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Château Tour St Christophe, St-Émilion, Grand Cru, Bordeaux 2015

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6/20/2024 - ManuKey Likes this wine: 90 Points

Une belle bouteille, prêt à boire après un peu d’aération. Le vin est corpulent et bien fondu, l’acidité basse-moyenne. Il développe de beaux arômes de fruits noirs juteux plombés par le soleil, avec quelques épices douces et la réglisse. On sent décidément le millésime solaire, mais ça reste bien balancé. Un jolie rapport Q/P.

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6/18/2024 - Spratticus Likes this wine: 93 Points

This is one of my favorite bang for your buck Bordeaux’s and found a case of the 2015 at acker’s. First bottle this evening and it is really very nice, delicate bouquet, with ripe plums, blueberries and a hint of tobacco on the palate. Tannins are soft and resolved and this is ready to drink but don’t feel you need to be in a hurry here. Quality here is high and it likely has years of life left. I just don’t know how you go wrong here this is really very nice wine at a very reasonable price point. Trust me keep an eye out, tends to be pretty available, pumped to have a case with a little age on it to enjoy now.

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6/15/2024 - Purple Tooth wrote: 92 Points

Really great balance to this wine. Drank this next to a 100 dollar Napa wine and it was really a great pairing with this edging out the napa lush, with its fantastic acidity. The acid balance of old world wine is really attention worthy for so many Napa makers (I hope you’re listening). The big fruit in tsc is a great companion to a Napa wine but the acidity and the price make this a star. I also appreciates the restraint on wood char as a saint emilion. This has 3 to 5 years of headroom and that is probably high noon for this giving bordeaux. Drink!

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5/26/2024 - John McCabe wrote: 91 Points

On the first night, came across as quite sandy and savory. Improved a bit by day #3.

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4/7/2024 - Simba-wine Likes this wine: 94 Points

Happy Bordeaux Sunday Dear Friends! Prior tasting notes are spot on, bar that I am getting a little concerned on the amount of wood still to absorb! That doesn’t make this a great QPR, nor a great wine, but the upside is limited in my eyes… The fruit is Cristal clear but the wood tannins remain present. Drink now - 2034 94p

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3/30/2024 - jschoenau wrote: 93 Points

excellent wine ready to drink. Full flavor and smooth Complete Bordeaux. Went wonderfully with leg of lamb.

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2/24/2024 - ploher wrote:

Absolutely beautiful, fragrant nose here, black fruit, licorice, floral, changing; the palate is full bodied with lots of sweet, black fruit, definitely ripe but not jammy, there is good substance and crunchy tannins on the long, spicy finish. For the power and extraction there is excellent freshness. Modern for sure, but I think no one can deny the quality on display. 17.5+/20 (to be conservative for the moment). Long future.

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2/11/2024 - Goodjob! Likes this wine: 94 Points

4e et dernière bouteilles. Définitivement la meilleure du lot. Un St-Émilion relativement abordable qui a des airs de 1er grand grand cru classé. Pour cette bouteille du moins.

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1/26/2024 - stephru Likes this wine: 95 Points

Superbe Bordeaux à maturité. Nez sur la confiture de bleuets, cassis, fruité éclatant, superbe. La bouche est cohérente avec le nez, beaucoup de volume et de relief. Harmonie et puissance. L'incarnation du bonheur, beaucoup de plaisir..

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1/19/2024 - moorewine3 Likes this wine: 92 Points

Great with beef filet tenderloin, mushrooms, salad, and green beans.

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12/4/2023 - JustGab Likes this wine: 89 Points

Semble déjà sur son déclin. Ce n'est peut-être que cette bouteille.

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11/17/2023 - WineGuyDelMar Likes this wine: 92 Points

Decanted two hours and drank over another hour. Dark color. Nice extraction. Nice flavor layers. Modern Style but lots of chocolate flavors. QPR off the charts. Nice depth. Wonderful

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11/16/2023 - Shrages wrote: 91 Points

Has really come into its own. Oak and tannin now nicely mellowed. Thoroughly enjoyable and much less overwrought at this point. Particularly impressive on the nose, with saddle leather imbuing the fruit elements. 2-4 years from peak.

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11/10/2023 - Tauro wrote: 89 Points

Not at all ready to drink, tannic and alcoholic. Wait min 5

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10/29/2023 - ChateauDutremble Likes this wine: 92 Points

Nez : tabac, épices/bois, plant de tomate, baies rouges et noirs...griotte, sous-bois, écorce, notes florales et minérales...complexe. Un vin fruité avec des tannins fins mais présents/intégrés. Ample, riche et texturé. Saveurs de groseilles et de mûres, de cacao, d'épices salines... Structuré et équilibré. Longue finale sur de notes de cacao. Très approchable maintenant...apogée 2024-2025...tiendra jusqu'en 2030 ou plus.

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9/13/2023 - Triforwine Likes this wine: 92 Points

Tasting this again after a long hiatus. Was great on release. Has definitely a lighter mouth feel right on pnp so will revisit this note and score very preliminary impression. Revisiting some 2015 Bordeaux wines now as have recently done very well with 2014. Recall this as a very fruit forward wine on release that was fun to drink before it went into a sleepy phase characteristic of the vintage. After 2 hour slow ox this wine is now great. Somewhat new world in style but terroir is apparent in the aroma of smoke, mixed dark fruit and mint with a hint of truffle and forest flowers. Dark red with purple hue and some lighter rim. Lots of dark red and darker fruits and great mouthfeel with some cafe mocha and salted caramel on the long finish. Tannins softened. It’s in a good spot right now. Glad I have more including 2 magnums which I expect will age nicely. Probably still a few years from peak but delightful now. Will hold second half of bottle with vacuum stopper and then revisit note. 92+ with potential 94+- I buy this wine in almost every vintage- best QPR in all of Bordeaux iMHO.

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9/8/2023 - Primordialsoup Likes this wine: 92 Points

Delicious. Full bodied with plenty of fruit. Well balanced. Great value from St. Emilion.

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6/1/2023 - bordeauxman777 Likes this wine: 92 Points

The 2015 Château Tour Saint-Christophe exemplifies unparalleled excellence in every aspect! This remarkable Saint Emilion showcases a resplendent black red hue, a profusion of flavors that knows no bounds, and a luxuriously prolonged and velvety finish. The 2015 vintage in the esteemed Right Bank region proved to be a bountiful year for exceptional overachievers like Tour Saint Christophe, surpassing expectations and raising the bar for extraordinary winemaking.. Impressively lovely!

