2016 Chateau Marquis De Terme

94 POINTS

James Suckling

This offers super plush and seductively suave dark fruit and velvety tannins that carry a wealth of concentrated sweet-berry flavors. This has a lot to offer with impressively dense, ripe fruit, holding long on the finish. Try from 2022.

94 POINTS

James Suckling

Impressive aromas of fresh summer berries, slate and toasty oak. This has a very succulent array of ripe red plums and berries and delivers a smooth, long and appealingly grainy edge of very plush, flavorful tannins. A lot to like here. A blend of merlot, cabernet sauvignon and petit verdot. Try from 2021.

93 POINTS

Roger Voss - Wine Enthusiast

92–94. Barrel Sample. Structured, and with fine juicy fruit, this is a ripe wine that is also firm. It has a sense of style to it, elegant and bright. This will be for the medium term, ready in 10 years.

93 POINTS

James Suckling

Full, dense and chewy yet with a subtle minerally character, plenty of elegant dark fruit and a savory finish. Long. Points: 93-94

93 POINTS

2019 - Decanter World Wine Awards

Intense flavours of black cherry and cassis, with a pleasant, bitter mocha finish. Massive amount of ripe tannins waiting to soften and bring the wine into the future. Award: Silver - DWWA 2019

92 POINTS

Roger Voss - Wine Enthusiast

This relatively little-known estate is now performing well. In this vintage the wine has gained weight as well as blackberry fruits and rich tannins. Its balance is already there and the wine should develop to be drunk by 2023.

91 POINTS

Jane Anson - Decanter

The firm tannins and fresh acidities of the vintage are fairly pronounced here at this stage. There are silky black fruits lying in wait underneath, but they're not expressive yet. It's a well constructed, confident wine, a reflection of the strides taken by this estate in recent years.

90 POINTS

Wine Spectator

Warm in feel, with dark plum, cassis and cherry compote flavors forming the core. Generally open in feel, with light cocoa, tobacco and alder notes adding spine and texture to offset the tasty fruit.