommage la structure.
Absolument pas désagréable à boire, mais ne peut prétendre au rang de 5ième cru dans ce millésime. Meilleur avec 1.5 h de carafage.
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12/29/2012 - GAET Likes this wine: 92 Points
En accompagnement d'une gigue de chevreuil sauce grand veneur.
60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot et 10% Cabernet Franc
Belle robe avec une légère trace d'évolution, de belles larmes s'écoule le long du verre
nez sur le tabac blond, le cèdre
bouche longue et fine avec de la matière
Très belle bouteille
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6/20/2012 - Marco357 wrote: 91 Points
an excellent wine- Tertre never disappoints-excellent quality for price even nowadays - still fresh, elegant tanin and still good acidity balance -typical margaux , dark fruit can be kept few more years
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1/30/2012 - Julian Marshall wrote:
Just starting to wane slightly, but still close to top form, this has acquired good Margaux typicity, whereas in its youth it was a bit too fruity and facile. Elegant, sweet, but with good persistence: very satisfying
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1/17/2011 - Hill Wine wrote: 94 Points
Very nice nose, tobacco, great tannins
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9/21/2010 - sahlsmith wrote: 91 Points
Tasted at the winery with a cheese course (protein helps, but this wine doesn't need it); it has come into it's own. Brownish color, dark fruit with a heavy terrior Bordeaux nose. Good structure with ample round tannins. The mid-palate showed strong black fruit and the finish has enough spice to keep the palate interested in the next sip.
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2/5/2010 - jkoenen wrote: 92 Points
Tour de Bordeaux; Next stop: Margaux @ David's (Netherlands): Again some browning in the colour. In the bouquet I perceive the luxurious odors of a stud farm and saddle leather. Honorable, stylish and masculine. Complex hints of fresh compost, ground coffee and black cherries. Tannines are perfectly integrated, soft as silk and in complete harmony. Authentic and honest, a wonderful wine, drinking at its prime. 18/20
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10/17/2009 - gutt22 wrote:
13.0% alcohol. Opened three hours before serving. Deep red color with no signs of bricking at the edge of the glass. Classic nose of black currant, cigar box, spice, and pencil lead. Lovely and inviting bouquet. In the mouth, caresses the palate with a panoply of lovely fruit flavors and waves of complexity, led by the leafy tobacco notes and rich earth. Gentle acidity and a long, delicious finish. This is just terrific and enjoyable. Drinking beautifully now. A-
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1/16/2009 - Roel van Gestel wrote: 90 Points
We loved the '98 some time ago and this was almost as good. A little less 'meat', but with loads of creamy red fruit (raspberry, cherry) and floral tones. Both nose and palate were in line and showed great balance and elegance. Superb acidity and length, wit a certain 'dark' (earthy) side that kept the tension and made the wine interesting to follow throughout the evening. Beautiful!
90-91/100
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1/14/2008 - davergny wrote: 87 Points
Interesting nose of butterscotch and camphor. Medium bodied, some intensity, strawberries, short on length & finish. OK wine, much different than the '98, which was better.
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1/3/2008 - Madidus wrote: 88 Points
Deep undertones of blackcurrant with coal, earth and smoke. Overtones of bitter herbs follow through to lightweight, underpowered and herbal finish. Not unpleasant, and generally good balance overall.
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1/2/2007 - DaleW wrote: 88 Points
Blackcurrant fruit, some cigarbox and earth after a while. Tannins are already resolved, drinking well and doubtful
it'll get better. More of a workhorse claret than a hampionship steed, but good for what it is
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10/24/2006 - hcampana wrote: 87 Points
A trip to Bordeaux's Right Bank (Very long); 10/22/2006-10/30/2006 (Bordeaux, France): Had this at the Lion d'Or in Arcins. A gentleman in the next table ordered the stinkiest (attractive!) dish I'd smelled in my life: Hare slow cooked in a reduction of its own blood. Thie picked my interest so much that I ordered a very similar dish in Paris the following week.
This is a simple, eleganttly textured, pleasant, very good wine to accompany food. It is not a blockbuster by any means.
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10/2/2006 - otisabdul wrote: 85 Points
Purchased off the wine list at the Basel Hilton for CHF 98.00. Color was age-appropriate, dark ruby with clear rims. Nose was filled with wheat grass, milkweed, and tobacco notes. Seemed more like a Pomerol on first sniff. Decent blackcurrant fruit on the mid-palate. Polished and reserved, with some herbal overtones. Finished decently, but without much resolve. Probably should be consumed by 2010.
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2/1/2006 - caldwell wrote:
Really tasty wine - just a perfect little bottle of Bordeaux. Will age for several more years - opened up for a couple of hours in the glass and still hand't peaked by the time it had disappeared.
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9/1/2004 - caldwell wrote:
Nice bottle, though not the quality of the Carruades the night before. The taste was softer, more feminine, perhaps, than the Carruades. I thought that the Carruades was delicious through and through - this was pleasant wine that would work well with fo
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5/15/2004 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 91 Points
Académie des Cinquante Du Tertre / Giscours Tasting (Hostellerie van Gaalen, Heeze, the Netherlands): Wonderful soft and ripe fruit, full-on toasty oak; broad and ripe flavours, creamy. Very attractive, very presentable.
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