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4/19/2023 - daveyk39 wrote: 91 Points

3h air. Deep ruby color. Blackberry, blackcurrant, pepper, potting soil, pencil shavings and bacon fat on the nose. Robust, dense, perhaps a bit extracted, black and blue fruit flavors. Velvety texture and firm chalky tannins. Promising!

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1/9/2023 - vvWine.ch wrote: 92 Points

(15% Alkohol). Kräftiges Rubinrot. Feinduftige Nase, erste Reifetöne, etwas Kakao, Mokka, dunkle Frucht, Kirsche, Pflaumen, Weihnachtsgewürze, dazu erste Tertiäraromen wie Leder und Herbstlaub. Im Gaumen weich, seidiges Tannin, füllig, jedoch nicht schwerfällig, sensationelle Balance, da ist Opulenz mit im Spiel, ja, aber da ist keine Schwerfälligkeit. Würziges Finale. Ein warmes Jahr lässt grüssen. Rund und vollmundig. Jetzt bis 2035+ 92 vvPunkte (Verkostet im Oktober 2022 auf Château Bellefont-Belcier) www.vvwine.ch

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12/30/2022 - Nick oakwood Likes this wine: 93 Points

A Merlot-dominated wine, but one that, despite its modern ageing, does not drown in wood. On the contrary, used barrels seem to have been used, as the tannins are of high quality and well contain the fruit bordering on overextraction. Although I'm not a big fan of the right side, I like drinking this as a slutty wine. A crowd pleaser.

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11/12/2022 - HandmadeHomemade Does not like this wine:

Way too modern for me, loads of boozy spice and vanilla oak in the mouth, pass

10/11/2022 - John McCabe wrote: 92 Points

Well balanced, with a sandy aspect I sometimes associate with the terroir. I expect this to show better on the next day or two after vacuum seal. I had this alongside the '15 Labegorce Margaux which was better to my taste - more classy, with the darker fruit profile and some creme de cassis.

10/1/2022 - John McCabe wrote: 93 Points

Showing better than I remember from the one I had two years ago, this is starting to come together. The terroir is apparent with some sandy aspect, that I mentioned in previous notes, but the fruit is inviting and things are so balanced now. This is a great bargain and glad I've more. Even recent vintages remain undervalued for the quality here.

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9/26/2022 - Purple Tooth wrote: 93 Points

Love what age has done to this so far. Showing some savory and old school smolder and developing a bit of that initial Bordeaux Stank! This will be bloody good with 2 or 3 more years of age with a heavy body full of ripe delicious fruit for all your friends...This bottle was very convincing and educational for me. Drink or Hold

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9/22/2022 - JimHow Likes this wine: 93 Points

Excellent! Very classy, delicious, balanced. When I had it upon release a few years ago I was concerned that the 15% alcohol left it a little hot on the finish, but it really seems to have smoothed out nicely, absolutely no concerns about the alcohol with steak dinner last night. This will be very nice to drink over the next 10-15 years, I’m happy to have four more bottles left. Great value. A Jeff Leve kind of wine. 93 points.

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9/17/2022 - davidrmoran Likes this wine: 91 Points

2y later, a fine exemplary st emilion --- big and soft, thick-tasting and maybe even a touch syrupy, but very tasty (good tastes, no drawbacks) if not complex merlot as handled in france and nowhere else of the type only fatter, and at a noticeable 15% it does benefit w a cut of cool water (there oughtta be a law) I am readily swayed by experts, so perhaps I will have my last bottle in a few more years, given this historical gush: https://www.klwines.com/p/i?cid=EML-4pg&i=1253274 and you coulda fooled me about having any CF

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6/21/2022 - jeffreylubowski Likes this wine: 90 Points

Four years later and it has shed some baby fat. Still modern for sure, and still not the last word in elegance and terroir. But it's a big bottle of yum. Chocolate covered cherries. But not as sweet as it was years ago. One point higher by my incredibly scientific scoring system. I don't think it ever surpasses the 2016 though.

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6/2/2022 - racerchris Likes this wine: 92 Points

From a bottle shared by Everything Ahead. This opened up quickly in the decanter. Ripe dark fruit, a little heat and spice, and developing complexity. No overt oak or too-ripe flavors. Well balanced and quite pleasurable now, as I've found with several left bank 2015s opened recently.

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6/1/2022 - Everything Ahead wrote: 92 Points

This is a modern Bordeaux for sure, but it is a real pleasure with some time in the decanter. Lots of dark fruits, chocolate, and a voluptuous mouthfeel. Alcohol is high, but quite well integrated. This will likely improve over the next 5+ years, but a wine that can be enjoyed now, especially if given some air. Not as complex as the 2016, but a strong showing.

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3/20/2022 - PinotAnyone? Likes this wine: 93 Points

Four hour decant. This wine is fruit forward now but showing great potential. Lots of oak notes and quite lush due to the 80% merlot. The cab franc provides a supportive backbone. Tannins are fine and the finish goes on and on. Glad I bought a case. Will visit again in 5 years.

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12/27/2021 - Mimesis wrote:

Still tasted like a barrel sample. Primary fruit flavors, iron, blood. Quite dense. Overall, fairly unpleasant, but at the same time, formidable and impressive. Not much evolution the second day, either. I assume that someday - ten years hence? - it will be great, but withholding a rating for now.

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12/25/2021 - Jeff Leve wrote: 94 Points

Flowers, chocolate mint, boysenberry and black cherry aromas pop with ease. With an hour of decanting, the wine softens, fills out and you find a fresh, concentrated, full-bodied, vibrant wine with ample ripe, dark red and blue fruit, espresso, dark cocoa, dusty tannins and a touch of salt on the palate. The freshness, length and mineral character in the end notes hit all the right notes.

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12/25/2021 - wolfonthehill Likes this wine: 91 Points

Still needs a lot more time. Like another decade.

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11/24/2021 - DravlaH Likes this wine: 93 Points

This is drinking great right now. Notes of vanilla and cinnamon(?) on the nose. Flavors of dark berries, cloves and spices. Dry and nd good acidity. Pretty solid but not heavy. Excellent for price range.

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11/7/2021 - J_H Likes this wine: 91 Points

- No decanting - Nose: intense nose of ripe plums, lots of spice, cloves and black wild cherries, wet stone and lots of coffee, black chocolate. Then also first mature notes of forest floor, foliage and also leather. This TSC is already a bit advanced. - Palate: high alcohol, ripe, medium tannins, medium+ body. Is quite intense in the mouth, dark fruits and vanilla, chocolate come out, with time too plump. But still a nice freshness (medium ~+ acidity) and awesome length. Still has a good 5-10 years potential but now also a certain smoothness (I like in BDX) can be recognised. Great to drink, especially with an intense menu with meat. - 91-92P

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11/6/2021 - timjr Likes this wine: 95 Points

One of the most enjoyable wines I've had! Velvety, chocolatey, slightly fruity black raspberry character. Drink now!

