| 94 Points: "Beautiful purity of fruit here
with currant and berry aromas, as well as fresh roses and other flowers. Citrus peel as well. Full-bodied with creamy and lightly velvety tannins that are long and beautiful. Hints of citrus to the lovely fruit. Textured and polished. Try after 2024." – James Suckling (February 2022)
94 Points: "The Grand Vin 2019 Château Du Tertre checks in as 54% Cabernet Sauvignon, 27% Merlot, 13% Cabernet Franc, and the rest Petit Verdot. This beautiful Margaux offers awesome notes of black raspberries, crushed flowers, sandalwood, spice, and a touch of bouquet garni. With medium to full-bodied richness, polished tannins, and a great finish, it's certainly the finest wine I've tasted from this domaine. It's going to evolve nicely over the coming two decades. Maturity 2020 - 2040" – Jeb Dunnuck (June 2020)
93 Points: "The 2019 du Tertre opens in the glass with aromas of sweet cassis and plums mingled with undergrowth, cedarwood, violets and subtle hints of cigar wrapper. Medium-bodied, bright and integrated, with a nicely concentrated core of fruit, lively acids and fine, powdery tannins that assert themselves on the finish, it delivers a certain generosity of fruit in a fine-boned package. Even if this numbers among the more powerful du Tertre vintages of recent years, it remains a wine defined by elegance more than impact. Drink Date 2025 - 2050" – William Kelley, Robert Parker's Wine Advocate (April 2022)
92-94 Points: "The 2019 du Tertre is dark, virile and imposing, but in the mid-weight style that is typical of this property. Black cherry, plum, spice, new leather, licorice and dried flowers meld together as the 2019 shows off its depth and resonance. Readers will find a wine with real character and gravitas in the 2019." – Antonio Galloni, Vinous (June 2020)
91 Points: "Medium-bodied, earthy, savory, specy and loaded with fresh red fruits that range from sweet to tart. The wine finishes with dusty tannins and a savory, spicy quality. This will be best with a few more years of age. Drink from 2024-2039." – Jeff Leve, Wine Cellar Insider (March 2022)
ABOUT CHATEAU DU
TERTRE
Château du Tertre is located on one of the highest and most beautiful gravelly rises in the Margaux appellation. Like most Bordeaux houses, it has a long and storied history, with several changes in ownership over the centuries. It was created in the 18th century by an important Irish négociant, Pierre Mitchell, who had fallen in love with the Bordeaux region and its wines. The founder of the first glassworks in Bordeaux, this refined, innovative man realized one of his fondest dreams by establishing his own fine wine estate.
Other famous families followed in his footsteps: the de Brezets and Vallandés, as well as the Koenigswarters, rich bankers close to Emperor Napoleon III. The quality of the wine was such that it was included among the great growths of Margaux in the 1855
classification.
Éric Albada Jelgersma acquired the estate in 1997. Thanks to major investments and careful management, Château du Tertre now expresses its intrinsically elegant personality year after year.
Most recently, in March 2021, the estate changed hands and will be managed by the Helfich family of Alsace.
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