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Wine Description
The Story
Château du Tertre (Margaux AOC): This Classified Growth in 1855 is the first label of Château du Tertre. It is of great sweetness and flavour. Silky and freshness are combined in this flask to bring you the elegance expected of a great Margaux wine. The aging potential of this great wine is between 8 and 20 years or even more for the most exceptional vintages.
Wine Information
The vinification: Tanks: Concrete, wood and stainless steel Temperature management: Thermoregulation Pumping over: varies according to the lots Temperature during the alcoholic fermentation: 25°C Vatting time: 18 to 28 days
The vineyard: Soil: Perfectly drained gravelly knolls from 3 to 5 m
Pressing: horizontal pneumatic
Average alcohol content: from 13 % to 13,5 % of alc./vol.
Planted area: 52 ha
Selection : plot by plot management according to the ages of the vines and the different terroirs
Grape varieties: 43 % Cabernet Sauvignon - 33 % Merlot - 19 % Cabernet Franc – 5 % Petit Verdot
Age of vines: Old vines planted between 1961 and 1965
Ageing: Density: 6 500 à 9 100 stocks /ha
Type of barrels: 100 % French oak barrels(fine grain and medium toast)
Vineyard management: regular soil working, traditional thinning and manual leaf removal (18 ha grown in biodynamic)
Age of barrels: 45% new oak , 55% oak of 1 wine Ageing time: 15 to 17 months
Racking: Every 5 months with candle
Fining: Egg white albumen
Pruning: Double Guyot
Harvest: Hand-picked followed by hand sorting – Optical sorting
Average yield: 35 à 45 hL/ha
Vintage 2000
Weather conditions / The 2000 vintage was proclaimed from the start as one of the best vintages of modern times. In the spring of 2003, I had many opportunities to find out if we really had a true dream vintage on our hands.
During the 2000 harvest, while doing a “personal inspection” in the vineyards, I noticed that something extraordinary was on the way. The grapes looked extremely healthy.
While the sorting table was rolling, I observed that there were few leaves, stems and weeds among the grapes. This is why sorting the grapes was so easy and quick. This must be one of the characteristics of the 2000 vintage, because normally even great vintages require a lot of work at the sorting table.
The 2000 vintage is a classic, extravagant and extremely long Bordeaux with dark and extremely dense wines, which have a huge concentration of fruit, length and superbly concentrated tannins. The tannin is not allowed to dominate, as it is well enveloped by the fruit. A scent of under-ripeness is only present in a few wines. One of the hallmarks of this vintage is an intense, deep aroma of dark berries, such as blueberries, blackberries and black cherries.
All red grape varieties have reached perfect maturity, including Bordeaux's most temperamental and unruly grape variety, Petit Verdot. Petit Verdot brings to wines the long-awaited addition of backbone and power.
Additionally, the grapes for whites, such as Sauvignon Blanc, Sémillon and Muscadelle, ripened perfectly and produced extremely fine dry white wines. The sweet white wines have unfortunately transformed into some light, elegant and charming wines, based 100% on the September harvest. From October 11, it rained a lot in Bordeaux and this continued until the end of the year.
