Château La Tour de Bessan Margaux 2019

LA PASSION DES TERROIRS

Château La Tour de Bessan Margaux
2019

$44.50

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Service fees
$ 0.00
Product code
15154900
Format
12 x 750ml
Listing type
SAQ Specialty by lot
Status
Store Only
Type of product
Still wine
Licensee price
$38.72
Country
France
Regulated designation
Appellation origine protégée (AOP)
Region
Bordeaux
Appellation
Margaux
Varietal(s)
Cabernet Sauvignon 58 %
Merlot 32 %
Petit Verdot 10 %
Alcohol percentage
13.5%
Colour
Red
Sugar content
2 g/l
Closure type
Cork
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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

Decanter

- 92 points -

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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Decanter

- 90 points -

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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