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| Community Tasting Notes (average 89.1 pts. and median of 89 pts. in 50 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by ProfByron on 3/30/2024 & rated 92 points: Next to the 2008 this is noticeably more syrupy. Quite a surprise. Alongside some classic aged character. Green tobacco and cigar box mixed.
Tannins are more obvious, less rounded than the 2008.
Altogether a more exciting wine, though it I expect it will be under-appreciated by most.
13%, cork. (151 views) | | | Tasted by Zweder on 9/21/2023 & rated 89 points: In memoriam Bordeaux tasting for Piet Kuiper (@ RvD): In the bouquet coffee, oak, dark berries and smoke. On the palate juicy dark berries, fresh acidity and round tannin. Some bell pepper. Overall a bit disappointing. 88 - 89 (815 views) | | | Tasted by mr_rancho on 3/19/2022 & rated 92 points: Very well balanced between fruit and secondary aromas while tertiary aromas start to emerge. A bit thin if you search for criticism. Well within its trinking window and will stay there for many years. (1467 views) | | | Tasted by VinVet on 8/30/2020 & rated 90 points: Subtle cassis and wet earth nose. Muted fruit, soft tannins and mild acidity. Moderate length finish. (2345 views) | | | Tasted by Thorwijn on 9/24/2018 & rated 89 points: Still good and enough tannines. In the beginning somewhat closed, so we decided to decant the bottle, which helped. Classic and nice Margaux, although of a lesser vintage. (3801 views) | | | Tasted by VinVet on 4/1/2018 & rated 90 points: Cassis and barnyard nose. Cassis, blackberry, leather notes on the palate with plenty of fruit nicely balanced acidity and relatively soft tannins. Lengthy finish. (4061 views) | | | Tasted by ProfByron on 3/13/2018 & rated 90 points: Pretty delicious. (3871 views) | | | Tasted by Borrejac on 9/3/2017 & rated 91 points: The wine has acquired a nice ruby colour. Dark fruit and tobacco nose. Still good fruit taste and tannins still got a good grip. I let the wine breathe a few hours before drinking. (3795 views) | | | Tasted by Jeff Leve on 7/12/2017 & rated 85 points: Showing its age in the ruby, tea colored hue, the wine shows flowers, light red fruits, tobacco and earth. Light in fruit, but elegant in character, with a light, red fruit, herb and English breakfast tea finish. The wine requires drinking up, sooner than later. This is the penultimate vintage produced in the old cellar in large vats without temperature control. The wine was made from a blend of 50% Cabernet Sauvignon, 35% Merlot and 20% Cabernet Franc. (4115 views) | | | Tasted by to_sty on 9/25/2016 & rated 89 points: Directly after opening very thin, unbalanced, small body, and close to no finish. Closed the bottle and tasted again the next day. Better, more balanced, but best on third day - well integrated tanins, medium body, good finish. Not a vintage i would get again, either drink now and decant for some hours or keep for 1-2 more years. (3189 views) | | | Tasted by bboard on 8/21/2015: Tasted after 4 hour decant, improved balance during the next 2 hours. No browning. There seems to be good amount of fruits left once the oak settles in, more acidic than expected, medium length finish. IMHO, can hold for several more years (4235 views) | | | Tasted by bons vinhos on 4/4/2015 & rated 92 points: Great wine,started off a little weak and overwhelmed by the oak,but it came together after a while and showed its stuff.It does have too much oak for the quality of the fruit,so I'd suggrst to drink it up.We let it sit for three hours before we drank it. (4504 views) | | | Tasted by Collector1855 on 3/8/2015 & rated 88 points: Merchant tasting Bordeaux 2007. Medium garnet Expressive nose of dark fruit, sweet spices, cloves, pine, flowers, very Margaux and appealing. Enters the palate very aromatically but, alas, also here there is not a lot of fruit left given the oak levels. Late, drink up. (4281 views) | | | Tasted by L. Tay on 3/7/2015 & rated 88 points: Toasted bread crumbs distinguished this from a few other Grand Crus I tasted. Evolved into minty, sweet dark fruits later on. Silky mouthfeel. A little light though.
[Tasted at Crystal Wines SG 2007 Bordeaux tasting] (3595 views) | | | Tasted by bigberrypicker on 2/13/2015 & rated 84 points: Deep rich colour, with slight umber coming through.
Nose of strong pencil shavings, revealing green strawberries and menthol.
