Château du Tertre - Margaux 2016 (750ml) Santa Barbara County

Château du Tertre - Margaux 2016 (750ml) Santa Barbara CountyWE 94 Rated 94 by Wine Enthusiast Partnered with Chteau Giscours as far as the winemaking team is concerned, this estate has created its own style. This wine shows a hint of initial austerity before opening out with rich fruits and structure. It needs time and the wine will not be ready to drink before 2025. JS 94 Rated 94 by James Suckling Extremely deep and ripe on the nose with dried berry, chocolate and plum aromas that follow through to a full

harvested late

with dusty herbs and spices enlivening the raspberry and plum fruit flavors

Fruit from renowned Napa regions like Rutherford

leading to an elegant and lengthy finish

11% cabernet franc

92 points Wine Enthusiast

Truly a Chardonnay in the new North Fork style--crisp

this is a deeply comforting chardonnay combining a generous texture with incisiveness

rows and vines are spaced two meters by one meter

before the wines got fancy

tighter-knit core than either the 2012- or 2010-base renditions

The wine seems balanced