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10/20/2021 - Maphill01 wrote:

Splash decanted for an hour. Ripe black cherry, plum, some chocolate. Slightly chalky tannins, enough acidity for freshness. Very light oak touch. At 15%, best for one glass or with food. A nice take on the modern, international style, at a good price.

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10/16/2021 - Beatsmith8 Likes this wine: 92 Points

More modern in style. More pronounced oak and alc heat than I would like, but still has the nice minerality and salinity characteristic of st emilion. I think I paid $27, solid value at that price if you don’t mind a heavier style.

10/12/2021 - Purple Tooth wrote: 93 Points

Came in at second place in a lineup of world wines between 30 and 50 bucks. Theres allot of power here without heaviness, giving it the texture it needed to stand out in a sea of "me too" wines. The acidity is clearly here and should be a great tool for keeping time, and allowing some development while retaining freshness.Time knows best. Drink or Hold

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10/1/2021 - prasm Likes this wine: 90 Points

Pop and pour, consumed over 3 hours. Appearance: Clear, dark ruby. Nose: Clean, developing aromas of blackberry, black cherry, plum, bell pepper, saline, and spice. Palate: Dry, medium+ acid and tannin, medium body, medium+ intensity, medium alcohol, developing flavors of dark fruit - blackberry and black cherry, spice, and earth with a medium+ finish. Overall an outstanding wine still 2-5 years out of it's prime drinking window. Can drink now with decant and a couple hours of air. One of the best Bordeaux value buys available today.

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9/8/2021 - Escher Cellars wrote: 91 Points

A decent attempt, everyday Bordeaux. Drink now. Cheers.

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9/6/2021 - Androurse Likes this wine: 91 Points

The wine looks purple colored. The legs are slow. There is no sediment in the bottle. It smells like blackberry, black currant (cassis), plum and cinnamon. It tastes like blackberry, black currant (cassis), plum, cinnamon, oak and vanilla. The body is full. The wine has round texture. The wine finishes long. The wine has low acidity.

8/30/2021 - Triforwine Likes this wine: 93 Points

Checking in on this vintage of this wine as it's been a while. I loved it on release. Coravin pour first night and it's still obviously a great wine with a brief flash of nice dark fruit and some other aromas like truffle and cocoa perhaps which quickly retreat into the distance so still a bit too young to fully appreciate without a long decant and even maybe with the decant. Tasted alongside a New World Cab. Maybe I'm missing something here but I don't see the comparisons to new world although I don't really like New world merlot and this wine is at least 80% merlot and 0% cab sauv. Anyway, alongside a similar priced go-to 2013 California Cab with pizza, I much preferred the St. Chris. It is in a modern style perhaps which allows early drinking but the terroir element clearly separates it from anything new world in my opinion. Gave it a good 2 hour decant next night and drank a big glass with a nice cheese. Smoky aroma, but still holding back much on the nose even after long decant, it's super deep dark red in the glass and it has a fabulous mouthfeel, very fine tannins and a great flavor profile of dark red fruit and perhaps some truffle in the background. While enjoyable today and almost as good as on release when it was just superb, this is just starting to wake up again and I think this wine will continue to improve and time will tell how good it can be. Still the best QPR in all of Bordeaux in my opinion. 93+

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8/3/2021 - HandmadeHomemade wrote:

Better than the last. Worked well with the grilled flank steak. Still showing very young, but seemed to have put away the oak and alcohol. Maybe my harsher judgement was incorrect? I can see some positive agebility to this. Loads of fresh acid, fruit and tannin. Oak is better in check, full body. Black and red fruits all over, still very modern, but much better. Needs 10+ years, but at this price point, check in whenever.

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5/3/2021 - HU Likes this wine: 92 Points

PnP. Initially a bit dull, but it developed over the evening and with the wine in the glass. Flavours started to emerge, earthiness and spice, the tannic elements actually became stronger. Fine to drink now, better to keep it for a few more years, which I plan to do with my remaining bottles. 91 for now, might deserve an upgrade in the future. Good QPR. We had another one, Feb/11/2023. We poured it through an aerator. Still very young. It leaves that sandy feeling in your mouth, as it is still quite tannic. It became better after about two hours. 91 still, with upside. 2024-03-05. Bottle 5 of 6. Very nice, it has improved quite a bit. wait 2 years to open the last one.

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5/3/2021 - aero Likes this wine:

Third bottle in three years. Open but still shaking off its backwards monolithic stage. Give this until 2024+, and it will drink well through 2040s.

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4/9/2021 - dream Likes this wine: 91 Points

A rich, full-bodied version of this wine in the style of the vintage. Dark fruited and ripe with decadent flavors of black cherry liquor and dark chocolate. The texture is fairly voluminous and the alcohol apparent but the wine is saved by the limestone-heavy soil which creates a taut, chalky finish. Quite young and in need of several more years of aging. On the edge of ripeness but very satisfying for its style. 91+

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3/12/2021 - WineKnut Likes this wine: 91 Points

Shocked! It's reddish purple. Perfectly clear. 5 Cassis, raspberry, blueberry, plum, cobbler, vanilla, juniper, cedar, oak. Still super young and fresh. Leaping from the glass! Oh yeah, and did I mention the heat! Still great... 13 Bone dry. Medium minus mouthfeel. Tobacco, sour cherry, licorice, tannins present and still dominating the finish... On the simple side. Enjoyable, but not great. 16 Overall experience was really good. The nose is more enticing than the palate at this point. Good for a hearty meat and pasta bake. 7

2/23/2021 - Purple Tooth wrote: 91 Points

Pretty plush so much so, that one could argue that this producer has been one of the leaders of the pack in what now seems to be the French Napa...Go figure. For years and years, the American producers have touted their "Bordeaux" blends and now, we have a California wine, from France! Very good for what it is, with its soft dense fruit, balanced with the right amount of acidity, and nice use of wood. I really think that these wines are at their best right now, with a big 2 hour decant. But hopefully, time will prove me wrong. Drink

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2/22/2021 - rwstorer wrote: 93 Points

Popped and let air for 30 minutes and enjoyed for 90 minutes. Agree with others: a very modern style. Initial aromas of deep black fruits but very primary. Alcohol upfront, but after 40 to 50 minutes it became a lot more integrated. Certainly not ready to drink now, but also fun to see how this will develop. Will think about drinking this again in the next five or six years.

