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Château Le Tertre Rôteboeuf, St Emilion Grand Cru
Château Tertre Roteboeuf

Château Le Tertre Rôteboeuf, St Emilion Grand Cru, 2021

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justerini & brooks tasting note

Unlike anything else from Bordeaux, Francois Mitjavile’s 2021 Tertre Roteboeuf is a gourmand treat for the senses. This is classic Tertre Rotebouef with its wild array of hedgerow and liqueur fruits, damsons and spices. Floral notes mix with decadent black cherry, Kirsch then incense, liquorice, wildflowers and nori. Expressive and long with loads of sweet toasty fruit, this stains the palate with crème de mûre and graphite. Supple and layered, vibrant and alive, this is an exuberant and seductive Tertre Roteboueuf, which will not disappoint devotees of Monsieur Mitjavile.

critic reviews

95/100Jane Anson,Inside Bordeaux

One of my best scoring wines En Primeur, and absolutely delivering now in bottle. Juicy damson and cassis fruits, drawn out tannins that are fine but with grip, orange peel, blueberry, cassis, smoked earth, cloves and liqourice bud. Grilled cedar swirls through the palate, adding sweetness but well matched by the fruit, and this has layers of flavour, with the acidity of the vintage turned into sappy lift. Grapes destemmed but not crushed, 16% press wine, 100% new oak and 100% 1st wine, as ever.

DRINKING WINDOW 2026 - 2041
date of review 03/2024
94/100Neal Martin,Vinous

The 2021 Tertre-Rôteboeuf has gained some intensity since tasting it from barrel. Well-defined black cherries, iodine, violet and light graphite notes emanate from the 20% Cabernet Sauvignon. The palate is medium-bodied with a svelte opening, very harmonious with fine depth. Again, as I wrote out of barrel, it is a “gourmand” Saint-Émilion with a nicely structured, slightly savory finish. Excellent.

DRINKING WINDOW 2029 - 2055
date of review 02/2024
92/100William Kelley,Robert Parker Wine Advocate

Never one to shy away from risks, proprietor Francois Mitjaville opted to encourage the vintage's inherently more evolved style to arrive at its logical conclusion, so he kept his chai at a rather warm 17 degrees Celsius throughout the year. The result is a rather wild, carnal 2021 Le Tertre Roteboeuf that mingles the estate's signatures of rich dark fruits, espresso roast and exotic spices with more savory suggestions of saddle leather and smoked meats. Medium to full-bodied, broad and layered, with supple tannins and the evident ripeness that Mitjaville manages to attain, whatever the vintage, it concludes with a long, meaty finish. I tend to love Tertre Roteboeuf in cooler, more challenging vintages, but the 2021's more animal side disconcerts me.

DRINKING WINDOW 2025 - 2045
date of review 02/2024
93-95/100Lisa Perrotti-Brown,The Wine Independent

Deep garnet-purple colored, the 2021 Tertre Roteboeuf is a little reduced to begin, soon giving way to black fruit notes of fresh blackberries, black cherries, and mulberries, followed by suggestions of tar, violets, licorice, and cracked black pepper. Medium-bodied, the palate is firm and grainy with many finely-packed layers of black fruits and earthy notions, framed by ripe, rounded tannins and beautiful freshness, finishing on a lingering black truffle note.

DRINKING WINDOW 2028 - 2053
date of review 05/2022

product details

Country:
France
Region:
Bordeaux
Appellation:
St Emilion
Producer:
Château Tertre Roteboeuf
Style:
Red Wine
Grape Variety:
Merlot Cabernet
abv:
13.5%

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