“ Since this Estate burst on the scene in the mid 1980’s, the talent and extraordinary winemaking skills of François Mitjavile have produced one of Bordeaux’s most luxurious, sensual and sexy wines.  It is unfortunate, but, I suppose given the commercial world in which we live, totally understandable that there are only a few people in the wine world like François Mitjavile. While many famous producers push yields to such preposterous levels that they risk destroying any concept of terroir of the vineyard, or even muting the character of a vintage, here is one man whose talent and obsession for producing the finest wines is refreshing...

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“Le Tertre Rôteboeuf’s micro-sized vineyard now receives worldwide attention. It is no doubt justified but one hopes nothing changes at this estate which is run with single-minded determination by the uncompromising Monsieur Mitjavile.  What Mitjavile has in mind is to make a wine from this splendidly situated vineyard that has the extract and intensity of wines such as Lafleur, Petrus, and Certan de May in Pomerol.   To do so, François Mitjavile is one of the last to harvest, keeps his yields small, and utilizes considerable new oak to harness the power of his wine... “                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                                             R.PARKER JR