1996 Les Gondats de Marquis de Terme

Château Marquis-de-Terme is a Fourth Growth estate in the Margaux appellation. In the 17th century it was part of the large Rauzan estate owned by Pierre de Mesures de Rauzan, but since then it has been divided many times. The estate today includes 100 acres of vineyards and is owned by the Sénéclauze family. Wine writers have noted that since the late 1980s this estate has been renovated, updated and thoroughly reinvigorated and recent vintages have impressed reviewers, who have often awarded the recent vintages scores in the low 90s. Vinous wrote: “…Marquis-de-Terme has made serious strides in quality over the last few years. This is an estate to watch.” M de Marquis de Terme is the second label and 48,000 bottles are produced annually.

Bordeaux is the world’s most famous fine-wine producing region. Even non-wine drinkers recognize the names of Bordeaux’s celebrated wines, such as Margaux and Lafite-Rothschild. Located near the Atlantic coast in southwest France, the region takes its name from the seaport city of Bordeaux, a wine trading center with an outstanding site on the Garonne River and easy access to the Atlantic. Like most French wine regions, Bordeaux’s first vineyards were planted by the Romans more than 2,000 years ago, then tended by medieval monks. Aristocrats and nobility later owned the region’s best estates and today estates are owned by everyone from non-French business conglomerates to families who have been proprietors for generations. Bordeaux has nearly 280,000 acres of vineyards, 57 appellations and 10,000 wine-producing châteaux. Bordeaux is bifurcated by the Gironde Estuary into so-called “right bank” and “left bank” appellations. Bordeaux’s red wines are blends of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Petit Verdot, Cabernet Franc and Malbec. It also makes white wines of Sémillon, Sauvignon Blanc and Muscadelle. There are several classification systems in Bordeaux. All are attempts to rank the estates based on the historic quality of the wines.

This is a second label of Château Marquis-de-Terme