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Marquis de Terme 2016 150cl

4eme Grand Cru Classé | Margaux | Bordeaux | France
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Critics scores
93 Robert Parker
The 2016 Marquis-de-Terme has a nicely detailed bouquet, perhaps not as vigorous or as intense as the 2015 last year, but opening nicely with raspberry, blueberry and a touch of violet. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannin, crisp and tightly-wound black fruit tinged with graphite, grippy towards the finish, which is concise if not prolonged. This has good potential, but it is just a furlong behind the 2015 at the moment.
93 Wine Spectator
Fresh and enticing, with lots of plum and black cherry compote flavors. Light anise and singed sandalwood hints show on the fleshy, open finish.—J.M.
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Château Marquis de Terme
In December of 1762, Élisabeth de Ledoux d’Emplet, great niece of Pierre des Mesures de Rauzan, married a Gascon gentleman, François de Péguilhan de Larboust, otherwise known as Marquis de Terme, who gave his name to an estate consisting of several vineyard plots that were part of his wife's dowry. The property went through rough times in the 19th century and had several owners. It was acquired in 1935 by Pierre Sénéclauze, father of the present owners. The vineyard is located on gravelly rises in the communes of Margaux and Cantenac. Plot-by-plot management is not only conducive to quality, but is also ecologically-friendly. The grapes are picked entirely by hand, sorted in the vineyard and a second time – even more meticulously – in the cellar before destemming and putting into vat. Château Marquis de Terme is aged in oak barrels from the finest French forests. Once bottled, it ages well for many years.