2018 HAUTS DU TERTRE Margaux Château du Tertre, Lea & Sandeman

HAUTS DU TERTRE

2018 Margaux Château du Tertre

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Grapes Cab Franc, Merlot, Cab Sauv
Colour Red
Origin France, Bordeaux
District Left Bank
Sub-district Haut Médoc
Village Margaux
ABV 13.5%

The second wine of Margaux classed growth Château du Tertre is rich while also stylish. Its generous tannins are balanced by juicy black currant fruits and smoky acidity. Drink this wine from 2023. Drinking range: 2023 - Rating: 92 Roger Voss, Wine Enthusiast www.winemag.com (Sept 2022)

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The 2018 Les Hauts du Tertre has a pretty blackberry and cranberry bouquet, nicely defined though not powerful. The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannin, fine acidity and some new oak (30%) still to be subsumed on the finish, though there is decent length. This should give several years of drinking pleasure. Drinking range: 2020 - 2025 Rating: 86-88 Neal Martin, www.vinous.com (Nov 2019)

Deep cherry red. Chalky overlay on the subtle black fruit. Juicy and dark-fruited, concentrated fruit but really lively. Finest of tannins, silky. Fragrantly Margaux. With air, even more so. Attractively sour dark fruit to finish. Drinking range: 2022 - 2028 Rating: 16.5 Julia Harding MW, www.JancisRobinson.com (Apr 2019)

The 2018 Les Hauts du Tertre is a pretty, gracious wine. Sweet tobacco, earthy notes, licorice and dried cherry are nicely lifted. The 2018 is an especially lifted, earthy Margaux. This mid-weight, open-knit Margaux is best enjoyed sooner rather than later. It would be nice to see a little more richness and overall structure. This is a relatively light style for Margaux. The blend is 40% Cabernet Sauvignon, 35% Merlot and 25% Cabernet Franc. Rating: 86-88 Antonio Galloni, www.vinous.com (Apr 2019)

Château du Tertre

Margaux Cinquième cru 1855

Château du Tertre is an estate whose star has risen quite considerably in recent years and offers a good bet to those seeking a decent Margaux without breaking the bank.

Château du Tertre lies just north of the village of Arsac in the south-east corner of the Margaux commune. The name refers to the hillock on which the vineyards stand and unusually for the Haut-Médoc the vineyards are in a single block around the château. Du Tertre has a long history dating back at least to the 12th Century when it was owned by the Seigneurie d'Arsac, and featured for a while in the extensive holdings of the Ségur family. A Ségur connection of a sort was re-established in 1961 when Philippe Gasqueton, who already owned Calon-Ségur in Saint Estèphe, bought the run-down du Tertre and set about restoring the château and vineyards. After his death in 1995, du Tertre was sold to Eric and Louise Albada Jelgersma who own the neighbouring Château Giscours.

The 50ha of vines are planted to 40% Cabernet Sauvignon, 35% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Franc and 5% Petit Verdot. The wine spends 18 months in wood, of which 50% is new.

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