2024, Château Tertre Roteboeuf, SAINT-ÉMILION, Grand CruLast year EP $272. 00 Bordeaux Blend: Merlot, Cabernet Franc. The 2024 Tertre Rteboeuf is a classic wine from Francois Mitjaville. Texturally, Tertre Rteboeuf is unlike any wine in Bordeaux, especially in its mid palate creaminess. Sweet floral and spice notes meld into macerated cherry, kirsch, blood orange, menthol and sweet French oak. In 2024, Tertre Rteboeuf is perhaps a touch lighter than other years, but it largely makes up for that with its

There's a very fine thread of acidity here - a worthy follow-up to Virgile's impressive 2021

The Tuscan grape finishes in large oak casks

it lacquers the mouth long after it has departed

Probably one of the smallest vintages ever in Burgundy

layered and tightly wound

blackberries and cassis mingled with hints of violets and pencil lead

which is unusual for a Pomerol so saturnine in its youth

A lovely concentration of fruit on the palate

taut and yet explosive = an epic vintage

cool blackcurrants

white pepper and damp earth

while the former has more iron-rich clay