2021 Les Hauts du Tertre
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The 2021 Les Hauts du Tertre has a perfumed bouquet of blackberry and pencil box scents, nicely detailed and the oak neatly integrated. The palate is medium-bodied and very Médoc-like, with a peppery opening, good depth, just the right amount of dryness and a tobacco-infused finish. This is a perfectly capable Deuxième Vin to drink over 10 years after bottling.
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Neal Martin
Jeff Leve, The Wine Cellar Insider
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Offering up aromas of sweet berries, cigar wrapper, loamy soils and burning embers, the 2021 Les Hauts du Tertre is medium-bodied, lively and seamless, with powdery tannins and succulent acids. It contains no Cabernet Franc this year, as everything went into the grand vin.
About the producer
Until recently owned by the Albada Jelgersma family (along with Giscours), Ch. du Tertre is one of the oldest estates in the region – with a history stretching back 1,000 years. Classified as a Fifth Growth, its 54 hectares of vines sit on high gravel outcrops in Margaux.