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

    Château Le Tertre Rôteboeuf, St Emilion Grand Cru,

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    Château Le Tertre Rôteboeuf, St Emilion Grand Cru, 2000

    Justerini & Brooks Tasting note
    Château Le Tertre Rôteboeuf, St Emilion Grand Cru, 2000
    Maturity:
    Keep/Drink
    ABV:
    13.5%
    97/100
    Jane Anson, Inside Bordeaux
    The texture is the first thing that strikes you here, with pummice stone salinity and an unfussy, luxurious uncurling of flavours that makes you want to pull up a chair and take your time. Plenty of tar, cloves, liqourice and grilled cedar, alongside blackberry and raspberry fruit laced with pomegranate and orange peel bitterness, not avoiding but leaning into the vintage conditions. Confident and full of limestone character, just a beautiful wine from the Mitjavile family in a year full of paradox. Harvest October 1-2. 100% new oak, medium plus toasting, which is where this tar grilling comes from. No crushing of the grapes but full destemming, no cold soaks, unfiltered until just before bottling. 100% of the vineyard always in Tertre Roteboeuf.
    Date Reviewed:
    05/2023
    Drinking Window:
    2030 - 2038
    96-98/100
    Lisa Perrotti-Brown, The Wine Independent
    The 2022 Tertre Roteboeuf is made from 80% Merlot and 20% Cabernet Franc, harvested on 1 October. Deep garnet-purple in color, it storms out of the glass with powerful notes of preserved plums, blueberry compote, and fruitcake, followed by suggestions of star anise, cedar chest, wilted roses, and unsmoked cigars. The super-concentrated, opulent, full-bodied palate is jam packed with black fruit preserves and exotic spices, maintaining impressive freshness and finishing very long with a mineral lift. This is a very different expression of the vintage - so Tertre Roteboeuf! pH 3.80-3.85.
    Date Reviewed:
    05/2023
    Drinking Window:
    2030 - 2065
    95-97/100
    Neal Martin, Vinous
    The 2022 Tertre-Rôteboeuf is very deep in color. It has a very intense bouquet with Dorset plum, raspberry coulis, touches of fennel and fresh fig. Fine delineation. The palate is medium-bodied with plenty of structure, pure mulberry, blackberry and raspberry fruit, white pepper and curry leaf. It is a more exotic Saint-Émilion, but I would not describe it as exotic. It's just very Tertre-Rôteboeuf !
    Date Reviewed:
    05/2023
    Drinking Window:
    2030 - 2060

    specifications

    country:
    France
    region:
    Bordeaux
    Appellation:
    St Emilion
    Producer:
    Château Tertre Rôteboeuf
    style:
    Red
    Grape Variety:
    Merlot Cabernet
    Allergen Information:
    This product may contain sulphites. Full allergen information is available upon request, please call our Customer Relations Team on +44 (0)20 7484 6430.

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    Château Tertre Rôteboeuf

    Château Tertre Rôteboeuf

    Tertre Roteboeuf is situated in the commune of St.Laurent-des-Combes, a few kilometres south-east of Saint-Emilion. The 5.7 hectares of vineyards are located in a bowl shaped, southerly facing hillside. Many years ago, before vines were planted on this favourable spot, cattle would graze on the slopes; hence the Roteboeuf.

    The vineyard is planted with 85% Merlot and 15% Cabernet Franc on complex clay and limestone soils and sub-soils. Francois Mitjavile, who took the reigns in 1978 is a pensive character with an unquestionable talent for producing great, thought provoking wines. He is quite happy to share many of his techniques. He unashamedly harvests late and there is often a hint of degradation to the fruit. His wines possess a real character and soul; they are intellectual wines that never fail to satisfy.

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