Les Tourelles de Longueville Pauillac 2016

CHÂTEAU PICHON BARON

Les Tourelles de Longueville Pauillac
2016

$158.50

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Product code
14791510
Format
6 x 1500ml
Listing type
SAQ Specialty by lot
Status
Unavailable
Type of product
Still wine
Licensee price
$137.90
Country
France
Regulated designation
Appellation origine protégée (AOP)
Region
Bordeaux
Appellation
Pauillac
Varietal(s)
Merlot 58 %
Cabernet Sauvignon 25 %
Cabernet Franc 12 %
Petit Verdot 5 %
Alcohol percentage
13.5%
Colour
Red
Sugar
Dry
Closure type
Cork
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Press reviews

James Suckling

- 94 points -

(Vintage 2016)

 Deliciously ripe and balanced with attractive, earthy nuances, surrounding ripe-plum and red-berry aromas and flavors. Sheet-like tannins layer up neatly and build a long, esteemed finish. Second wine of Pichon Baron. Try from 2023.

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Wine Advocate

- 92 points -

Neal Martin, (Vintage 2016)

The 2016 Les Tourelles de Longueville is a blend of 58% Merlot, 25% Cabernet Sauvignon, 12% Cabernet Franc and 5% Petit Verdot (from young vines that are destined to go into the Grand Vin one day, according to Christian Seely), matured in 30% new oak for 12 months. It offers a mixture of red and black fruit on the nose, just a touch of melted tar with fine delineation. The palate is medium-bodied with quite a powerful opening, dense black fruit tinged with graphite, a solid Deuxième Vin with a slightly aloof finish (at least at the moment). There is a pleasant graphite note lingering long on the aftertaste that completes a fine Pauillac to enjoy over the next 12-15 years.

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Vinous

- 92 points -

Antonio Galloni,

The 2016 Les Tourelles de Longueville is a very beautiful wine. Pliant, supple and inviting, the 2016 has so much to recommend it. Dark red cherry, red plum, tobacco, menthol and licorice are all laced together in this creamy, wonderfully expressive, silky Pauillac. The Tourelles will be impossible to resist young, and should drink well for another 10-15 years, maybe more.

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Wine Spectator

- 91 points -

(Vintage 2016)

A solid beam of black currant and black cherry preserve forms the base of this wine, with lightly singed alder, violet and warm earth notes peeking in from the edges. The focused, mouthwatering finish shows good tension. Best from 2021 through 2030. 9,458 cases made. — JM

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