2007 Château des Tours Vacqueyras

Community Tasting Notes (28) Median Score: 91 points

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  12/30/2021 - rikipedia Likes this wine: 91 Points

  15% Alc; light to med garnet to orange rim.
  Penetrating bouquet with dried candied orange peel, pressed blue flowers, hot gravel soil, mineral, kirsch cherries or marinated cherries, brown sugar and dried spices. As the wine develops in glass, there are stewed fruits, red plum, liquorice with prune and musk sweets and a hint of soy.
  The entry has a vibrant freshness with humbug sweets alongside garrigue notes that suggest coolness: mint and freshly picked lavender, wild Scottish heather and star anise. Overriding this is plenrty of brown sugar and an intense note of cracked black pepper. The alcohol seems generous and pokes through at time. Medium to full-bodied, with lively acidity the mid-palate has more marinated cherry going to cherry compote and musk sweets. A chewy texture with some richness, the tannins are sinewy and mouthcoating but not quite puckering - sticky perhaps? A long finish with some earthy notes. I see recently that this wine has a history of sometimes being volatile as per last time.

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  6/18/2020 - d'Artagnan wrote: 92 Points

  Sans doute le vin que j’ai le plus de mal à comprendre et appréhender dans la gamme Reynaud. Jamais pareil, il me semble.
  
  Un nez explosif et envoûtant, sur le kirsch, poivre, framboises et herbes de Provence, puis des agrumes qui font le lien avec Rayas. La bouche est puissante mais elle a gagné en harmonie et finesse, un petit perlant annonce qu’il aurait gagné à être carafé ou, encore mieux, profiter du traitement Reynaud. Qu’à cela ne tienne, quel plaisir il offre avec cette énergie, ce fruit gourmand voire cochon! Tellement savoureux, avec ce profil aromatique quasi unique. 92-93 pts

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  6/13/2020 - Collector1855 wrote: 91 Points

  Zoom blind tasting. Meium garnet, cloudy color. Nose of torrefaction, sweet spices, earthy, very much in the brown spectrum. There was a touch of oxidation in this bottle, so may be my score is on the low side.

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  8/24/2019 - GuWin wrote: flawed

  Modent preg av tørkete roser, og hvit sjokolade, men også aceton og neglelakkfjerner på duft. Virker ikke helt optimal. men langt bedre på smak. Veldig moden, søtladen frukt, preg av våt skog og et svakt røykpreg. Fyldig og litt plump, litt "in your face"-aktig, ganske alkoholrik. Vanskelig å score grunnet det urene duftpreget, og jeg ender med en n.r.

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  5/18/2019 - retired_and_roving Likes this wine:

  Q2 - 2019 Tasting - Alsatian White Varieties from around the World (New York, NY): When your '01 Pegau is corked and your friends pull out a '07 Chateau des Tours Vacqueryras - it sure does bring the smile back to your face:-) As always one of my favorite producers. The nose has all the characteristic Rayas perfume of potpourri and tea leaves. On the palate, this is drinking really well now with cherry fruit, herbs, and black tea leaves. Very pretty!

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