Chateau La Tour Blanche Sauternes 2007
Chateau la Tour Blanche
Chateau La Fleur de Bouard wine is produced from a specific a two hectare parcel of old vines that average 45 years of age, situated on the Lalande de Pomerol plateau.
The 2 hectare vineyard has a terroir that is similar to Pomerol with its gravel and clay soils. The vineyard is planted to a vine density that ranges from 6,500 vines per hectare in the parcels with the oldest vines up to 8,500 vines per hectare in the more recent plantings.
In the vineyards of La Fleur de Bouard Le Plus, yields are kept low. To give you an idea of how low the yields are, for the 2009 vintage, the yields of La Fleur de Bouard Le Plus were only 20 hectolitres per hectare.
Along the very expensive method of producing the wine, the fact that only 300 to 400 cases of La Fleur de Bouard Le Plus are produced each year, makes this a unique wine for the Lalande de Pomerol appellation. On a quality level, it competes with and is better than many Pomerol wines. Based on a recent tasting of the 2000, it ages quite well too.
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Château La Tour-Blanche is a small estate producing only 4,500 cases each vintage of its delectable sweet white made from Semillon, Sauvignon Blanc and Muscadelle. One of the first vineyards to be granted Premier Cru status, it has only been in recent years that the wines have begun to live up to the classification. With the 2007 threatening to be the best La Tour-Blance produced, it it definitely one for Sauternes collectors.
Château La Tour-Blanche is a small estate producing only 4,500 cases each vintage of its delectable sweet white made from Semillon, Sauvignon Blanc and Muscadelle. One of the first vineyards to be granted Premier Cru status, it has only been in recent years that the wines have begun to live up to the classification. With the 2007 threatening to be the best La Tour-Blance produced, it it definitely one for Sauternes collectors.
Scores & Reviews
94 / 100
Wine Enthusiast
Light gold color, but a wine with depth and balance. There is lovely acidity here, a wine that offers fresh fruits, apricot juice and deep layers of botrytis.
91 / 100
Robert Parker
Tasted single blind against its peers. I have always felt that I was mean to the La Tour Blanche when I first tasted it out of barrel, principally because of the excessive level of residual sugar. There is just a touch of reduction on the nose but it opens up nicely. The palate is very classy: a hell of a lot of fruit concentration and layer upon layer of botrytized fruit. It is not exactly subtle and is missing some finesse, whilst the finish is long and persistent, disguising its sucrosity well.
91 / 100
Wine Spectator
Sweet lemon and apple aromas, with floral honey. Full-bodied and very sweet, with a spicy, almost tangy finish of honey. Rich and layered.