2009 Château du Tertre
Community Tasting Note
Motz wrote:
Sunday, May 28, 2017 - Half bottle. Among the densest classed growths from the vintage that I recall tasting. In a word, unique, particularly for Margaux. The wine delivered muddled purple and black berries, muddled thick petal flowers, peppers, graphite, and a creaminess that bordered on muddiness (in a good way). It featured great balance of fruit, earth, acid, and (powdery) tannin, a substantive mouthfeel, and a stalwart, somewhat gritty, finish of very good length. An atypical 2009 classed growth Bordeaux because of its thickness, (which speaks to phenolic ripeness, a rarity with this overhyped vintage). In my experience, most 2009 classed growth Bordeaux feature high-toned red berry sleekness, with lingering bitter notes. Also, if tasting blind, knowing only that it was classed growth from one of the four great Medoc communes, it smelled and drank more like Saint-Estèphe than Margaux. This aside, if double-blind, I would have guessed Listrac-Médoc or Moulis-en-Médoc.
Overall, a rock solid Fifth Growth, atypical of the vintage, though not a bell ringer. Showing well now, and it will hold for a long while, but unlikely to improve by an appreciable margin.
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