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du Tertre 2015

RegionBordeaux
Subregion France > Bordeaux > Left Bank > Margaux
ColourRed
TypeStill
Grape VarietyCabernet Sauvignon

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Tasting Notes

A wine with definition and refinement. Hints of tobacco and chocolate. Full body, super fine and flavorful. Juicy and savory. The walnut and spice on the end is gorgeous.

94/95
James Suckling, JamesSuckling.com, March 2016

The 2015 du Tertre is medium to deep garnet-purple in color with a nose of baked cherries, blackberries and dried herbs with a waft of potpourri and fallen leaves. The medium-bodied palate is delicately styled with perfumed red and black fruits supported by firm, grainy tannins and it finishes with a refreshing herbal lift. 2019 - 2034

90+
Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW, Wine Advocate (Interim Fe), February 2018

Tasted blind. Compost nose and lots of leaf mulch on the palate. It certainly has character! Rather marked acidity. Dry end.
Drink 2024-2032

15.5
Jancis Robinson MW, JancisRobinson.com, February 2019

Fragrant spring violets the start of the palate is bright and fresh a bilberry bramble mix. Richer in the middle the fruit is ripe fleshy with fine velvety tannins dense black fruits. Lighter at the back and the finish has freshness and good length.

89/92
Derek Smedley MW, DerekSmedleyMW.co.uk, April 2016

If you wanted to bottle the quintessence of Margaux in 2015, this lovely, aromatic wine would
be an excellent candidate. Pretty, floral and feminine with more tannin and backbone than
you think at first and fresh, tangy acidity. Very appealing indeed. Drink: 2020-28

92
Tim Atkin MW, timatkin.com, April 2016

With some coffee and spice on the nose and decent density of charry fruit this is a good stab at the vintage and a nice,
balanced wine. There are touches of green and I suspect that the fruit wasn’t entirely all ripe but these are interesting
details as opposed to faults.

16.5+
Matthew Jukes, Matthew Jukes' Blog, April 2016
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The 2015 du Tertre is a blend of 70% Cabernet Sauvignon, 10% each of Petit Verdot, Cabernet Franc and Merlot, picked 9 September until 9 October, matured in around 47% new oak. The nose is impressive, more so than the 2014 twelve months ago with tightly-wound but very focused raspberry, cranberry and iodine aromas that gently unfurl with aeration. The palate is medium-bodied with good structure, impressive depth, a du Tertre with more substance and body than recent vintages. There is precision with satisfying length on the cedar and pencil lead finish. Alexandre Van Beek might have produced his best du Tertre to date. Drink 2025-2045.

91/93
Neal Martin, Wine Advocate (224), April 2016

Mid purplish crimson. Very well-married elements on the nose already. Sweet, very polished palate entry. Perhaps very slightly too sweet for refreshment value? But a well-made wine without excesses. Quite forward.
Drink 2022-2035

16.5
Jancis Robinson MW, JancisRobinson.com, November 2017

Dark crimson. A meaty note to this charmer. Lots of freshness too. A fairly early developer with masses of sweetness but a good herald of the vintage. Perhaps not the great concentration of tannins for a long life.
Drink 2021-2030

16.5
Jancis Robinson MW, JancisRobinson.com, April 2016
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