Rhône Valley
Les Tours - 2021 - Domaine des Tours
Emmanuel Reynaud
Powerful nose of yellow fruits, honey, almond, white flowers, vanilla, smoky hint… Opulent, fat, smooth palate, echoing the nose’s power, long finish on aromas of exotic fruits. Give it a few years, decanting recommended.
- Size
- 75 cl
- Original features
- Low-sulfite
- Designation
- Vaucluse IGP
- Bottled by
- EARL des Tours
- Colour
- White wine
- Degree of alcohol
- 14.5 %
- To drink from
- 2027 to 2038
- rock’n’roll
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100% Grenache Blanc from vines planted around Sarrians, on clay-limestone and sandy soils with rolled pebbles. Although not certified organic, the vines are farmed without any chemical products, using only inputs that can be “drunk or breathed.” The grapes were harvested by hand with low yields. Vinification: direct pressing, spontaneous fermentation, and long ageing in old casks.
Emmanuel Reynaud
Emmanuel Reynaud, child of the 1963 vintage, was the discreet and perfectionist winemaker behind Château Rayas, Château des Tours, and Château de Fonsalette. He was heir to a lineage that began in 1880 with his great-grandfather Albert, and he took over Château Rayas and Château de Fonsalette in 1997 following the death of his uncle Jacques. He had already been running Domaine des Tours, where...
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