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Tertre Roteboeuf 2011
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Reviewed by: Ian d'Agata
Saturated ruby. Sexy floral nose combines red cherry, candied rose and toffee, along with a spicy topnote. Sweet, fine-grained and dense, offering bright blackcurrant and red cherry flavors plus a touch of vanilla. Finishes with strong spicy cut, excellent length, and youthfully gripping tannins. This has fleshed out since the Primeurs, and though it will never rank as one of the most exotic or lush Tertre Roteboeufs, it's another outstanding wine from Francois Mitjavile in what is a difficult vintage.
Reviewed by: Ian d'Agata
Deep ruby-red. Intense aromas of red cherry, coffee and mocha. Spicy and sweet, with ripe red fruit, cassis and mocha flavors that come across as tighter and less immediately sexy than in most vintages. Finishes smooth and long, with very good clarity and cut. This will need plenty of time to develop more creamy flesh, but it's yet another outstanding Le Tertre Roeteboeuf in the making. For the first time in years, owner François Mitjaville showed this wine before his Cote de Bourg property Roc de Cambes, which, though less complex, is just as voluptuous a wine in 2011 as its much more famous stablemate.
Reviewed by: Neal Martin
The 2011 Tertre-Rôteboeuf has an intense, Grenache-like bouquet with red cherries, vanilla pod, mocha and light truffle scents. Not exactly Bordeaux-like, yet not unattractive. The palate is medium-bodied with grainy tannins, sharp red fruit laced with white pepper, touches of blood orange towards the finish. This is à point. Tasted blind at the annual 10-Year-On tasting.
Reviewed by: Neal Martin
The 2011 Tertre-Rôteboeuf has an intense, Grenache-like bouquet with red cherries, vanilla pod, mocha and light truffle scents. Not exactly Bordeaux-like, yet not unattractive. The palate is medium-bodied with grainy tannins, sharp red fruit laced with white pepper, touches of blood orange towards the finish. This is à point. Tasted blind at the annual 10-Year-On tasting.
About the Producer
Tertre Roteboeuf is located in the Saint-Emilion region of Bordeaux, France, and is one of the top local wineries. Chateau Rotbouf owns 5.7 hectares of vineyards, mainly located in the southeast of Saint-Émilion. The soil in the garden is mostly limestone and clay soil. 80% of the vineyard is planted with Merlot and 20% with Cabernet Franc. The average age of the vines is 40 years, with some Cabernet Franc vines approaching 50 years old. The way of cultivating vines in Rotpov Winery is different. The vines are mainly cultivated in a low cultivation method, which is conducive to the formation of a unique microclimate in the vineyard, making the temperature of the vineyard higher than that of other nearby vineyards. These are conducive to the ripening of grapes. Due to the fact that the vineyards are located in cooler climates, Rotpov often delays the picking of the grapes. The picked grapes are screened, pressed, and then fermented in traditional cement vats. The wine obtained from fermentation will undergo malolactic fermentation (Malolactic Fermentation) in wooden barrels. The winery will mature the wine in new French oak barrels for 18 to 24 months. Chateau Rotbouve has reached the standard of classified winery, but the winery insists not to join the classification system. Such a decision did not affect the status of Chateau Rotbouf in Saint-Émilion or even Bordeaux at all, and the price and market demand of the winery of the chateau have always been at the forefront.
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