The 2015 Tertre Roteboeuf is medium to deep garnet in color. It bursts with a first wave of profound black fruit preserves - prunes, boysenberries, and blackberry jelly - before slowly unfurling to uncover notes of chargrill, tapenade, crushed rocks, and violets with a waft of fallen leaves. Full-bodied, the palate is completely filled with dense, earth-laced black fruit layers, supported by exquisitely ripe, fine-grained tannins and fantastic tension, finishing long and minerally. Very energetic and so singularly powerful, fans of this property will not want to miss this vintage! Lisa Perrotti-Brown Nov 2022 - The Wine Independent

The 2015 Le Tertre Roteboeuf is deep garnet-purple in color with a gorgeous nose of baked cherries, warm plums, crème de cassis and mulberries with touches of rare beef, violets, mocha, Chinese five spice and fertile loam. Full-bodied, rich, spicy and with firm, grainy tannins, it has seamless freshness and a very long, spicy finish. This is wonderfully seamless and harmonious. LPB April 2018

The 2015 Le Tertre Rôteboeuf is thrilling, profound stuff and has the sunny, sexy style of the vintage front and center. A dense purple color is followed by an awesome perfume of kirsch, sweet cassis, toasted spice, and graphite. Full-bodied, powerful, and incredibly flamboyant, it still has loads of tannins, a stacked mid-palate, and awesome purity of fruit. It needs 4-5 years of bottle age and will last for 2+ decades. Feb 2019

A heady, exotic wine, the 2015 Tertre-Rôteboeuf exudes richness and intensity. Super-ripe dark cherry, plum, espresso, chocolate, spice and licorice infuse this voluptuous, racy Saint-Émilion. Dense, powerful and explosive, it just gets better and better with time in the glass. Super-ripe cherry and plum fruit are laced with scents of tobacco, licorice, incense and white truffle that add nuance. What a gorgeous wine this is! Proprietor François Mitjavile isn't afraid to be a contrarian. While many estates opt for shorter aging, Mitjavile gives his wine two full years in 100% new oak and also keeps the cellar on the warm side during the winter months. The 2015 was bottled in September 2017. vinous.com, February 2018

The 2015 Tertre-Rôteboeuf has a sumptuous, decadent and multi-layered bouquet with billowing black cherries, blueberry, crème de cassis and violet aromas that are hedonistic and irresistible. The palate is full-bodied with a lot of extraction: chocolate-tinged black fruit, sweet and candied with veins of peppermint toward the no-holds barred finish. A powerhouse of a Saint-Émilion, I was initially prudent with my score but the manner in which it coalesces in the glass is convincing. Tasted blind at the Southwold 2015 Bordeaux tasting. July 2019

There are few Bordelais winegrowers like François Mitjavile, and there are few wines quite like Tertre Roteboeuf: incredibly soft and approachable from the start, they age remarkably. Smoky, reductive nose, black cherry and plum, spice and minerality. Massive, succulent, mouthfilling texture with ultra-fine tannins and hugely concentrated fruit. Fleshy, smoky mid-palate which retains beautiful balance thanks to fine acidity. (80% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Franc.)

More nerve on the nose than the other wines in this stable. Very rich and round but with a structure. Very sweet but the tannins are much suppler. Spice and roundness on the palate. Something slightly brûlée but still very fresh. What fun!
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