Château La Tour Saint Blaise
Albane & Bertrand Minchin
Pommerais La Tour Saint Martin Menetou-Salon Cabernet Franc 2020
Lovely Burgundy (Cabernet Franc) with mild tannin (Urban Grape) — 4 months ago
Château Tour Bayard
Montagne Saint Émilion Red Bordeaux Blend 2019
Great daily in a great Viennese French bistrot. Highly recommend Le Pic and its maître d — a month ago
Domaine Tour Saint-Michel
Châteauneuf-du-Pape Red Rhone Blend 2003
Quite pale in color after 21 years. Very port wine like. Was too busy for detailed notes. Winner of the evening. — 4 months ago
Thibault Liger-Belair
La Charmotte Nuits St. Georges Pinot Noir 2019
Yesterday, Stage 7 of this years Tour de France was an exciting Time Trial through a famous section of the Côte-d’Or. The riders started in the village of Nuits-Saint-Georges and finished just up the road in Gevrey-Chambertin. Naturally, I felt compelled to open this beauty from Thibault Liger-Belair. “La Charmotte” is a tiny, 0.40ha (basically a single acre) vineyard right on the border of the 1er crus of Argilats and Bousselots that was planted in 1962.
Popped and poured; enjoyed over the course of six hours. The 2019 “La Charmotte” pours a deep, slightly hazy ruby, thanks to some fine sediment. But otherwise a transparent core with medium viscosity and no staining of the tears. On the nose, the wine is developing with gorgeous, perfectly ripened strawberries and raspberries, cranberries, exotic spices, a radical assortment of red flowers, porchini and soft baking spices. On the palate, the wine is dry with medium tannins and medium+ acid. Confirming the notes from the nose. The finish is medium+ and super satisfying.
A touch of Vosne-Romanée with the skeleton of Nuits-Saint-Georges, this is a serious village wine with impeccable texture. For all the super nerds out there, Thibault uses 40% whole cluster for this wine, aged 18 months in French oak barrels, less than half of which are new. Drink now through 2034 easy.
— 10 months ago
Tour du Sème
Saint Emilion Red Bordeaux Blend 2011
very pretty, elegant structure, a little dusty , a little too rich on the dark fruits, like a little over ripe. but all in all very nice 11 year old wine — 3 months ago
Château Tour Saint-Georges
Red Bordeaux Blend 2020
Our fav red Bordeaux, so far. Smooth. Minimal tannins. Quite light, Pinot density. Mineral notes w just right amount of dark fruit. W loves. From Haskell’s box. — 5 months ago
Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego
2020 vintage. Last tasted 11.26.24 (9.2). This bottle a little more harmonious and drinking ever so slightly better. Sooo close to a 9.3 I could see it. Lots of dark fruit. Would purchase again. 04.01..25. — a month ago