2012 Château des Tours Vacqueyras

Community Tasting Notes (38) Avg Score: 92.7 points

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  4/17/2024 - manemis Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Colour looks rather brick/thin, and more aged than just 10 years. Lots of smell jumping out of the glass after 1h in the decanter. Rosehips, mineral and tea on the nose. Balanced palette, with medium long and well integrated tannins. Alcohol is somewhat present/noticeable. Great wine!

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  2/13/2024 - Sepsis wrote:

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  1/12/2024 - d'Artagnan wrote: 94 Points

  À l’ouverture le matin il est déjà délicieux avec cet adroit mélange de puissance aromatique, d’élégance de texture et cette gourmandise assumée.
  
  Neuf heures plus tard, il s’est affiné considérablement et s’est "agourmandi"! (Néologisme, i.e. devenu plus gourmand). Face aux vins du domaine en appellation vin de pays et Côtes du Rhone, on monte ici plusieurs marches en termes de raffinement, tout en gardant le coté jouissif du fruit gourmand, poivré, plein de garrigue et de bonheur. Un grand Vacqueyras, ou un mini Rayas? 93–94 pts

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  1/5/2024 - Michael Hung Likes this wine: 94 Points

  [This flight included the 2015 and 2016 Tours Cotes du Rhone as well as the 2012 Tours Vacqueyras]
  Nose was lighter compared the Tours, with more cinnamon and clove spice and black olives. On the palate, also very intense but holding great balance with its higher acid. Showing quite plush, but not over extracted black stone fruits, black bruised plums, slight fig, strawberry jam, brown sugar, a touch of leather and baking spices. Tertiary flavors have started to develop, but it was still drinking rather young. The favorite among the table for this flight, it was a toss up between this and the '15 Cotes du Rhone, but this was showing a smidge better tonight. 94-95

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  1/5/2024 - Alex G. Likes this wine:

  Rayas / Pignan / Fonsalette / Tours Tasting (Scottsdale, Arizona USA): This was the surprise of the night in a big tasting of Rayas/Tours/Fonsalette/Pignan. Not that I didn't expect it to be good, but it was getting unanimous nods of approval around the table. Showing more precision and detail than the 15 & 16 Tours Cote du Rhones, but to be fair it also had more age. I expect this could age for the long term, but given how appealing it is today I am doubtful my remaining bottles will ever see extended age.

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