{"id":2748,"date":"2012-05-02T12:05:11","date_gmt":"2012-05-02T12:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2748"},"modified":"2012-05-04T13:55:18","modified_gmt":"2012-05-04T13:55:18","slug":"bordeaux-2011-labegorce-du-tertre-monbrison-1st-vintage-of-mauvesin-barton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/blog\/2012\/05\/bordeaux-2011-labegorce-du-tertre-monbrison-1st-vintage-of-mauvesin-barton\/","title":{"rendered":"Bordeaux 2011 &#8211; Lab\u00e9gorce, Du Tertre, Monbrison,  1st Vintage of Mauvesin Barton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Bordeaux 2011 &#8211; Lab\u00e9gorce, Du Tertre, Monbrison,\u00a0 1st Vintage of Mauvesin Barton<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>So, Robert Parker&#8217;s notes and those of Neal Martin are published (on www.erobertparker.com), and an interesting comparison they make as always, with what seems to me to be a clear divide along stylistic grounds. I seem to be more in the Martin than Parker camp on most differences, but this will be one to explore further.<\/p>\n<p>This morning has, as predicted, seen a number of wines put on the market following the French May Day celebrations.<\/p>\n<p>First off the blocks was <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/wine\/2011-chateau-fonplegade-grand-cru-classe-saint-emilion-17023-00.html?category=123\">Fonpl\u00e9gade<\/a><\/strong>, a Saint Emilion under American ownership, Michel Rolland as consultant, and Parker as cheerleader (92-94 points no less). I have to admit to tasting this once only and finding it oaky and blocky, but others (all Americans) have liked it more. If Parker points are it, then this offers high points for modest price and I promise not to think less of you if you follow his advice here.<\/p>\n<p>Second up is\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/wine\/2011-chateau-labegorce-cru-bourgeois-superieur-margaux-16861-00.html?category=121\">Ch\u00e2teau Lab\u00e9gorce<\/a><\/strong>, a\u00a0resurgent Margaux which we <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/blog\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=61&amp;action=edit\">recommended last year<\/a>, and which has continued in the same vein this year, and which is therefore <strong>recommended again<\/strong>.\u00a0The price is not <em>dramatically<\/em> lower (\u00a3183 last year), but then it was a bargain last year too and the quality is similar: &#8216;supremely focused with a delectable, feminine poised finish that is fresh and natural (91-93 )&#8217; says Neal Martin (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.erobertparker.com\">www.erobertparker.com<\/a>).\u00a0Interesting we both used the word &#8216;natural&#8217; to describe this wine. <strong>\u00a3159<\/strong> does not feel like too much for this.<\/p>\n<p>The response to <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/wine\/2011-chateau-du-tertre-5eme-cru-classe-margaux-16850-00.html?category=121\">Ch\u00e2teau du Tertre<\/a><\/strong> seems to be a broad consensus, if with slightly grudging &#8216;points&#8217; from Robert Parker. It is, as always, a solid value lower-end Cru Class\u00e9 in a modern style. It is down 12% in Euro terms on the 2010 price.<\/p>\n<p>The Bartons have bought a new property, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/wine\/2011-chateau-mauvesin-barton-cru-bourgeois-superieur-moulis-en-medoc-16969-00.html?category=116\">Ch\u00e2teau Mauvesin Barton<\/a><\/strong>, a Cru Bourgeois in Moulis, and this is offered at \u00a3112 per case. This may be a reasonable price compared with some other Moulis wines, but, as a relatively unknown quantity it does make it more than some top-performing Haut-M\u00e9docs like <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/wine\/2011-chateau-cambon-la-pelouse-cru-bourgeois-superieur-haut-medoc-16711-00.html?category=116\">Cambon la Pelouse<\/a><\/strong> which may seem safer bets. Quite fun to have the first vintage of a new property all the same.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog-2207a.kxcdn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Mauvesin-Barton.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2769\" title=\"Chateau Mauvesin-Barton\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-2207a.kxcdn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Mauvesin-Barton.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"374\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It seems I am the one slightly out of step on <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/wine\/2011-chateau-monbrison-cru-bourgeois-superieur-margaux-16922-00.html?category=121\">Ch\u00e2teau Monbrison<\/a><\/strong>, the other notes are consistently slightly better than mine so this may be worth a look.