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1/31/2021 - Winning_Wines Likes this wine: 93 Points

Flirting on the modern side of wine, this shines with ripe blackberry and baking spices. Much else is somewhat masked by its high alcohol. However, I am not complaining, as it doesn’t take away from the opulence of this wine. This is crazy good. Medium bodied, balanced acidity, silky tannins (prominent), and understandably primary, this is young, but will continue to develop to deliver a wine I cannot wait to taste. Cheers!

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12/30/2020 - Motz wrote: 92 Points

If required to drink internationally styled Saint-Émilion, and I have crossed paths with a lot of them, this would be my choice. It features pretty floral notes and bright, lush, and pithy red fruits and berries throughout. It offers middle and bass substance, elements uncommon to wines in this style. Beware the 15 abv, which the wine wears well, but does sneak up on you rather swiftly. The two main reasons this would be my choice of modernly styled Saint-Émilion? 1) While somewhat heavily extracted, not excessively so, which allows the wine to show open-knit at the back. 2) The wine is judiciously oaked, and even greater rarity by modern wine making standards. Overall, not to be overthought, just enjoyed. The alcohol makes hearty fare a prerequisite. Drink by 2025.

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12/18/2020 - DavidWong168 wrote: 88 Points

Feels like this wine is going through a dumb phase right now. A pop of alluring aromatics when uncorked but it went downhill from there. Four hours in the decanter didn’t change it much. Medium purple. Tight nose of blackberry, plum, eucalyptus and maybe some lavender and graphite. Sweet cherry and plum on a fairly unyielding palate. Medium plus acidity and abundant fine-grained tannins. Will save my other bottles for a few more years.

11/28/2020 - HandmadeHomemade wrote:

A little too new world to me. I prefer a bit more rustic wine. Well made, full body, fruit forward, early drinking style of wine. Moderated heat on the finish, tannins are fine, fruit is full and round. Sweet finish. I'm looking at the rest of my bottles with buyers remorse to be honest.

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11/14/2020 - LiteItOnFire Likes this wine: 92 Points

No notes. PnP and then 30 minutes in decanter. There is nothing in Napa, and I am a Napa fan, this good at this price point. Buy with confidence and hold for 1-2 years of you can.

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11/14/2020 - mike410 wrote:

Too young to rate. Needs another 5 years.

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10/26/2020 - banjoman Likes this wine: 92 Points

Delicious full bodied with long finish - drinks well now after a couple of hours of decanting, but needs a bit more time Will wait for a year to open the next one

9/1/2020 - John McCabe wrote: 91 Points

Has a bit of a rustic, rusty barnyard profile right out of the bottle. Reminds me of something from Sonoma almost. Pretty similar on the 2nd day - still that rustic note.

8/12/2020 - Escher Cellars wrote: 92 Points

A very nice Bordeaux, may improve with 5+ more years or simply 2+ hours of air. Agree with previous that 15% I was expecting more alcohol burn but it was very well subdued and smooth. Beautiful dark auburn color with depth and complexity. Well done. Cheers.

6/29/2020 - davidrmoran Likes this wine: 90 Points

Very fine and drinking well now and will for a few more years, with some (but only some) tannin. Color was deep red w almost zero brick. Nose was strong and balanced but not like a St-E nose, at least the fabulous cola-ish ones I have loved in the past. It started a little bright and fruity, just a little, typical St-E blend though no spritziness; served w sauced scallops and lettuce, three nights in a row (woohoo). My wife found it sensational and pronounced it suitable for a whole day w good bread and oil, her criterion. With time it became more austere, a bare whiff of vegetal maybe and increased tannin, and more like something classy but from the other bank, a little Medoc-ish maybe. I wonder if it is all merlot. Anyway, with further time its balance returned and the last sips w the last bites of scallops, tarragon (had been mustard prior), excellent OO, etc etc, and it had me shaking my head in pleasure and admiration. We have only another bottle or two, helas. I probably should give it a 91 or higher but am trying to discipline my numbers more. It is labeled 15% but seemed not alc-hot on the swallow nor any more loopiness-inducing than other reds --- how I wish they could all return to 11-12%!!.

6/21/2020 - LiteItOnFire Likes this wine: 92 Points

No notes. Wow what a QPR. Wine is drinking wonderfully now and will only get better. Unbelievable QPR will buy this in quantity. Nothing like it in Napa for $30. Delicious!

No notes maybe a 30 min decant. Delicious. Great QPR. Buy buy

6/14/2020 - John McCabe wrote: 92 Points

Decanted. This is definitely improving with time. Has a spicy backbone, which I generally don't find that appealing, with a red fruit profile, kind of brambly. Nice for the price and showing ok, but will improve with a few more years.

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6/12/2020 - ephorn Likes this wine: 92 Points

Rich and ripe for Bordeaux. A touch hot at 15% alc. hasn’t developed much complexity yet. New world leaning style. Drinking well now if you prefer big fruit. I’d let it rest for another three years to develop and integrate.

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5/9/2020 - Slaz Likes this wine: 91 Points

Continues to be fairly tannic and young upon opening (but also quite approachable); definitely decant if opening soon.

4/14/2020 - wolfonthehill Likes this wine: 92 Points

Much more approachable than I expected. After an hour decanted, bright ruby red and opaque in the glass. Heady nose of bright cherries. Notes of leather on the palate. Can definitely use age (5-10 years), but with a decant it’s awfully good right now.

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4/11/2020 - Caruso wrote: 93 Points

Crimson. Cherries, blackberries, blueberries, but more a chord than layers and first quite monolithic. On the palate it is even more unaccessible with huge tannic cloud than I expected, but nevertheless it is showing good fruit and length as well. So I decided to decant more than a half of the bottle and after some minutes in the decanter I pour it back in the bottle and after more than 12 hours in upright position, it has developed into something much more to like, because the tannin seams to be more integrated. The fruit gained significantly in intensity. And it gained a bit in complexity with minty and spicy notes. After another decant and 10 hours it remained completely undismayed. 96 from Suckling, 95 from Dunnuck and 92+ from Perotti-Brown for the WA. To me it seems a bit overextracted and overdone and needs at least a decade to get a better balance and shed a good amount of its tannins. For now more impressive than enjoyable on its own. So first I more agree with Perotti-Brown. But there is upside potential for sure if the tannins melt before the fruit fades. And the concentration and intensity as well as lenght make me believe that this is going to happen. And after 24 h of airing you get a glimpse how it could be in ten years. 5/12+/16+/10, 2030-2040

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3/23/2020 - sfbikeguy Likes this wine: 92 Points

Very good bottle of wine for the price. Saving the rest for a few years.

3/12/2020 - Shrages wrote: 89 Points

Modern, highly extracted, overdosed with new oak. Not very thought-provoking, but satisfying. Has a lovely, classy label. Best in 3-5 years.

