The Château La Tour Blanche of Sauternes of Bordeaux

Château La Tour Blanche - Cru du Cinquet Bordeaux
The winery offers 12 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.2.
It is ranked in the top 10 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Sauternes in the region of Bordeaux
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The Château La Tour Blanche is one of the largest wineries in the world. It offers 12 wines for sale in of Sauternes to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château La Tour Blanche wines

Looking for the best Château La Tour Blanche wines in Sauternes among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Château La Tour Blanche wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Château La Tour Blanche wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Château La Tour Blanche

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château La Tour Blanche

How Château La Tour Blanche wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of barbecued prime rib with coarse salt, paupiettes in a casserole with cream or duck confit (canned).

The best vintages in the red wines of Château La Tour Blanche

  • 2014With an average score of 3.30/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Château La Tour Blanche.

  • Merlot
  • Malbec

Discovering the wine region of Sauternes

Sauternes, 65 km South of Bordeaux, is a Village renowned for its high quality Sweet wines. Although some wineries produce Dry wines, they sell them under other appellations than Sauternes, which is specific to sweet wines. The village is surrounded on all sides by vineyards, the best of which produce some of the most prestigious, long-lasting and expensive dessert wines in the world. A half bottle of premium, aged Sauternes from a good Vintage can sell for over $1,000.

Classic Sauternes has a DeepGoldenColor (darker than most other dessert wines), which turns a deep amber color with bottle age. Its aromas include flower and stone fruit, with a hint of honeysuckle - the hallmark of botrytized wines. The best wines balance sweetness with acidity, concentration with freshness and power with elegance. Sauternes wines are primarily made from the Sémillon grape, which accounts for about eight out of every ten vines in the local vineyard.

Sauvignon Blanc accounts for most of the remaining vineyard and is the dominant grape in a small handful of Sauternes wines. Semillon forms a broad, well-structured base with aromas of beeswax and apricot, while Sauvignon Blanc contributes its characteristic herbal aromas and enough acidity to keep the resulting wine fresh rather than mouthwatering. These two varieties (sometimes supplemented by a small amount of Muscadelle and Sauvignon Gris) have become the preferred varieties here, not only because they are also used to make dry white Bordeaux wines, but also because of their susceptibility to a particular type of fungus, Botrytis cinerea (often just botrytis). Apart from yeast, without which the grape juice cannot ferment into wine, one would not expect a fungus to play a key role in winemaking.

The top sweet wines of Château La Tour Blanche

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Château La Tour Blanche

How Château La Tour Blanche wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of fruity desserts or blue cheese such as recipes of rice with milk or warm broccoli and blue cheese salad.

Organoleptic analysis of sweet wines of Château La Tour Blanche

On the nose the sweet wine of Château La Tour Blanche. often reveals types of flavors of apricot, almonds or jasmine and sometimes also flavors of nutty, hay or orange. In the mouth the sweet wine of Château La Tour Blanche. is a powerful with a good balance between acidity and sweetness.

The best vintages in the sweet wines of Château La Tour Blanche

  • 1970With an average score of 4.60/5
  • 1979With an average score of 4.60/5
  • 1982With an average score of 4.60/5
  • 1988With an average score of 4.50/5
  • 2004With an average score of 4.50/5
  • 1994With an average score of 4.50/5

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Château La Tour Blanche.

  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Sémillon
  • Muscadelle

Discover the grape variety: Muscadelle

Muscadelle white is a grape variety that originated in France (Bergerac). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by bunches of medium size, and grapes of medium caliber. Muscadelle white can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Armagnac, Provence & Corsica, Rhone valley, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, Languedoc & Roussillon.

The top white wines of Château La Tour Blanche

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Château La Tour Blanche

How Château La Tour Blanche wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, vegetarian or poultry such as recipes of home-made white pudding, quiche with leeks and fresh salmon from flo or lemongrass chicken.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Château La Tour Blanche

On the nose the white wine of Château La Tour Blanche. often reveals types of flavors of vegetal. In the mouth the white wine of Château La Tour Blanche. is a powerful.

The best vintages in the white wines of Château La Tour Blanche

  • 2013With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.00/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Château La Tour Blanche.

  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Sémillon

The word of the wine: Velouté

Said of a wine that is soft and caressing in the mouth.

The top pink wines of Château La Tour Blanche

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Château La Tour Blanche

How Château La Tour Blanche wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, game (deer, venison) or spicy food such as recipes of picadillo, rabbit with prunes or fricassee of lambis.

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Château La Tour Blanche.

  • Malbec
  • Merlot

Discover the grape variety: Malbec

Malbec, a high-yielding red grape variety, produces tannic and colourful wines. It is produced in different wine-growing regions and changes its name according to the grape variety. Called Auxerrois in Cahors, Malbec in Bordeaux, it is also known as Côt. 6,000 hectares of the Malbec grape are grown in France (in decline since the 1950s). Malbec is also very successful in Argentina. The country has become the world's leading producer of Malbec and offers wines with great potential.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château La Tour Blanche

Planning a wine route in the of Sauternes? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Château La Tour Blanche.

Discover the grape variety: Sauvignon

Sauvignon Gris is a grape variety that originated in France (South-West). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small bunches and small grapes. Sauvignon Gris can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Burgundy, Jura, Beaujolais, Armagnac, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley, Savoie & Bugey.

News about Château La Tour Blanche and wines from the region

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The word of the wine: Velouté

Said of a wine that is soft and caressing in the mouth.

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