SOUTHERN / AMERICAN / PACIFIC WINE & SPIRITS® Chateau de La Tour Clos Vougeot Grand Cru 2015 (Cote de Nuits, Burgundy, France) – [BH 93] [AG 93] [WS 93] – 6058035347615

About This Wine:

Produced from the celebrated Pinot Noir grapes from our best vines, the wines from Clos Vougeot Chateau de la Tour are classified among Burgundy’s Grand Cru. Their elegant bouquet and flavours of “truffles, liquorice, violet and wild mint” develop harmoniously with age.

93 Points – Antonio Galloni’s Vinous:
“(these 2015s were bottled in June of ’17): Dark red with ruby tones. Very ripe, almost exotic aromas of black cherry, dark plum, licorice and menthol, with lower-pitched notes of damp earth and clove; less perfumed than the 2016 version. Compellingly rich and broad but showing a bit more alcoholic weight and warmth than the ’16 (the alcohol here is 13.6%, vs. 13.2% for the earlier vintage) and already shutting down in the bottle. Finishes with broad, dusty, building tannins and strong medicinal reserve.” – Stephen Tanzer (Jan 2018)

93 Points – Allen Meadows’ Burghound:
“Notes of herbal tea, floral, spice and earth add breadth to the very ripe black raspberry and plum liqueur scents that are trimmed in both menthol and oak. The exceptionally rich, lush and concentrated big-bodied flavors coat the palate with sap before culminating in a youthfully austere, serious and wonderfully long finish. This is a substantially constituted wine but it’s not huge.” – (Jan 15, 2018)

93 Points – Wine Spectator Magazine:
“This racy red is subtle in aroma, revealing vanilla, cherry, kirsch, currant, graphite and spice flavors. Remains elegant despite the dusty tannins, with a bittersweet chocolate note on the long finish. Best from 2022 through 2040.” – BS (Dec 2018)