The mouth is a little thin, but all elements are well integrated into a fairly rounded whole. Some tartness left. Good aftertaste, not very long.
On the whole this is a pleasant wine, but the nose promises more than the mouth can provide. The tannins have now completely integrated, giving strong pencil-shavings in the nose. I would not leave this much longer as the fruits are already on their way out.
Drink up. (3123 views) | | | Tasted by PSPatrick on 9/26/2014 & rated 88 points: The wine offered black currant, cherry, blackberry, blueberry, vegetal notes, chocolate, vanilla cedar and graphite on the nose. On the palate the wine showed black currant, cherry, young blackberry, underripe blueberry, red pepper, bell pepper, vegetal notes, some chocolate, cedar, leather and graphite, paired with prominent medium-plus acidity, slightly coarse medium to medium-plus tannin and very good length. The medium- to light-bodied Margaux was reasonably balanced, but the pronounced acidity and coarse tannin made the wine chewy. It seemed a little underripe, but not really green, and showed best after about two hours in the decanter. O.K. in the context of the vintage, but not on par with the Domaine de Chevalier 2007. (2393 views) | | | Tasted by Xavier Auerbach on 8/4/2014 & rated 90 points: A private dinner (Restaurant De Lage Vuursche, Lage Vuursche, NL): Explosive, aromatic and fragrant nose, immediately recognisable as Du Tertre; slender palate, light even for this estate, the vintage shows, also in its slightly drying tannins, good length. Drink up. (2877 views) | | | Tasted by rossi.wine on 5/17/2014 & rated 88 points: Green peppers, spicy, medium length, a bit green. Not very generous. 87-89 (2701 views) | | | Tasted by MrBrege on 3/6/2014 & rated 90 points: This is not a complex wine. But apart from the acidity being a little too pronounced for my taste, it is surprisingly well balanced, powerful yet pretty smooth, and showing good length on the finish. In particular for the low price! Not one of the better left bank producers coming up with this wine in a generally poor vintage is why I love Bordeaux; just as it has the capacity to be overpriced on "quality brands" in "great vintages" it can offer outstanding value at random.... (3121 views) | | | Tasted by Papies on 2/4/2014 & rated 89 points: Third time we have come across it, by the glass again at the BA lounge T5. We still are of the opinion that this is wine to drink younger than older as it shows very nicely now, good fruit, lively and quite open on the nose. Not saying it will not last but it feels very nice now and we would just happily enjoy it now. 88-89 (3166 views) | | | Tasted by maxima on 1/30/2014 & rated 88 points: Très surpris par ce 2007...simple mais doté d'un bel équilibre et un fruité éclatant.
Nez parfumé sur les cerises, la terre et une pointe de café.
En bouche, texture satinée. Il y a des cerises noires et un peu de graphite.
De beaux tannins charnus avec une finale bien longue. (2731 views) | | | Tasted by Zweder on 12/11/2013 & rated 88 points: Monthly Tasting Group HWS #084; Margaux (By RG): Garnet red with a little brown in the rim. Beautiful bouquet with smoke, tobacco and cassis, a bit rustic, but overall not extremely luxurious. On the palate red fruits, some bell peppers, mild acidity and tannin. Red fruits in the long finish. Certainly a very ok wine, but the vintage is showing. A bit green and too many red fruits for a good, left bank Bordeaux. Possibly a few more years in the bottle will help a bit. Around 2016? (3001 views) | | | Tasted by Papies on 12/2/2013 & rated 89 points: Once again came across it at the BA lounge and did not fail. Drinks very nicely now and is very good for early drinking given its soft tannins and medium body. Could use some more weight on the palate but the elegant nose makes up for it. Horses for courses type of wine but just very pretty for a light dinner. (2521 views) | | | Tasted by Papies on 10/29/2013 & rated 89 points: By the glass at the BA lounge and prob opened for 20 mins.Quite ready and on the fruit. No rough edges, ok maybe a few on the finish but in reality not much of an issue. The tannins are firm but mellow out quickly, good fruit core. Slight ton the mild side in the mid palate and lacks a bit of energy but overall a solid well made wine. 89 and drinks nicely now. (2294 views) | | | Tasted by hubas on 9/7/2013 & rated 89 points: Dark fill and alot of mature noes. Good balance and would love to have it to a mushroom and meat dish (2483 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
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| 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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