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Tertre Roteboeuf Grand Cru Saint-Émilion AOC 2000

Tertre Roteboeuf Grand Cru Saint-Émilion AOC 2000

€387.50
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SKU 10224

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Tertre Roteboeuf 2000 is entering that glorious, mature phase where the fruit is still alive, the structure mellowed, and the aromatics hitting a level of complexity you simply don’t get in younger vintages.

The nose is decadent: black cherry liqueur, dried fig, warm leather, roasted cocoa, exotic spice, and that signature Mitjavile sweet-smoke aroma. There’s truffle, too.

The palate is lush yet controlled. Silky, layered, and still remarkably vibrant for a wine 25 years old. Flavours of ripe plum, blackberry compote, mocha, tobacco leaf, and a savoury, almost gamey undertone unfold slowly and deliberately. The tannins are perfectly resolved, giving the wine a velvet-like glide, and the finish just keeps going — warm, rich, faintly saline, and deeply satisfying.

The critics have never been shy about this wine.

 

Robert Parker: 98 Points

  • Robert Parker famously called the 2000 “hedonistic, opulent and seamless,” noting its longevity and exuberance.

  • Vinous highlighted its “exotic texture and intoxicating aromatics,” marking it as one of the standout Right Bank wines of the vintage.

This is Tertre Roteboeuf at peak maturity — expressive, sensual, and unmistakably Mitjavile.
Drink now for maximum pleasure, or hold another 5–8 years if you like your wines in full autumnal mode.

Details

Winemaker Francois Mitjaville
Country of Origin France
Grapes
Region Bordeaux
Vintage 2002
ABV 13.5%
Style Red Wine
Food Pairings

Characteristics

  • Low Acidity
    High Acidity
  • Light Bodied
    Full Bodied
  • Dry Profile
    Sweet Profile

Click & Collect Locations

  • ✅ Athlone Store
  • ✅ Mullingar HQ
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Winemakers

Francois Mitjavile

Château Le Tertre Rôteboeuf produces just over 2,000 cases a year from it's tiny 5.7-hectares, which is situated on a steep slope on the edge of a limestone plateau. The grapes are harvested by hand and are fermented in temperature-controlled concrete tanks. Le Tertre Rôteboeuf is then aged in oak barrels for 18 months. Yields are kept very low and consequently this is one of the most concentrated wines to be found in Bordeaux. One very important feature of La Tertre Rôteboeuf is that the harvest is very late, giving an almost raisin-like ripeness to the wine. This is because the soil is cold and ideally suited to Merlot. Like all the best winemakers, Francois is prepared to risk rain, and thereby the potential destruction of his crop, to achieve the result he wants. His views are summed up thus: “Let us see, what soil and weather have cooked together this year, and get the best possible out of it. The miracle comes first of all from Mother Nature”.

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