Community Tasting Notes 49

• Weinberg Falls wrote: 90 points

  December 29, 2022 - Christmas lunch Magnum. Mushroomy, Margaux graphite nose with strawberry and cassis. Dry smooth and pleasantly medium bodied palate of red berries, tarry tannins with a persistent finish of cigar box and tobacco leaf. Nicely matured but lacking true complexity, this still made a fine accompaniment to Roast Beef (we took a year off the Turkey).

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• kkshah Does not like this wine: 83 points

  January 2, 2021 - Way past it’s prime...

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• Jeff Leve wrote: 88 points

  July 12, 2017 - Fully developed, the wine is medium bodied, with a soft entry and a distinctive herbal character on the palate and in the finish, especially in the end notes. . Classic in style is a good way to define the vintage here. The wine was made from a blend of 40% Cabernet Sauvignon, 35% Merlot and 25% Cabernet Franc, which is the highest percentage used in the blend.

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• Eudemis Likes this wine:

  May 10, 2017 - 13% alcohol. The wine penetrates the reasonably long cork for 1 cm. Very deep colour. Rich nose of ripe dark fruit. The mouth is equally fulfilling, with a nice acid kick in the finish to enliven the experience.
  It would be a hard-to-please fellow who would not be wooed by this wine, which has an unusual richness, approaching that of a Pauillac.
  
  So much (once again) for the downbeat rating of the vintage by the critics (most of them anyway).
  This was a gift, so many thanks to the generous donor, hoping that he kept a few bottles for himself (no rush to drink, this will still be superb in 10 years time, and probably beyond).
  A chateau to seek out for sure.
  
  Addendum: I finished the last quarter of the bottle after a full week in the fridge (the bottle, not I). Not only was the Du Tertre in perfect condition (and so was I, thank you for asking), but its Pauillac-like opulence had increased, as confirmed by the end of a bottle of Les Forts de Latour 2001 drank in parallel; in fact Du Tertre out-pauillaced Les Forts by a considerable margin !
  
  Addendum to the addendum : who needs Coravin? Just re-cork the bottle and stick it in the fridge. The propensity of our wealthy societies to produce marvellously ingenious technological solutions to non-existent problems never ceases to amaze me; a sign of decadence surely.

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• jkoenen wrote: 90 points

  October 16, 2016 - Classic mature leftbank Bdx. Smoke, graphite, leather and tobacco. On the palate these's earth, spice and some dark fruit infusion. Medium body and a point. Happy 14th birthday, L.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2002
• Type Red
• Producer Château du Tertre
• Varietal Red Bordeaux Blend
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country France
• Region Bordeaux
• SubRegion Médoc
• Appellation Margaux
• UPC Codes 3364420018999, 3760126360941

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• In Cellars 367 (49%)
• Consumed 376 (51%)

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