2012 Château Tertre Roteboeuf
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The 2012 Tertre Rôteboeuf has fine delineation on the nose with raspberry, blackberry and Seville orange marmalade, a hint of peppermint emerging with time. A little Grenache-like maybe? The palate is medium-bodied with fleshy, ripe red fruit laced with mint, maybe a little drying towards the finish and lacking the complexity of the aromatics? As such, it just finishes on a slight down note. Tasted blind at the Southwold Ten-Year On tasting.
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Antonio Galloni, Vinous
Julia Harding MW, jancisrobinson.com
Altre recensioni e punteggi
Tasted blind. Shaded ruby. Very overblown nose. Tertre? Sweet and round and hugely distinctive. Lightly grainy on the end. Probably not the finest vintage for Tertre – a charcoal note on the end, but it is long. (JR)
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The 2012 Tertre Roteboeuf is without question one of the wines of the vintage. Remarkably vivid for such a big, super-ripe wine, the 2012 boasts superb nuance and delineation from start to finish. Dense, powerful and explosive, the 2012 is a real head-turner, but it is also going to need at least a few years to shed some baby fat. Still, the 2012 is impressive, even today. With time in the glass the aromas open up and tannins soften a touch, both indications of what is in store for those who can wait. The October 10 harvest was very much in line with the norm here. Tertre Rôteboeuf is 80% Merlot and 20% Cabernet Franc. The 2012 spent 18 months in 100% new French oak barrels.