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bordeaux 2011 &#8211; Lab\u00e9gorce, Du Tertre, Monbrison,\u00a0 1st Vintage of Mauvesin Barton So, Robert Parker&#8217;s notes and those of Neal Martin are published (on www.erobertparker.com), and an interesting comparison they make as always, with what seems to me to be a clear divide along stylistic grounds. I seem to be more in the Martin than [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,80,42],"tags":[197],"class_list":["post-2748","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bordeaux","category-bordeaux-primeurs","category-france","tag-bordeaux2011"],"contentshake_article_id":"","yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Bordeaux 2011 - Lab\u00e9gorce, Du Tertre, Monbrison, 1st Vintage of Mauvesin Barton<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Bordeaux 2011 - Lab\u00e9gorce, Du Tertre, Monbrison,\u00a0 1st Vintage of Mauvesin Barton So, Robert Parker&#039;s notes and those of Neal Martin are published (on\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/blog\/2012\/05\/bordeaux-2011-labegorce-du-tertre-monbrison-1st-vintage-of-mauvesin-barton\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bordeaux 2011 - Lab\u00e9gorce, Du Tertre, Monbrison, 1st Vintage of Mauvesin Barton\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Bordeaux 2011 - Lab\u00e9gorce, Du Tertre, Monbrison,\u00a0 1st Vintage of Mauvesin Barton So, Robert Parker&#039;s notes and those of Neal Martin are published (on\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/blog\/2012\/05\/bordeaux-2011-labegorce-du-tertre-monbrison-1st-vintage-of-mauvesin-barton\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Lea &amp; Sandeman Wine Merchants | Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LeaandSandeman\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2012-05-02T12:05:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2012-05-04T13:55:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/blog-2207a.kxcdn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Mauvesin-Barton.png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Charles Lea\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@leaandsandeman\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@leaandsandeman\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Charles Lea\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Bordeaux 2011 - Lab\u00e9gorce, Du Tertre, Monbrison, 1st Vintage of Mauvesin Barton","description":"Bordeaux 2011 - Lab\u00e9gorce, Du Tertre, Monbrison,\u00a0 1st Vintage of Mauvesin Barton So, Robert Parker's notes and those of Neal Martin are published (on","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/blog\/2012\/05\/bordeaux-2011-labegorce-du-tertre-monbrison-1st-vintage-of-mauvesin-barton\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Bordeaux 2011 - Lab\u00e9gorce, Du Tertre, Monbrison, 1st Vintage of Mauvesin Barton","og_description":"Bordeaux 2011 - Lab\u00e9gorce, Du Tertre, Monbrison,\u00a0 1st Vintage of Mauvesin Barton So, Robert Parker's notes and those of Neal Martin are published (on","og_url":"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/blog\/2012\/05\/bordeaux-2011-labegorce-du-tertre-monbrison-1st-vintage-of-mauvesin-barton\/","og_site_name":"Lea &amp; Sandeman Wine Merchants | Blog","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LeaandSandeman","article_published_time":"2012-05-02T12:05:11+00:00","article_modified_time":"2012-05-04T13:55:18+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/blog-2207a.kxcdn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Mauvesin-Barton.png","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Charles Lea","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@leaandsandeman","twitter_site":"@leaandsandeman","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Charles Lea","Estimated reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":["Article","BlogPosting"],"@id":"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/blog\/2012\/05\/bordeaux-2011-labegorce-du-tertre-monbrison-1st-vintage-of-mauvesin-barton\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/blog\/2012\/05\/bordeaux-2011-labegorce-du-tertre-monbrison-1st-vintage-of-mauvesin-barton\/"},"author":{"name":"Charles Lea","@id":"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/5795d57b80ae899af5dc0d4b5699c116"},"headline":"Bordeaux 2011 &#8211; Lab\u00e9gorce, Du Tertre, Monbrison, 1st Vintage of Mauvesin Barton","datePublished":"2012-05-02T12:05:11+00:00","dateModified":"2012-05-04T13:55:18+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/blog\/2012\/05\/bordeaux-2011-labegorce-du-tertre-monbrison-1st-vintage-of-mauvesin-barton\/"},"wordCount":419,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/blog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/blog\/2012\/05\/bordeaux-2011-labegorce-du-tertre-monbrison-1st-vintage-of-mauvesin-barton\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/blog-2207a.kxcdn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Mauvesin-Barton.png","keywords":["Bordeaux2011"],"articleSection":["Bordeaux","Bordeaux