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3/2/2020 - Quarked wrote: 91 Points

Tasty over 3 nights, with most development in first few hours. What this wine is: full-bodied, glossy, deep, plummy with vague hints of spice and sandalwood and soft but persistent tannins. What this wine is not: fruity, overly tannic, sour, or bretty. Neither is it particularly complex. And its doesn't taste like Napa to me either, though perhaps it's more "international" in style than not.

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2/21/2020 - [email protected] Likes this wine:

Takes a good hour to hit it's stride but once it does it's a wonderful Bordeaux.

2/9/2020 - prasm Likes this wine: 92 Points

Consumed over 2 days, note from day 2. Nose: Medium expressiveness, blackberry, cranberry, licorice, dark earth, and dark flowers. Palate: Medium-full bodied, dark fruit, spice, and earthiness on the attack, youthful tannins, good mid-palate persistence with a solid acidic back-bone, soy and earthy notes appear in the back-end and persist through a lengthy 45-60 second finish. A great QPR example from the outstanding 2015 Bordeaux vintage.

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12/26/2019 - MBusk Likes this wine: 93 Points

Aristocratic and rich, this classic Bordeaux has crosscurrents of wild black berries and savory herbs - thyme and bay - with an undertow of earth. This still feels youthfully tight, but the blanket of tannin becomes almost diaphanous two hours after opening. But while this is elegant, it's not purely intellectual or vertical; there's a certain roundness in the mouth that will only burgeon as the years pass. An excellent bottle of wine, and a remarkable deal from Garagiste at $20.

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12/7/2019 - LeoDunkel wrote:

Marjaisa. Ei vielä ihan valmis. Kirsikkaa ja karhunvatukkaa.

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11/30/2019 - Mahoney_jr wrote:

Had a first taste via Coravin. Came with lots of dark cherry out of the "bottle", but closed up heavily during the next hours. I will not have a glass anytime soon. This was not ready yet.

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11/28/2019 - Jean-Philippe M Likes this wine:

Vin complètement différent du 14... C'est plus lourd et concentré. Moins intéressant pour le moment, mais probablemekt qu'avec le temps la bouteille s'ouvrira autant et sinon plus que le 2014. 4/5 (potentiel pour plus)

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11/24/2019 - nmichaud1 Likes this wine:

Quel chance que nous avons, car j’ai servi le 15 sans savoir qu’un collègue allais nous servir le 14 avant! Le millésime ici joue pour beaucoup, car personne n’a trouvé le vin. La concentration est beaucoup plus présente ici, alors que le 14 était plus sur la fraicheur et élégance. Nous sommes sur des fruits foncés ici. J’ai vraiment adoré ce 15 aussi, qui a un potentiel de garde beaucoup plus intéressant! Encore une fois un QPR fabuleux!!

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11/2/2019 - Glassdoor wrote:

94 pts RP. $40.

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10/25/2019 - Slaz wrote: 91 Points

Tasted best on 2nd night. The first night, tasted young and raw. Good components and great value for the low price. This should drink relatively well with minimal cellaring, but I'd give it a year or two before popping another bottle.

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10/10/2019 - pakabear wrote: flawed

Corked unfortunately

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9/16/2019 - pakabear Likes this wine: 93 Points

Consistent with previous bottle, open for business now!

8/17/2019 - John McCabe wrote: 91 Points

Still very tight and unyielding. Held up well even to the 3rd day and on the 3rd day was still quite closed. Very spicy - definitely has a right bank feel. This needs another five years to show better though. 91+ pts.

7/24/2019 - DavidWong168 Likes this wine: 94 Points

Deep purple. Enticing aromatics of black and blue fruits with graphite, licorice and sweet vanilla highlights. Silky entry that leads to a deep and richly flavored palate of medium+ acidity. Mouth-drying tannins appear towards a finish that lasts minutes. The 15% ABV is high even for the right bank but the wine is so delicious you’re willing to overlook its flaws.

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7/17/2019 - TXRDW wrote: 92 Points

Unbelievable QPR, one of the best wines for under $30. Decanted for 3 hours and the wine really came to life. Smooth, well balanced and a solid finish. Graphite, anise and a touch of black cherry. Not close to its prime, but given the vintage not unreasonable to try a bottle early on. 93-94 over time.

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7/8/2019 - wineotim wrote: 91 Points

Not as impressed this time, or maybe with this bottle, not sure which. Anyway, this one lacks the depth and weight from previous review. Still big on acidity and firmness though.

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6/6/2019 - Castello della Gatta Likes this wine: 93 Points

Dark fruit, strawberry, integrated oak on the nose. Silky tannins and medium high acidity. Serious wine, but so delicious!

6/3/2019 - prasm Likes this wine: 92 Points

Popped and poured, consumed over 4 hours. Nose: Medium expressiveness, blue and red fruit - blueberry & cranberry, shoe polish undertones, licorice, and allspice. Palate: Medium bodied, perfectly ripe blue and black fruit attack, graphite and camphor appear through the mid-palate, very interesting complexity on the palate, graphite and dark fruit dominate the back-end and persist through a 45-60 second finish. This wine definitely punches well above it's weight class, seriously good juice for $28.

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5/26/2019 - hiker_guy Likes this wine:

Decent daily drinker. Disappeared fast at the party today. Very modern style, almost new world. Could have come from anywhere. This is a Dunnick/Suckling type of wine. Big and bold.

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5/8/2019 - Purple Tooth wrote: 91 Points

Good, but still not as great as hyped in my opinyo...Worth the 30 bucks I paid for it. Drink

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5/5/2019 - Timbalimba wrote: 94 Points

Tightly knit at this stage, plenty of fruit, soaring acidity, integrated oak. Polished, hints of greater power under the bonnet, the acidity holds everything together. A very good introduction to the top tier of the Right Bank, at a decent price. Will improve, no doubt, and needs time to develop some of the finer points. 94-96?

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4/28/2019 - Roberto Mangioni wrote: 90 Points

Good, but nothing special.

4/28/2019 - John McCabe wrote: 92 Points

This has potential. Really needs a few more years to round out though. 92+pts

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4/22/2019 - CRAUBER4242 Likes this wine: 93 Points

Great QPR! Drinking really well right now, I don't see any reason to wait on this.

4/18/2019 - Slaz wrote: 92 Points

Surprisingly approachable and enjoyable for such a young St. Emilion. Good energy, sufficient fruit depth, and some nice St. Emilion minerality and earthiness. Improved with an hour of decanting. After 2-3 hours of breathing, however, started to fall apart, with tannins becoming overly intrusive. Most likely, needs a year or so of rest to become more impressive and consistent, but only time will tell if that's the case.

