Sweet

Château La Tour Blanche 2006

Sweet wine | Premier Cru Classé, Sauternes AC

The style of Château La Tour Blanche wines is characterized by a perfect balance between concentration and freshness, combined with great finesse and elegance. It is worthy of its rank as the first of the Premiers Crus awarded to it in the Official Classification of 1855.

Product variants

CHF 67.80 (75cl)

CHF 67.80 (75cl) (75cl)

CHF 9.04/10cl

France Bordeaux
Muscadelle
Sauvignon blanc
Sémillon
15 - 20 years
14.00% vol.

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Château La Tour Blanche 2006

CHF 67.80 (75cl)

CHF 67.80 (75cl) (75cl)

Colour

Golden yellow.

Nose

Aromas of exotic fruits (passion fruit, mango) with notes of candied fruit and a slight touch of muscat.

Palate

Fresh and lively, with an elegant, supple attack and good fullness opening onto the fruit.

Wine-growing terroir

Château La Tour Blanche is located in the heart of the Sauternes appellation, about forty kilometers south of Bordeaux. The soils and subsoils of the vineyards are gravelly, clayey, siliceous and limestone.

Winemaking

Aging for 20 to 24 months in entirely new French oak barrels.

Bottle closure

Cork

Packaging

Wooden box

92 100

Wine Spectator Shows botrytis spice and lemon peel aromas, with apple pie. Not a big, rich wine, but balanced and interesting. Turns intense and powerful on the finish, with excellent density. Best after 2012.

92 100

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate Tasted at the Sauternes 2006 ten-year on horizontal in Bordeaux. The 2006 La Tour Blanche has a burly, powerful bouquet, quite complex with dried honey, butterscotch, beeswax and spice. The palate is fresh and crisp on the entry with vibrant orange zest and mandarin notes. It is endowed with impressive depth and a powerful, botrytis-driven finish that lingers long in the mouth. This is an impressive, delicious Sauternes from La Tour Blanche that should drink well for two or three decades.

Château La Tour Blanche

Founded in the 18th century, Château La Tour Blanche is a 42-hectare estate located in the town of Bommes, in the heart of the prestigious Sauternes appellation. The property overlooks Le Ciron, a tributary of the Garonne river, at the origin of the microclimate necessary for the formation of the famous “noble rot”.

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