Chateau Tour Maillet 2016

  • 96 James
    Suckling
  • 92 Jeb
    Dunnuck
  • 90 Robert
    Parker
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Chateau Tour Maillet  2016 Front Label
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Vintage
2016

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750ML

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  • 96
    Exotic aromas of wild berries and green and black olives. So enticing. Full-bodied yet tight and composed with chocolate, berry and spice flavors that follow through on a long and deliberate finish. Shows greatness. Try from 2024.
  • 92
    The 2016 Château Tour Maillet (Lagardère) is brilliant stuff and one seriously sexy, plump, flamboyant Pomerol that dishes out tons of pleasure. Plums, spiced cherries, chocolate, and hints of tobacco all define the bouquet. It’s medium to full-bodied, has loads of fruit, solid balance, and a great finish. Drink it over the coming 15 years or more. It’s a winner well worth your time and money.
  • 90
    The 2016 Tour Maillet is deep garnet-purple colored with blackberries, blackcurrants and kirsch with touches of cedar chest, tobacco and tilled soil plus pepper wafts. The palate is medium-bodied, structured, firm and lively, finishing long and chewy.
    Rating: 90+

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Chateau Tour Maillet

Chateau Tour Maillet

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One of the world’s most classic and popular styles of red wine, Bordeaux-inspired blends have spread from their homeland in France to nearly every corner of the New World. Typically based on either Cabernet Sauvignon or Merlot and supported by Cabernet Franc, Malbec and Petit Verdot, the best of these are densely hued, fragrant, full of fruit and boast a structure that begs for cellar time. Somm Secret—Blends from Bordeaux are generally earthier compared to those from the New World, which tend to be fruit-dominant.

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Pomerol Wine

Bordeaux, France

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A source of exceptionally sensual and glamorous red wines, Pomerol is actually a rather small appellation in an unassuming countryside. It sits on a plateau immediately northeast of the city of Libourne on the right bank of the Dordogne River. Pomerol and St-Émilion are the stars of what is referred to as Right Bank Bordeaux: Merlot-dominant red blends completed by various amounts of Cabernet Franc or Cabernet Sauvignon. While Pomerol has no official classification system, its best wines are some of the world’s most sought after.

Historically Pomerol attached itself to the larger and more picturesque neighboring region of St-Émilion until the late 1800s when discerning French consumers began to recognize the quality and distinction of Pomerol on its own. Its popularity spread to northern Europe in the early 1900s.

After some notable vintages of the 1940s, the Pomerol producer, Petrus, began to achieve great international attention and brought widespread recognition to the appellation. Its subsequent distribution by the successful Libourne merchant, Jean-Pierre Mouiex, magnified Pomerol's fame after the Second World War.

Perfect for Merlot, the soils of Pomerol—clay on top of well-drained subsoil—help to create wines capable of displaying an unprecedented concentration of color and flavor.

The best Pomerol wines will be intensely hued, with qualities of fresh wild berries, dried fig or concentrated black plum preserves. Aromas may be of forest floor, sifted cocoa powder, anise, exotic spice or toasted sugar and will have a silky, smooth but intense texture.

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