4/15/2019 - pakabear Likes this wine: 93 Points

Rich lucious mouthfeel, no mistaken this for anything but right bank, dark red and black fruits, milk chocolate galore, fantastic balance with some minerality and earthy components on the finish. Great now but should evolve a bit if you can resist it.

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2/6/2019 - casoe Likes this wine: 91 Points

Purple dark color. 80% merlot, 20% franc. Very dark fruit - plums, blackcurrant, cigarbox, spicy. Could use a little more structure and freshness, feels a little bit clumsy. Still a very nice wine most people would appreciate.

1/29/2019 - Motz wrote: 93 Points

Enjoyed over two days. What an utterly delicious headscratcher! It features an amalgam of non-excessively extracted red and purple fruit, at once fresh, weighty, pithy, and gritty (tannin), compelling flavor, balanced oak treatment, and excellent structure. I do not drink much Saint-Emilion, as I often find them too extracted, oaky, and placeless (soulless), especially in recent vintages. This, however, remains an exception, and given that many Saint-Emilion producers have turned to dark side of New World modernity, this, while modern, remains an outlier. Who knows how long it might last, but it showed better integration and more roundness than in March 2018. This bottle at least drank as if it had no less than five to seven years of life ahead of it, probably ten or more. The only downside is the 15 abv, which might function as something of a preservative.

1/24/2019 - prasm Likes this wine: 90 Points

Consumed over 2 days (vacuvined), note from day 2. Nose: Medium-plus expressiveness, black raspberry, cassis, graphite, and slate with floral undertones. Palate: Medium bodied, dark fruit, earth, and spice attack, good balance, big tannic grip, mineral driven kick in the back-end, showing some harshness on the edges, but lots of interesting complexity also. Needs 3-5 years minimum to mellow and harmonize - great potential here.

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1/15/2019 - AlphaMikeFoxtrot wrote: 87 Points

Full bodied Merlot with lots of oak influence. Ripe red fruit, cedar, tobacco. 15% alcohol! Tannins are medium, and mostly from the oak.

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1/11/2019 - AdamBrown wrote:

Right Bank Libournais St-Emilion

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1/10/2019 - J. Vino Likes this wine: 92 Points

A big right bank wine that punches above its weight. Crème de cassis, mushrooms with a hint of vanilla. Soft tannins; decent balance even this young. Delivers more fruit than complexity. v good QPR. Bought a few more bottles.

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8/9/2018 - yeti575rider wrote: 90 Points

OBX. Seems a bit overhyped but still a nice bottle of wine and good QPR. I didn't take any detailed notes but remember thinking it was pretty good but not close to being up there with my favorite St Emilion's of 2015. I'll give my other bottle another year or 2.

8/4/2018 - Purple Tooth wrote: 91 Points

Strong cassis scents intertwined with vanilla from oak paint the picture of what is in store. The wine is light on its feet, bright, yet substantial in depth. Good acidity to keep things intact and allow change. Very modern, and not very convincing of any drastic benefit from aging, I would say this should hit mark in 2 to 3 years and drink well for 7....Drinkable now with a 3 hour decant. drink or hold over hyped in my opinyo....

7/29/2018 - jeffreylubowski Likes this wine: 89 Points

Far too young to assess fairly but that never stopped me before. This was just a gigantic wine at this stage. Tons of cherry and alcohol, almost raspberry liqueur like. Not a whole lot of terroir here. You'd be forgiven for picking this as new world. I think i may have thought a shafer merlot or something. I think it will improve when it calms down a bit. Good qpr.

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7/2/2018 - Bradetti wrote: 91 Points

Ripe sweet red and blue fruit. Soft tannins, relatively high acidity, chalky and very salty in the long aftertaste. On day 2 out of balance a bit.

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6/21/2018 - Nutty08 wrote: 92 Points

Interesting wine that’s gotten lots of recent press. Pretty monolithic upon opening but gains nuance with air. Aromatics is red and blue fruits with a liquor berry quality. Palate is quite ripe, concentrated, and polished, but retains a surprising degree of freshness. Finish with polished tannins and a healthy dose of coffee and chocolate. Certainly in the modern extracted camp, but I will admit I was impressed with the balance, despite the style. Really has no sense of place. Does have a place in the celler, even for those that prefer “classic” styles bdx like myself.

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6/5/2018 - HolyMoly Likes this wine: 92 Points

Great one! Fruity nose, punchy body, but without something specific. Great value indeed. Looking forward to comparing it with Pape Clement soon!

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6/3/2018 - FLXHoneymoon wrote:

Second bottle. I really didn't plan on opening another yet but I was curious about the first bottle. This wine is a beast. Lots of fruit and pretty hot on the palate from that 15% abv. Probably won't open another bottle for a year or so (this time I mean it), but I'm really on the fence about where this wine might go. Will a few years in the cellar bring its somewhat disjointed attributes into balance? Or will it completely fall apart? I guess we'll see, since we have over a case left.

5/30/2018 - wineotim Likes this wine: 93 Points

Nice value. Big acid accompanied by bold cherry like fruit and huge tannin. Not much on terroir or sense of place. Love it nonetheless.

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5/28/2018 - Lexaus Likes this wine: 93 Points

Great. Young. Big on tannnins but well balanced overall. Great during that only improves with time.

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5/25/2018 - Decanting fool Likes this wine:

Punching well above it's weight class and more accessible than I had anticipated; so overall much better than I thought it would be. Although it's a middle weight, it has everything I love in a St-Emilion going for it. Great gravel and fruit, refined tannins, silky almost plush mouthfeel, licorice, hint of funk and long lingering. Great value.

5/21/2018 - Jeff Leve wrote: 95 Points

Dark in color, with a smoky, truffle, earthy, licorice and black cherry nose, the wine is supple, silky, concentrated, long and fresh. There is length and complexity in the finish. This is probably the best value in all of Bordeaux today for high quality wine at a fair price.

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5/20/2018 - cjsadler wrote:

Decanted for 4 hours, this seems too young to really be all that enjoyable right now.

5/15/2018 - FLXHoneymoon Likes this wine:

Pretty high octane at 15% abv. I would probably have guessed it as a new world wine if tasted blind, although there is some minerality lurking. This is still a baby. Probably won't drink the next one for at least a year.

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5/11/2018 - bajayngo wrote:

Bdx varietal tasting - served double blind, plummy with fresh fruits, min tannins with some cedar spice.

