Château Le Tertre Rôteboeuf, St Emilion Grand Cru, 2023

Name: Château Le Tertre Rôteboeuf, St Emilion Grand Cru
Brand: Château Tertre Roteboeuf
Price: 770 GBP

Available Vintages

all 1999 2000 2006 2010 2013 2021 2023 2024

justerini & brooks tasting note

As one would expect from Francois Mitjavile's flagship wine, this is an idiosyncratic, exotic style of St Emilion. Tasted straight from barrel, the sample is heavily influenced by oak, but even so, one detects notions of mushrooms, Kirsch, caramel, sweet earth, cacao, mocha and degraded fruit. Velvety, dark, rich and sumptuous. The overall balance is good, and in time this should reveal lots of charm as those ripe, earthy notes emerge. There is simply nothing else like it in Bordeaux…..

critic reviews

96-98/100Lisa Perrotti-Brown,The Wine Independent

The 2023 Tertre Roteboeuf is deep garnet-purple in color. It erupts from the glass with powerful notes of plum preserves, juicy ripe blackberries, and licorice leading to suggestions of charcoal, black olives, cumin seed, lavender oil, and crushed rocks with a waft of iron ore. The full-bodied palate vibrates with energetic black fruits and savory accents, supported by beautifully velvety tannins and wonderful tension, finishing long and minerally. This is a stunning expression of the vintage!

DRINKING WINDOW 2029 - 2050

date of review 05/2024

97/100Jane Anson,Inside Bordeaux

The juice, the salinity, the plump fruits and the pleasure bursting out of this glass are off the scale. Expect waves of fleshy red cherry, raspberry, squid ink, tar and smoked grilled caramel, tannins full of sinew. All picked in one day, Henri Mitjavile winemaker alongside his father François Mitjavile. 100% new oak for ageing.

DRINKING WINDOW 2028 - 2042

date of review 05/2024

92-94/100Neal Martin,Vinous

The 2023 Tertre Rôteboeuf was picked from September 26 with a normal duration of picking. It has a typical bouquet for this Saint-Émilion that plays by its own rules: black cherries, dark chocolate, a touch of melted tar and licorice, well-defined and actually gaining precision as it opens in the glass. The palate is very smooth and a little savory in style, displaying hints of meat juices and white pepper, almost garrigue-like toward the finish. There's an appealing dash of black pepper on the aftertaste that seems to linger temptingly. Those who love this Chateau will love the 2023.

DRINKING WINDOW 2028 - 2050

date of review 04/2024

92-96/100William Kelley,Robert Parker Wine Advocate

The 2023 Le Tertre Roteboeuf offers up aromas of creme de cassis, blueberry liqueur, kirsch, espresso roast and creamy new oak, followed by a full-bodied, rich and layered palate that's sweet, dense and concentrated, somewhat reminiscent of Francois Mitjaville's 2011. When I tasted it, the wine had only been in barrel for a matter of weeks, as the 2023 took an unusually long time to ferment to dryness.

date of review 04/2024