Chateau du Tertre, Margaux, 2012 SO100323_Loire with red cherry

with red cherry

not mindless consumption alongside dessert

Clos Puy Arnaud is proof that great Bordeaux doesn’t need a famous appellation

and built for food—grilled meats

Chateau du Tertre, Margaux, 2012 SO100323_Loire with red cherryThe lighter, earlier drinking sibling to the structured 2010, du Tertre 2012 offers Margaux's classical charm without the wait. 2012 was a softer Left Bank vintage picked under more challenging conditions, fashioned for medium term drinking rather than long cellaring and that played beautifully to du Tertre's gentle, perfumed Arsac style. Under the late Eric Albada Jelgersma's careful stewardship, the estate (a 5th Growth in the 1855 Classification)