chateau la tour blanche 1er cru classe sauternes

Château La Tour Blanche

Château La Tour Blanche, 1er Cru Classé, Sauternes, 2022

Name: Château La Tour Blanche, 1er Cru Classé, Sauternes
Brand: Château La Tour Blanche
Price: 226.5 GBP

90/100

Inside Bordeaux

93-95/100

The Wine Independent

93-95/100

Vinous

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2022
6x75cl
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£226.50

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GUARANTEED PROVENANCE

Provenance in fine wine

When it comes to purchasing wine, provenance is of upmost importance. A wine’s history – where it’s sourced from and how it’s been stored – can have an enormous influence on the eventual enjoyment it provides. At Justerini & Brooks, we can trace nearly every case back to the domaine, estate or Château it originally came from; we ship from over 200 wine producers throughout the world.

Wines not bought directly from the vineyard are either sourced from trusted suppliers, with whom we share the same philosophy and rigour in buying, or from our own network of Cellarers customers. These customers’ wines are stored in optimal conditions in Octavian Corsham and, in the vast majority of cases, have been stored by us since the wine was first shipped. We do not purchase wine from auctions.

We feel it is equally important to for our customers that the case they buy and leave in storage with us is exactly the same case they subsequently have delivered. This may sound obvious and straightforward, yet we are one of very few merchants to have taken measures to ensure this.

We have created a system where every case is independent, thereby ensuring a trail of ownership and peace of mind for every customer.

The Journey

Justerinis ensures that every case of wine stored with Cellarers (Wines) Ltd has a unique identifier and customer’s name, almost unheard of in the industry as it is expensive to administer. These details are printed and placed on every case which is logged and recorded under your account name and kept in the world’s most renowned storage facility, Octavian Corsham.

This information is sent from our systems to the warehouse every day to ensure the trail of ownership is verified and upheld.

While customer reserves are stored in Corsham, our physical stocks are kept in Hoddesdon, further providing a geographical separation between customers’ wines with Cellarers and Justerinis’ own stock.

Further Reassurance

Cellarers (Wines) Ltd is a legally separate limited company from Justerini & Brooks which currently holds approximately £450 million worth of customer reserves. It is fully insured to catastrophic loss. Many merchants will state that wine in their care is fully insured, but in reality this is on an individual case basis with insufficient cover for total loss as this is prohibitively expensive. The cover provided by Octavian and Justerini & Brooks is unmatched.

Cellarers (Wines) Ltd is audited by PwC every year.

Critic Reviews

93-95/100

Lisa Perrotti-Brown,

The Wine Independent

The 2022 La Tour Blanche is a blend of 83% Semillon, 12% Sauvignon Blanc, and 5% Muscadelle, with 145 g/L residual sugar. Pale to medium straw in color, it prances out with energetic notes of lime leaves, green mango, and lemon tart, leading to touches of salted almonds, cedar, and freshly shaved ginger. The palate is very youthful and pure, with vivacious citrusy layers and balancing freshness, finishing decadently spicy.

drinking window 2026 - 2050

date of review 06/2023

90/100

Jane Anson,

Inside Bordeaux

No tasting notes available

drinking window 2023 - 2040

date of review 05/2023

93-95/100

Neal Martin,

Vinous

The 2022 La Tour Blanche offers dried honey, orange pith, beeswax and light ginger scents on the nose, perhaps less extravagant than I was anticipating in this vintage. The palate handles the 145g/L well. Fine acidity counterbalances the unctuous fruit, lightly spiced with a precise, tangy marmalade and lemongrass finish. Excellent.

drinking window 2027 - 2050

date of review 05/2023

product details

Specifications

Country:

France

Region:

Bordeaux

Appellation:

Sauternes

Producer:

Château La Tour Blanche

style:

Sweet Wine

Grape Variety:

Semillon Sauvignon Blanc

abv:

13%

allergen information

This product may contain sulphites. Full allergen information is available upon request, please call our Customer Relations Team on +44 (0)20 7484 6430.