LA PASSION DES TERROIRS
Château La Tour de Bessan Margaux
2019
$44.50
About this winery
One of today’s leading companies in the Bordeaux wine sector, Lucien Lurton & Fils was set up by Lucien Lurton and his ten children in 1993. The business took the name La Passion des Terroirs in 1999 to mirror its strong attachment to terroir and the passion of a whole family for vines and wine throughout its history and to become a fullyfledged Bordeaux wine merchant. The company is now among the top 10 négociant houses in the Bordeaux market, distributing wines from all the appellations of...
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Press reviews
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Georgina Hindle, January 2022 (Vintage 2019)A dark nose full of ripe blackcurrants. This has a nice energy to it, juicy black fruit and an undercurrent of liquorice and minty tones. There is drive and the fruit feels svelte and well worked. Approachable and one to drink soon. I like the really upfront juiciness of this with a high toned, high acid lift on the finish. A nice perfume and elegance too. Lovely.
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Jane Anson, May 2020 (Vintage 2019)Lovely estate owned by Marie-Laure Lurton, here showing a well balanced Margaux with soft floral aromatics and a basket of berry fruits. Austere tannins on the finish but this has sweet cedar and blackberry underneath and is a success in the vintage.
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