2021 du Tertre

Wine Details
Producer

du Tertre

Place of Origin

France

Margaux Grand Cru Classé

Bordeaux

Color

Red

Grape/Blend

64% Cabernet Sauvignon, 10% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Franc, 6% Petit Verdot

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Giscours and his Italian property Montescudaio in Tuscany. The buyer was a French insurance company, but the estate is managed by Les Grands Chais de France. I tasted the 2021s with technical director Romain Beurienne and Cynthia Capelaere, as well as conducting a vertical that will appear in the future. Beurienne explained: “It was a difficult vintage because the beginning of spring was very cool with little rain, but during May and June it was wet with tropical temperatures. In June, we had 168mm of rain and a median temperature around 20°C, so there was great mildew pressure. We managed to fight the mildew with a lot of spray, using one chemical spray in the biodynamic part of the vineyard. There was no choice. It was hard work for the vineyard team. It was difficult to find a dry window. There were a lot of cloudy days in the summer; it was not sunny, which retarded growth of the vine in July and August. But September was good with a big diurnal temperature variation, cool and night with hot days, which helped the maturation of bunches. Without this month, it would have been a very average vintage. On the first weekend of October, they predicted 60mm of rain in Arsac, and we feared a large loss due to botrytis, so it was a hard decision to harvest later and wait for maturity. In one week, we gained a degree of potential alcohol and the phenolic ripeness changed completely. One parcel of Cabernet Franc was picked twice, a week apart, and the wines are totally different, richer and more concentrated.”