Primeurs","France"],"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/blog\/2012\/05\/bordeaux-2011-labegorce-du-tertre-monbrison-1st-vintage-of-mauvesin-barton\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/blog\/2012\/05\/bordeaux-2011-labegorce-du-tertre-monbrison-1st-vintage-of-mauvesin-barton\/","url":"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/blog\/2012\/05\/bordeaux-2011-labegorce-du-tertre-monbrison-1st-vintage-of-mauvesin-barton\/","name":"Bordeaux 2011 - Lab\u00e9gorce, Du Tertre, Monbrison, 1st Vintage of Mauvesin Barton","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/blog\/2012\/05\/bordeaux-2011-labegorce-du-tertre-monbrison-1st-vintage-of-mauvesin-barton\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/blog\/2012\/05\/bordeaux-2011-labegorce-du-tertre-monbrison-1st-vintage-of-mauvesin-barton\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/blog-2207a.kxcdn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Mauvesin-Barton.png","datePublished":"2012-05-02T12:05:11+00:00","dateModified":"2012-05-04T13:55:18+00:00","description":"Bordeaux 2011 - Lab\u00e9gorce, Du Tertre, Monbrison,\u00a0 1st Vintage of Mauvesin Barton So, Robert Parker's notes and those of Neal Martin are published (on","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/blog\/2012\/05\/bordeaux-2011-labegorce-du-tertre-monbrison-1st-vintage-of-mauvesin-barton\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/blog\/2012\/05\/bordeaux-2011-labegorce-du-tertre-monbrison-1st-vintage-of-mauvesin-barton\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/blog\/2012\/05\/bordeaux-2011-labegorce-du-tertre-monbrison-1st-vintage-of-mauvesin-barton\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/blog-2207a.kxcdn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Mauvesin-Barton.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/blog-2207a.kxcdn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Mauvesin-Barton.png"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/blog\/2012\/05\/bordeaux-2011-labegorce-du-tertre-monbrison-1st-vintage-of-mauvesin-barton\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Blog","item":"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Europe","item":"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/blog\/category\/europe\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"France","item":"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/blog\/category\/europe\/france\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"Bordeaux","item":"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/blog\/category\/europe\/france\/bordeaux\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"name":"Bordeaux 2011 &#8211; Lab\u00e9gorce, Du Tertre, Monbrison, 1st Vintage of Mauvesin Barton"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/blog\/","name":"Lea & Sandeman Wine Merchants | Blog","description":"Award winning Independent Wine Merchants in London","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/blog\/#organization"},"alternateName":"L&S Wine Merchants","inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/blog\/#organization","name":"Lea & Sandeman","url":"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/blog-2207a.kxcdn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Ampersand.jpg?format=webp&quality=95&bg=ffffff","contentUrl":"https:\/\/blog-2207a.kxcdn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Ampersand.jpg?format=webp&quality=95&bg=ffffff","width":714,"height":714,"caption":"Lea & Sandeman"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LeaandSandeman","https:\/\/x.com\/leaandsandeman","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/leaandsandeman","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/lea-&amp;amp;-sandeman"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/5795d57b80ae899af5dc0d4b5699c116","name":"Charles Lea","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a57e2e36f98c4329d6133a68b61a36de6f71731d4f66c3c140fd5238b6a7fcf6?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a57e2e36f98c4329d6133a68b61a36de6f71731d4f66c3c140fd5238b6a7fcf6?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a57e2e36f98c4329d6133a68b61a36de6f71731d4f66c3c140fd5238b6a7fcf6?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Charles Lea"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk"],"url":"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/blog\/author\/cal\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2748","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2748"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2748\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2753,"href":"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2748\/revisions\/2753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}