Source: Winemaker

Les Hauts du Tertre (Margaux AOC): This second wine of Chateau du Tertre comes from the selection of our youngest vines. The vinification and ageing benefit from the same care as the Grand Vin, Chateau du Tertre. You will love the character and refinement of this Margaux.

The Team:

President: Eric Albada Jelgersma

General Manager: Alexander van Beek

Technical Director: Frederic Ardouin

Consulting oenologist: Denis Dubourdieu

The vineyard:

Soil: Perfectly drained gravelly knolls from 3 to 5 m

Planted area: 52 ha

Grape varieties: 43 % Cabernet Sauvignon - 33 % Merlot - 19 % Cabernet Franc 5 % Petit Verdot

Age of vines: 15 to 25 years old

Density: 6 500 9 100 stocks /ha

Vineyard management: regular soil working, traditional thinning and manual leaf removal (18 ha grown in biodynamic)

Pruning: Double Guyot

Harvest: Hand-picked followed by hand

sorting: Optical sorting

Average yield: 35 a 45 hL/ha

The vinification:

Tanks: Concrete, wood and stainless steel

Temperature management: Thermoregulation

Pumping over: varies according to the lots

Temperature during the alcoholic fermentation: 25C

Vatting time: 18 to 28 days

Pressing: horizontal pneumatic

Average alcohol content: from 13 % to 13,5 % of alc./vol.

Selection : plot by plot management, young vines

Ageing:

Type of barrels: 100 % French oak barrels(fine grain and medium toast)

Age of barrels: 45% new oak , 55% oak of 1 wine

Ageing time: 15 to 17 months

Racking: Every 5 months with candle

Fining: Egg white albumen