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4/22/2018 - hondius Likes this wine: 93 Points

Sunday, April 22, 2018 - Opened side-by-side with the '15 Les Cruzelles to accompany our duck breast dinner. Both wines are hidden gems of the excellent '15 vintage, and shared the happy presence of abundant fruit to cover the obvious background tannins of a serious young wine. Voting ended 4-2 in favor of the Les Cruzelles, probably because of its earlier drinking window - the TSC was my personal favorite. If you bought some of the higher end '15s which will need time, look into acquiring either of these for more immediate gratification.

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4/14/2018 - adrenalin112 Likes this wine: 92 Points

Delicious and full of finesse. Drinking very well right now for how young it is. Im extremely curious to see how the other bottles I have will evolve over time, the tannins are young but approachable. 15% alcohol but drinks like its below 14%.

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4/9/2018 - J o e wrote: 94 Points

Nearly impenetrable deep red. Copious notes of black raspberry jam, bitter chocolate and violets are found in the aromatic profile. It is medium- to full-bodied, with loads of black and blue fruits, minerals, and earth. Finishes quite long, with loads of tannins that coat the entire palate. Blind, I would have pegged this as a high-end Napa Merlot. That said, it is a well crafted, impressive wine, and at this price point, quite a bargain to boot. My bet is that this improves in the cellar as well. Good stuff! 94.

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3/30/2018 - seanman Likes this wine:

Rich, dark purple fruits (blackberry stands out)with an earthy tobacco taste and a hint of dark chocolate. Very Smooth with a medium finish. Young but very drinkable. Wow this is my first shipment from the 2015 Bordeaux futures. If this is any indication of the quality of this vintage we are all in for a treat. I am thrilled with this purchase.

3/30/2018 - Motz wrote: 93 Points

Third in a blind flight of seven 'Bordeaux Variety' wines: Tied for last as the most affordable wine of the seven, but it played! Not as complex as some others, though it packs a delightful wallop. And, it was more enjoyable than the 2013 Dominus that succeeded it, by a significant margin. It only lasted until the next night. Fun+!

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3/25/2018 - Seo Likes this wine: 92 Points

Nose is still shut down but palate shows promise. Dark fruit, earth and tobacco with an acid and tannnic back bone. Needs time but a lot of upside potential. Great, if not amazing, QPR.

3/21/2018 - Motz wrote: 94 Points

Enjoyed over three days, and still do not know what to think about it. Plum, blackberry, blackcurrant, graphite, coco powder, light roast coffee grounds, black farm soil, and graphite on the nose. Extracted, chewy though not heavy, lush mouthfeel of fruit backed by earth, modest oak treatment. Surprising! Reminiscent stylistically of the 2012 Wynns Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon Black Label and the 2013 Clos du Val Cabernet Sauvignon, though perhaps firmer than both. The wine does show Bordeaux markers, but the fruit would probably take me elsewhere if blind. A little more firmness, precision, and tension would push this to the next level. A whole lot of fun for sure. Almost a wine worth shutting off the brain for...but it is just too interesting to stop pondering. Based on this experience I would not hold bottles beyond 2027-2028. 93-94.

3/15/2018 - Everything Ahead Likes this wine: 93 Points

This wine is impressive even so early in its development, and softened over the course of a few days being open. Lots of dark fruits, some minty oak, and some higher-toned skin aromatics as well. There is a sense of balance to the wine that is what most impresses me. A bit tannic now, but should age into a really nice wine in about 10 years or so if you can hold them

3/12/2018 - Jeff Leve wrote: 95 Points

This just keeps getting better with age. The wine is now, silky, supple and sensuous. The licorice, black cherries, wet earth, smoke and espresso stand out in the crowd. The finish is all about its softness. If you're looking for a contender for the best QPR from Bordeaux in the 2015 vintage, this your wine. Drink it young for the fruit, or age it for more secondary nuances.

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3/2/2018 - sfbikeguy Likes this wine: 93 Points

Nice balance. Very enjoyable.

2/15/2018 - John McCabe wrote: 92 Points

This is quite extended on the palate, has a nice range and depth, some minerality, a hint of spice. This is understandably still quite firm at this stage of development. I'll likely wait a year or two before opening another. Very good quality for the price. 92+pts. I bought a case and am happy I did.

1/28/2018 - aero Likes this wine: 92 Points

Thought 2014 was a solid QPR, been looking forward to 2015 and decided to pop one early. Decanted a few hours. Blackcurrant, dark cherry, smoke, anise, with hints of coffee and cacao. Perhaps a touch flabby and the profile is not yet well delineated. The power and length of grippy tannins is notable. Give this 3-5 years in the cellar, good potential at a good value. Should hold up for decades and possibly improve by a point or two. **Day 4 update: had 1/4 of the bottle remaining — wow has it held up well. Fruit has become juicy, loads of power in the mid-palate, finish is smooth and long. So much to like. Looking forward to great things from Tour St Christophe in the future. (Taking it from 91 to 92 pts with this edit.)

11/13/2017 - Jeff Leve wrote: 94 Points

Round, supple, sensuous textures, layers of licorice coated, black cherries, wet earth, smoke and espresso, with a polished, round, forward finish. And it sells for a song! What's not to like here? If you're looking for a contender for the best QPR from Bordeaux in the 2015 vintage, this your wine. Drink it young for the fruit, or age it for more secondary nuances.

4/29/2016 - Jeff Leve wrote: 94 Points

From a blend of 80% Merlot and 20% Cabernet Franc, there is a good depth of color in the glass. Oyster shell, boysenberry, espresso and cherry blossoms create the nose. The wine is fleshy, fat and rich with density and opulent textures. This showy wine is the best example produced since the new owner, Peter Kwok, took over the estate.

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2015 Château Tour Saint Christophe, St Emilion, Bordeaux

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15.0% Alcohol

Cabernet Sauvignon Blend

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Chateau Tour Saint-Christophe

France , Bordeaux , St Émilion

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St Émilion is one of Bordeaux's largest producing appellations, producing more wine than Listrac , Moulis , St Estèphe , Pauillac , St Julien and Margaux put together. St Emilion has been producing wine for longer than the Médoc  but its lack of accessibility to Bordeaux's port and market-restricted exports to mainland Europe meant the region initially did not enjoy the commercial success that funded the great châteaux of the Left Bank. 

St Émilion itself is the prettiest of Bordeaux's wine towns, perched on top of the steep limestone slopes upon which many of the region's finest vineyards are situated. However, more than half of the appellation's vineyards lie on the plain between the town and the Dordogne River on sandy, alluvial soils with a sprinkling of gravel. 

Further diversity is added by a small, complex gravel bed to the north-east of the region on the border with Pomerol .  Atypically for St Émilion, this allows Cabernet Franc and, to a lesser extent, Cabernet Sauvignon to prosper and defines the personality of the great wines such as Ch. Cheval Blanc .  

