critic reviews
Intense and concentrated, showcasing the impressive quality potential of the 2022 vintage. Unusual also to see a 13% wine in this vintage, reflecting the regularity of these soils. It's good, very much on the luscious side of the lineup, with black chocolate, pomegranate, damson and fleshy black cherry, given restraint by clips of mint leaf, violet, lavender, pink peppercorn, slate and graphite. Delicious. 50% new oak for ageing, Diam cork, Julien Viaud consultant. This is a higher score than my En Primeur note, often the case in bigger vintages when doing an estate vertical, but also reflects how well this wine is bedding in and opening up with a few years in bottle. Ludovic David director. Julien Viaud of Rolland & Associés winemaking consultant.
The 2022 from Marquis de Terme is a blend of 55% Cabernet Sauvignon, 39% Merlot and 6% Petit Verdot. It has a rather sweet and toasted nose, with a little fuzzy edge to the delineation, a touch soft focus. The palate follows on in the same vein, with a polished, rather open and powdery structure running through the middle of the palate, with plenty of dark and juicy fruit. The finish is all dark fruit and powdery grip, the tannins coming out to show their potential from the midpalate onwards, with a minty freshness. It has a tight structure and just a medium-bodied presence, but if we all cross our fingers perhaps this will come good with time. Tasted twice. The alcohol on the label is 13%.
The 2022 Marquis de Terme has a classic, almost Pauillac-styled bouquet with blackberry, wild hedgerow and light tobacco scents. The palate is medium-bodied with grainy tannins, but the substance drops away halfway through, making the finish feel a bit mean. I wanted to like this more than I do. I tasted it twice, and the notes were consistent.
A blend of 55% Cabernet Sauvignon, 41% Merlot and 4% Petit Verdot, the 2022 Marquis de Terme expresses aromas of oak, spices, pencil shavings and ripe dark berries. Concentrated but a bit over-extracted and with firm and chunky tannins, it reveals a broad-shouldered, punchy style that privileges power over charm.