Château La Tour Blanche - Sauternes (Premier Grand Cru Classé)

Château La Tour BlancheSauternes (Premier Grand Cru Classé)

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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters consider this wine to be one of the best in the region.
The Sauternes (Premier Grand Cru Classé) of Château La Tour Blanche is a sweet wine from the region of Sauternes of Bordeaux.
This wine is composed of 100% of the grape variety Sauvignon Blanc.
In the mouth this sweet wine is a powerful with a good balance between acidity and sweetness.
This wine generally goes well with fruity desserts and blue cheese.
The Sauternes (Premier Grand Cru Classé) of the Château La Tour Blanche is in the top 10 of wines of Sauternes.

Taste structure of the Sauternes (Premier Grand Cru Classé) from the Château La Tour Blanche

Light
Bold
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the Sauternes (Premier Grand Cru Classé) of Château La Tour Blanche in the region of Bordeaux is a powerful with a good balance between acidity and sweetness.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

Wine with earth taste

honey, beeswax

Wine with oak taste

caramel, vanilla

Wine with microbio taste

cream, cheese

Wine with spices taste

savory, cinnamon

Wine with vegetal taste

hay, celery

Wine with floral taste

honeysuckle, acacia

On the nose the Sauternes (Premier Grand Cru Classé) of Château La Tour Blanche in the region of Bordeaux often reveals types of flavors of butterscotch, dried apricot or earth and sometimes also flavors of non oak, kiwi or oil.

Food and wine pairings with Sauternes (Premier Grand Cru Classé)

Pairings that work perfectly with Sauternes (Premier Grand Cru Classé)

Original food and wine pairings with Sauternes (Premier Grand Cru Classé)

The Sauternes (Premier Grand Cru Classé) of Château La Tour Blanche matches generally quite well with dishes of fruity desserts or blue cheese such as recipes of rice with milk or pear, roquefort and walnut tart.

Details and technical informations about Château La Tour Blanche's Sauternes (Premier Grand Cru Classé).

Winemaker
Jean-Pierre Faure
Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
Alcohol
13.7°
Allergens
Contains sulfites

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.

Last vintages of this wine

Sauternes (Premier Grand Cru Classé) - 2017
In the top 10 of of Sauternes wines
Average rating: 4.211110
Sauternes (Premier Grand Cru Classé) - 2016
In the top 10 of of Sauternes wines
Average rating: 4.311110
Sauternes (Premier Grand Cru Classé) - 2015
In the top 10 of of Sauternes wines
Average rating: 4.211110
Sauternes (Premier Grand Cru Classé) - 2014
In the top 10 of of Sauternes wines
Average rating: 4.311110
Sauternes (Premier Grand Cru Classé) - 2013
In the top 10 of of Sauternes wines
Average rating: 4.111110
Sauternes (Premier Grand Cru Classé) - 2012
In the top 10 of of Sauternes wines
Average rating: 3.911110
Sauternes (Premier Grand Cru Classé) - 2011
In the top 10 of of Sauternes wines
Average rating: 4.211110

The best vintages of Sauternes (Premier Grand Cru Classé) from Château La Tour Blanche are 1970, 1979, 1982, 2004 and 1988.

Informations about the Château La Tour Blanche

The winery offers 12 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 4.2.
It is in the top 3 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Sauternes in the region of Bordeaux
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The Château La Tour Blanche is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 13 wines for sale in the of Sauternes to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Bordeaux
In the top 950 of of France wines
In the top 10 of of Sauternes wines
In the top 200 of sweet wines
In the top 5000 wines of the world

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.


The wine region of Bordeaux

Bordeaux, in southwestern France, is one of the most famous, prestigious and prolific wine regions in the world. The majority of Bordeaux wines (nearly 90% of the production Volume) are the Dry, medium and Full-bodied red Bordeaux blends for which it is famous. The finest (and most expensive) are the wines of the great châteaux of Haut-Médoc and the right bank appellations of Saint-Émilion and Pomerol. The former focuses (at the highest level) on Cabernet Sauvignon, the latter on Merlot.

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The word of the wine: Thinning

Also known as green harvesting, the practice of removing excess bunches of grapes from certain vines, usually in July, but sometimes later. This is often necessary, but not always a good thing, as the remaining bunches often gain weight.

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