Description

Ceux qui recherchent un Margaux harmonieux, plus immédiat, avec un charme jeune et une bonne fluidité trouveront leur bonheur au Château du Tertre. Ce millésime est extrêmement prometteur, comme en témoignent les premières notes attribuées par la critique, parmi lesquelles celle de William Kelley, du Wine Advocate, qui le qualifie de « l'un des meilleurs rapports qualité-prix » de la campagne 2022

Fiche technique

Le domaine
Château du Tertre
Type de vin
Rouge
Millésime
2022
Alcool
14.0% vol.
Cépage
57% Cabernet sauvignon, 23% Cabernet franc, 15% Merlot, 5% Petit verdot
Autres formats disponibles:
Origine
Margaux

Dégustation

Température de service
Il est recommandé de le servir à une température de 16 °C.

Vignoble et élaboration

Size
52 hectares, dont 18 en agriculture biodynamique.
Année de plantation
Vignes anciennes plantées entre 1961 et 1965.
Sol
Des collines de gravier parfaitement drainées.
Vendanges
Vendanges manuelles du 8 septembre au 19 octobre.
Vinification
Tri manuel et optique des raisins. Vinification dans des cuves thermorégulées en béton, en bois et en acier inox avec remontages variables selon les lots. Pendant la fermentation alcoolique, la température est de 25 °C et la durée de cuvaison varie entre 18 et 28 jours. Pressurage pneumatique horizontal.
Elevage
Rouge crianza en fûts de chêne, dont 60 % neufs et 40 % d'un an.

L'avis des experts

James Suckling:

This is very structured and intense with blackberries, currants, walnuts and chocolate. Fresh tobacco as well. Full-bodied, it has lovely fruit and a flavorful finish. A succulent and juicy red. One of the best ever from here. Leave it alone for two or three years. Best after 2028.

The Wine Advocate:

The 2022 du Tertre has realized the potential it showed from barrel, offering up complex aromas of cassis, plums, pencil shavings and violets, followed by a medium to full-bodied, layered and velvety palate that's rich and textural, with lively acids, powdery tannins and a long, delicately minty finish. It's an unusual blend of 57% Cabernet Sauvignon, 23% Cabernet Franc, 15% Merlot and 5% Petit Verdot, which no doubt contributes to its singular style.

Wine Enthusiast:

This classed growth estate has produced a balanced wine. Its tannins are already just right; the density of the wine is contrasted with the acidity. It's a wine with a fine future.

Decanter:

Bright and vibrant, lightly textured, more streamlined and linear than plush but the fruit has concentration and this has lovely freshness from start to finish. Some tension gives it the strictness but also the definition and detail. Well made but the softer acidity means it's missing a little persistence, there's no faulting the precision and focus throughout however. Harvest 8 September - 19 October. 3.6pH. Ageing in French oak, 60% new, 40% one year old. 5% Petit Verdot completes the blend.