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1998 Tertre Rôteboeuf
Red Bordeaux Blend
- France
- Bordeaux
- Libournais
- St. Émilion Grand Cru
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Community Tasting Notes 139
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rjpbath Likes this wine: 95 points
December 3, 2023 - Fabulous. It was wonderful in primary colours but now it is secondary it is in a serious magisterial mode. Slightly dusty, almost Pessac Leognan style. Deep and complex. Glorious example of a great right bank vintage. I leave it to others to describe it, I just bathe in the mixture of tastes and smells. Goes on for ever. Wow! (Will keep for years). A privilege to drink it. This is why one gets interested in great wine.
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GuanYu Likes this wine: 96 points
August 24, 2023 - Tasted blind. Dark red with orange rim. Blackcurrant, stewed strawberry, crushed petals, cigar, cedar and pencil shaving. Perfume and elegant. Hint of cool climate. Balanced, good structure, and well made. Long finish. I thought it was a grand cru claret from Margaux. I was surprised it was from Right Bank. Prime to drink now, and can cellar for another decade easily.
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Jeff Leve wrote: 96 points
August 2, 2023 - Black cherries, chocolate, smoke, spice, chocolate and roses meld together. The wine is lush, rich, full, opulent and elegant with a silky, polished, long finish. Fully mature, this is a beauty that I seem to have seriously underrated. Drink from 2023-2030.
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Mathijs81 Likes this wine: 98 points
June 30, 2023 - Remains stunning at this stage !
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Jd6725 Likes this wine: 93 points
May 20, 2023 - Quite solid, fully integrated. Not backwards like some 98 right banks still are. I would say possibly on the downslope at this point. Some good spices but nothing that blew me away given the vintage. I think TR might be an earlier drinking wine in general based on other experiences anyways.
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By Jane Anson
Bordeaux 1990s vintages, 5/1/2021 (link)(Château Tertre Rôteboeuf, St Emilion, Bordeaux, France, Red) Subscribe to see review text.
Vinous
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By Neal Martin
A Century of Bordeaux: The Eights (May 2018), 5/18/2018 (link)(Tertre Rôteboeuf Tertre-rôteboeuf Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Julia Harding, MW
5/5/2011 (link)(Ch Tertre Roteboeuf St-Émilion Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
3/11/2006 (link)(Ch Tertre Roteboeuf St-Émilion Red) Subscribe to see review text.
Vinous
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By Stephen Tanzer
May/June 2000, IWC Issue #90 (link)(Chateau Le Tertre Roteboeuf Saint Emilion) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Stephen Tanzer
May/June 1999, IWC Issue #84 (link)(Chateau Le Tertre Roteboeuf Saint Emilion) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Lyle Fass
2/9/2006 (link)(Tertre Rotebouef) Good but not great. Big, sloppy and ripe but showing some heat on the finish. Not as ethereal as a bottle at Montrachet over a year ago. Really seemed kind of structureless.
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By Richard Jennings
8/28/2005 (link) 94 points(Tertre Rôteboeuf) Lovely classic Bordeaux, plum, cedar nose; tasty, plum, black fruit, mocha, elegant palate, drinking well now; medium-plus finish
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By Richard Jennings
1/28/2005 (link) 92 points(Tertre Rôteboeuf) Ripe plum nose; juicy, dark fruit, plum palate; sweet medium finish 92+ pts.
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By Richard Jennings
8/16/2003 (link) 94 points(Tertre Rôteboeuf) Blackberry, blueberry nose; concentrated, blueberry, blackberry palate with sweet tannins; long finish
Wine Definition
- Vintage 1998
- Type Red
- Producer Tertre Rôteboeuf
- Varietal Red Bordeaux Blend
- Designation n/a
- Vineyard n/a
- Country France
- Region Bordeaux
- SubRegion Libournais
- Appellation St. Émilion Grand Cru
- UPC Code 000000196215
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 15 (1%)
- In Cellars 886 (57%)
- Consumed 649 (42%)
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- VarietyRed Bordeaux Blend
- CountryFrance
- RegionBordeaux
- SubRegionLibournais
- AppellationSt. Émilion Grand Cru
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