2020, Château Marquis de Terme, MARGAUX, 4ème Grand Cru Classé

Bordeaux blend : Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Petit Verdot.

Roses and patchouli aromas on the nose. Svelte and charming on the palate, sumptuous but restrained and delicate. Excellent sculpting and persistence with real floraity and herbal-touched cool blue fruits. It’s not massively weighty, more linear and focused but with style to it. Pretty, seductive and alive, all in the best way with a juicy core. An excellent effort this year and a wine that will be approachable soon but will age too. Sleek, refined, cool and classic. 94 Georgina Hindle, Decanter. 

The 2020 Marquis de Terme is a potent, heady wine. Dark cherry, plum, gravel, incense and sweet oak give this concentrated Margaux tons of flavour intensity. Ultimately, though, the 2020 feels heavy. I expected a little more. 89 Antonio Galloni, Vinous (2022).

The 2020 Marquis de Terme is one of the best offerings from this Margaux estate in recent years. It has a lively and well-defined bouquet with blackcurrant, wild strawberry and pencil box scents, perhaps a little Pauillac in style. The palate is medium-bodied with grip and backbone, well balanced and poised, I appreciate the salinity of this Marquis de Terme and the manner in which it discretely persists on the finish. Classy. 93 Neal Martin, Vinous (2022).

Drinking Window: 2025 - 2039