Chateau Marquis de Terme Margaux 2022
(Bordeaux, France) - [WS 94, #30 of '25] [JD 94] [WE 94] [DM 94] [JS 94]

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About the Winery:
The origins of this wine date back to the 15th century, and it was named in 1762 by François de Péguilhan, Marquis de Terme. The property was part of his wife's dowry, and Thomas Jefferson, the United States ambassador to France, praised it in his travel notes in 1787, placing it among his favorites.

Château Marquis de Terme was awarded the title of Fourth Grand Cru Classé in the prestigious 1855 classification. The Sénéclauze family has owned it since 1935. Located on a central plateau, its approximately 40 hectares of gravelly soils, typical of Margaux, are planted with 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 35% Merlot, and 5% Petit Verdot. The wines are aged for 18 months in French oak barrels, 50% of which are new.

About this Wine:

Varietal Composition: 55% Cabernet Sauvignon, 39% Merlot, 6% Petit Verdot

Ageing: 16 months in French oak barrels, including 50% of new oak barrels.

Tasting Notes:
This 2022 vintage reveals a deep and intense color. The nose is complex with blackcurrant and blueberry notes. White pepper, cedar and menthol spicy notes complete the bouquet. The palate is charming and elegant with sweet fresh blackberries and cocoa flavors. A hint of liquorice adds complexity to the finish. The tannins are silky and delicate and the acidity reinforces the natural freshness. This is a charming and perfectly balanced vintage.

Vintage:
Our deep gravelly soils responded exceptionally well to the complex climatic conditions: a mild winter, a cool and rainy spring until June, followed by a hot and dry end to summer that particularly benefited our Cabernet Sauvignon grapes. September and October played a crucial role in ensuring perfect ripeness.

Ratings & Reviews

94 Points, #30 Top 100 Of 2025 - Wine Spectator:
"Lush in its fruit, with waves of dark currant and blackberry reduction, this also shows form thanks to alder, tobacco and savory accents providing cut, while rose hip and dried violet notes add lift. Offers a long, smoldering finish. Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Petit Verdot. Best from 2026 through 2040." - James Molesworth (Mar 2025)

94 Points - Jeb Dunnuck:
"Based on 55% Cabernet Sauvignon, 39% Merlot, and the rest Petit Verdot, the 2022 Château Marquis De Terme is brilliant stuff, with a richly textured, concentrated, medium to full-bodied style. Ripe darker currants, scorched earth, graphite, and lead pencil nuances all define the aromatics, and it's balanced, with a pure, layered mouthfeel and ripe tannins. It ranks with the finest vintages of this cuvée to date. Give bottles 3-5 years and enjoy over the following two decades or more." (Feb 2025)

94 Points - Wine Enthusiast:
"This classed growth estate has produced a balanced, fruity wine. Juicy and full of black currant fruits, with a crushed blackberry aroma, its straightforward blend of 60% Cabernet Sauvignon and 40% Merlot gives a wine withi intensity and concentration. Drink this wine from 2029." – Roger Voss (Apr 2025)

94 Points - Decanter Magazine:
"Deep aromatics of blackcurrant, chocolate and tobacco. Supple and lively. Lovely layering of fleshy fruit, grippy and chalky tannins and soft spice - liquorice, clove, crushed stones, cedar and vanilla. Something very alluring about this. Massy in texture, yet the fruit and acidity flavours expand vertically creating an expansive mouthfeel with lots of elegance, lift and openness. Will be easy to enjoy with undercurrants of power and thrust after the tannins have softened and melted into the frame a bit more." - Georgina Hindle (Jan 2025)

94 Points - James Suckling:
"Blackberries and pencil shavings with blueberries and dark chocolate follow through to a medium body with a solid core of pretty fruit and a polished and refined palate. The tannin structure is very impressive, yet there is an underlying freshness. Drink after 2027." (Jan 2025)