1990 Ch. Le Tertre Rôteboeuf St. Emilion

Proprietor Francois Mitjavile's 1990 is an both exotic, opulent, unctuously-textured wine from this splendidly-situated vineyard that in English means, "the hill of the belching beef." Over the last year, the 1990 has exploded in the bottle. It exhibits an opaque garnet/purple color, as well as amazing ripeness and intensity. The 1990 has been so stunning the last several times I tasted it, that it is inching its way up the scoring ladder. In fact, I am close to running out of points. The sweet nose of coffee, jammy berry fruit, smoke, caramel, and spice soars from a glass of this marvelously concentrated, viscous, layered wine.
(Robert Parker - Wine Advocate - Feb 97)