2017 Chateau de la Tour 'Cuvee Classique' Clos-Vougeot Grand Cru Rouge Burgundy

Winemaker Notes:  Deep ruby. These old vines offer dark berry aromas, violets, tobacco and minty notes. 100+ year old vines generates concentrated and rich flavors of dark fruit, plum, cassis and blackberries. This is a muscular yet balanced and well-structured wine that rewards cellar aging.

CRITICAL ACCLAIM


Wine Spectator - "An oaky style, this delivers plenty of toast and spice notes, along with wild herbs, offsetting the macerated cherry and berry flavors. There is a vegetal, licorice element too, and overall this feels dense and muscular, needing time to come together. Best from 2024 through 2042."


Wine Enthusiast - "Hints of cocoa and vanilla are all that escape this wine's shy nose for now. These notions coat the rounded black-cherry fruit on the nose and leave highlights of nutmeg. The body is sumptuous with fruit and dense with tannin that is not quite velvety but certainly conveys generousity and smoothness. This richness tapers into an elegant finish."


Burghound - "Moderate but not invasive wood sets off overtly floral red and dark berry fruit aromas that are liberally spiked with warm earth and spice wisps. There is a refined, even caressing texture to the medium-bodied flavors that possess good levels of dry extract along with solid punch and power on the firm and lightly austere finale. This isn't a monster of concentration in the same fashion as its 2018 counterpart but it offers fine quality."