In the early 1990s there was an explosion of experimentation and evolution, leading to the rise of the garagistes , producers of deeply-concentrated wines made in very small quantities and offered at high prices.  The appellation is also surrounded by four satellite appellations, Montagne , Lussac , Puisseguin and St. Georges , which enjoy a family similarity but not the complexity of the best wines.

St Émilion was first officially classified in 1954, and is the most meritocratic classification system in Bordeaux, as it is regularly amended. The most recent revision of the classification was in 2012

Cabernet Sauvignon lends itself particularly well in blends with Merlot. This is actually the archetypal Bordeaux blend, though in different proportions in the sub-regions and sometimes topped up with Cabernet Franc, Malbec, and Petit Verdot. In the Médoc and Graves the percentage of Cabernet Sauvignon in the blend can range from 95% ( Mouton-Rothschild ) to as low as 40%. It is particularly suited to the dry, warm, free- draining, gravel-rich soils and is responsible for the redolent cassis characteristics as well as the depth of colour, tannic structure and pronounced acidity of Médoc wines. However 100% Cabernet Sauvignon wines can be slightly hollow-tasting in the middle palate and Merlot with its generous, fleshy fruit flavours acts as a perfect foil by filling in this cavity. In St-Emilion and Pomerol , the blends are Merlot dominated as Cabernet Sauvignon can struggle to ripen there - when it is included, it adds structure and body to the wine. Sassicaia is the most famous Bordeaux blend in Italy and has spawned many imitations, whereby the blend is now firmly established in the New World and particularly in California and   Australia .

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Tour Saint Christophe 2015

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Intense aromas of blackberries, blueberries and spices. Hints of limestone and a graphite edge also come out now. Full-bodied, structured and muscular. Layered and intense. Dark berries and hints of sea salt on the finish. Steely minerality and freshness. Wow. Drink in 2024 but so interesting to taste.

A total blockbuster from new owner Peter Kwok, who purchased the estate in 2012, the 2015 Château Tour Saint Christophe is 80% Merlot and 20% Cabernet Franc brought up in 40% new wood. It boasts a deep purple color and sensational notes of ripe currants and crème de cassis, as well as background graphite, cedar, and spice nuances. Full-bodied, deep, layered, and perfectly balanced, with sweet tannin and integrated acidity, it’s one of those wines where everything is in the right place, it has no hard edges, and a beautiful finish. It needs short-term cellaring to come together, but you shouldn’t miss this beauty. It’s worth mentioning the estate is managed by the talented Jérôme Aguirre and utilizes Michel Rolland as a consultant. 11/30/2017

A blend of 80% Merlot and 20% Cabernet Franc, matured for 18 months in oak, 40% new, the 2015 Tour Saint Christophe is deep garnet-purple in color with notes of wild blueberries, plum preserves and fruitcake plus touches of dried flowers and underbrush. The concentrated, full-bodied palate is packed with ripe blue and black fruits, supported by a solid foundation of plush, velvety tannins and finishes with wonderful length. 2018 - 2033

The 2015 Tour Saint-Christophe, owned by Peter Kwok since 2012, is a blend of 80% Merlot and 20% Cabernet Franc cropped at 33 hl/ha between 3-16 October and matured in 40% new oak. It has an intense nose, perhaps slightly on the alcoholic side due to the Merlot (14.8%). The palate is more controlled and refined. There is still some new oak to be absorbed, but the tannins seem fine, and it is endowed with blood orange and citrus fruit lending freshness and tension on the long, sensual finish. Bottle-age will temper the nose and it should ultimately turn into a very impressive Saint Emilion.

Extremely firm and silky. Dark berry, violet, salt and mineral. Full body. Energy, vibrant and verve. Layered and compressed. Best ever here. 80% merlot and 20% cabernet franc.

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Château Tour Saint Christophe 2015 – Saint-Emilion Grand Cru

The nose is fruity. It reveals notes of cassis, cassis bud and blackberry associated with slight notes of crème de cassis, oak as well as discreet notes of licorice and menthol. The palate is fruity, well-balanced, silky and offers freshness, a certain intensity and a fleshy matter. On the palate this wine expresses notes of blackberry, cassis and slight notes of black cherry associated with a hint of zan. Tannins are well built. Good length and persistence.

Note (Score): 15.75/20

Note (Score): 91-92/100

Date de dégustation (Tasting date): 04/2016

Dégustateur (Wine Critic): Choukroun Chicheportiche Jonathan

Type d'agriculture (Agriculture): Agriculture Raisonnée

Type (Kind): Rouge (Red)

Format dégusté (Tasted bottle size): Bouteille

En Primeur (EnPrimeur): Non (No)

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Château Tour Saint Christophe: A winemaker combining vision with tradition

Text: Katie Turner | Photos © Château Tour Saint Christophe

T he vision of Château Tour Saint Christophe’s owner, Peter Kwok, is clear. Drawing inspiration from an archive photo of the rolling landscape surrounding the winery, he wants to return the estate to its 19th-century roots. His aim is to return to the traditional – and best – way of producing some of the most important wines the Bordeaux region has to offer.

His painstaking restoration of Château Tour Saint Christophe’s vineyards has earned the respect of the region’s locals. In keeping with the history of the terroir (land) and hand-built by a specialist team from Valencia in Spain, the unique terraces maximise the rich clay-limestone soil. A richness which eventually ends up bottled as a full-bodied Saint-Emilion Grand Cru.

Mr Kwok is a frequent visitor to the estate and has nurtured world-class wine for more than two decades from his base in Hong Kong. He’s put in place a team of the most knowledgeable people in the industry who are on site daily, preparing for the perfect timing of the grape harvest.

In September and October, the serenity and harmony of the estate gives way to speed and efficiency, as the grapes are harvested and the barrels filled. In the cellars, you’ll find vast state-of-the-art storage facilities. Then, in the final stage of the process, renowned wine consultant Michel Rolland works his magic on the blending before bottles are exported across the globe.

If you’re looking for wine-tasting, food-pairing or even creating your own blend, the on-site team can help. They’ll give you a tour of the estate and talk you through their vintages among the rolling vines. For those wanting the full Château Tour Saint Christophe experience, there’s also an apartment for six people available inside the château itself. With glorious views across the 49.5 acre estate, it can be rented year-round.

Wine-making is very much a family concern with Mr Kwok’s three children, Karen, Elaine and Howard, all fluent in French and involved not only in the running of Château Tour Saint Christophe, but also several other wineries in the area.

As a result of one man’s passion, with careful and painstaking restoration, the future of this timeless vineyard has been assured.

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