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James Suckling 94-95/100A tight and precise du Tertre with deep and dark fruit, as well as fresh flowers. Medium to full body, firm tannins and a clean and beautiful finish. The tannins are folding into the wine here.
Parker 89-91
Deep garnet-purple colored, the 2018 du Tertre is a little reduced to begin, opening out to notions of baked plums, warm cassis and dried mulberries with hints of tar, chargrill and black pepper plus a waft of bouquet garni. Full-bodied with a firm, chewy frame, it has a good amount of baked berries and herbal flavors with a sage-laced finish.
Jancis Robinson 17/20
30% Merlot, 40% Cabernet Sauvignon, 16% Cabernet Franc, 14% Petit Verdot. 50% of the crop went into the grand vin - less than usual. 50% new oak. Barrel sample. Darker and more savoury than the Sirène de Giscours, tasted alongside, with a fine note of crushed rocks. Really pure, delicately floral, smells - and tastes - elegant. Fine texture, dry tannic finesse. Unusually pretty in this vintage. Lots of freshness through to the finish. Already showing real refinement when many wines are too concentrated to show their likely future. (JH) 13.9% Drink 2024-2032