Community Tasting Note

• henryd1 Likes this wine: 91 points

  May 22, 2016 - 100% grenache, from warm terroir, picked late, with a significant percentage of stems retained, and litte extraction. This is a stunning expression of grenache. Better, I'd say, than a Janasse Chaupin 2010 I had the other day, and at a fraction of the price. Very sexy, perfumed red fruit flavours, with decent complexity. This is a great wine and a fantastic bargain too. 90-91

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• Sven D commented:

  8/1/17, 12:32 AM - Your correct that des Tours is a bargain but that the rest of your comment is not so.
  The Tours is not made of 100% Grenache, that is why you find the strawberry, fine fruit and everything else that makes des Tours. FYI: Grenache, Counoise (great touch!), Syrah, Cinsault, Merlot (yes, used here) and 5% other grapes make des Tours. The terroir also is not one of the warmest you can find here but one that has less problems with climate challenges.

• henryd1 commented:

  8/12/17, 9:47 AM - Thanks for the correction. My info came from a young guy in a wine bar in Lyon. Not sure if the other info was correct - apologies cellartracker!

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