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Subregion | France > Bordeaux > Left Bank > Margaux |
Colour | Red |
Type | Still |
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This 125-acre vineyard is beautifully situated in the southern sector of the appellation of Margaux. Dense ruby/purple, with sweet cassis fruit, Du Tertre’s 2012 has a perfumed, elegant, lush, velvety-textured mouthfeel and impressive purity and depth. Drink it over the next 15-20 years. Drink: 2015 - 2035.
Crimson at the rim. Smells of blackcurrant gums. Slightly loose and slack - without real tension. Cool and well behaved but not exactly dramatic or attention-grabbing.
This Margaux classed growth is from the same owner and wine making team as Chateau Giscours. Soft and supple with fleshy ripe tannins complimenting the cherry fruit. Charming and typically Margaux. Forward and attractive.
The fruit on the nose feels ripe very black fruit in character. Cassis is backed by black cherry all underpinned by a touch of liquorice and dark chocolate. The tannins feel ripe the back palate quite sweet with lots of cassis on the long finish. 2020-30
Owned by the proprietors of Giscours, the 2012 Du Tertre is marginally richer and more textured than that cuvee. It exhibits a deep ruby/purple color as well as notes of licorice, charcoal, red and black currants, forest floor and background oak. Medium-bodied, well-made and pure with soft tannins and low acidity, it can be drunk over the next 10-12 years.