Eddie Wolowski, JJ Buckley, February 2013

60% cabernet sauvignon, 25% merlot, 15% cabernet franc.Aged for 16-17 months in 50% new oak.Dark purple core with a magenta rim. This evolves in the glass, revealing notes of cherry, black raspberry, white pepper and spice. Vibrant acidity and a healthy dose of cabernet franc provide freshness and elegance to this balanced effort. Seamless and focused, the finish has wonderful length. A dark horse in the vintage. This promises long-term cellaring and should further blossom in the bottle. Though already seductive, Give it roughly 5 years and enjoy over the next two to three decades.

91 -92 points,

James Suckling, jamessuckling.com, April 2011

This is velvety and very juicy with a blueberry, mineral and wet weather character that has hints of black truffles. Full and rich. Best du Tertre ever. Muscular. Not rustic like in the past. 70% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Merlot and 10% Petit Verdot.

Jancis Robinson, April 2011

Blueish purple. Very ripe and concentrated with lots of acidity though perhaps not the absolute freshness of fruit that there is on some other Margaux 2010s. Dramatic wine!

91 -93 points,

Jeff Leve, TheWineCellarInsider.com, April 2011

du Tertre is the product of a blend from 70% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Merlot and 10% Petit Verdot. This is unique for the property as they usually include between 10% and 20% Cabernet Franc. This assemblage created a perfume of tobacco leaf, fresh herb, and blackberries. This elegant, medium/full bodied is filled with sweet cassis, ripe tannin, floral sensations ending with soft textures and ample freshness in the finish.

91 -93 points,

Neal Martin's Wine Journal, April 2011

The du Tertre has no Cabernet Franc this year, made from 70% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Merlot and 10% Petit Verdot, the highest ever. The harvest started 28th September until the middle of October. Two samples, the first at the chateau discounted as it had been open too long. The second at the UGC has a very obdurate nose, tightly coiled and not as flamboyant as its peers, but that is not necessarily a bad thing. Blackberry, sous-bois, tobacco and a touch of graphite, good definition but it does not muster the same vivacity as Giscours. The palate is very tannic and a little austere, a hardness to the tannins that will soften with barrel age, nice grip, taut and just a little peppery towards the dry finish. Very classic in style and incongruous to many of its peers, but I think this could surprise a few people in bottle. I look forward to re-tasting it.

90 points,

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, March 2013

Showing better from bottle than from barrel (which makes sense, given that I seemed to be in a minority when judging it from barrel), the 2010 du Tertre has a nice dark plum/garnet color, a slightly more evolved style than most Margaux, hints of cedar, licorice, black olive and black currant fruit with some flowers and subtle smoky wood in the background. Medium to full-bodied, round, generous and ripe, the words "sexy" and "opulent" come to mind when smelling and tasting this beautiful Margaux. Drink it over the next 15 or more years.

91 -93 points,

Stephen Tanzer's IWC, January 2012

Deep, fully saturated purple-ruby. Enticing nose of cassis, minerals, ink and aromatic herbs. Bright, clean and pure, with fresh, inky flavors of blackcurrant, cocoa, violet and minerals. Finishes long, with youthfully chewy but noble tannins and a repeating blackcurrant note. One of the best du Tertres in memory, but although I like this wine's very pure cassis and mineral aromas and flavors, I much prefer the exotic and flamboyant 2009 du Tertre because of its old-vine cabernet franc-derived floral perfume.

89 -91 points,

Wine Enthusiast, June 2011

A wine that is lighted by its acidity. It has weight, certainly, but the dominance is freshness. Extreme final smoky juiciness.

90 -93 points,

Wine Spectator, March 2011

This is textbook Margaux, with a supple, velvety feel and a stylish core of plum, red currant and black cherry fruit laced with perfumy spice and followed by lightly dusty tannins. -J.M.

About Winery

Château du Tertre constitutes 80 hectares. Its owners have included Thomas de Montaigne, Pierre Mitchell and Henri de Koenigswater. The vineyard is planted in Cabernet Sauvignon 32%, Merlot 33%, Cabernet Franc 30%, and Petit Verdot 5%, with an average age of 40 years.

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