Château de la Tour, established in 1890, is the largest proprietor of the Clos-Vougeot. Family owned, it boasts six hectares of vines, some 12% of the appellation. The vines are in two parcels, close to the château building, which is one of only three buildings in the Clos-Vougeot. The average vine age is 50 years.
Château de la Tour is run by François Labet and his son Edouard. Corney & Barrow is the exclusive agent for Château de la Tour in the UK and Singapore.
The 2019 vintage will be released shortly.
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Château de la Tour, established in 1890, is the largest proprietor of the Clos-Vougeot. Family owned, it boasts six hectares of vines, some 12% of the appellation. The vines are in two parcels, close to the château building, which is one of only three buildings in the Clos-Vougeot. The average vine age is 50 years.
Château de la Tour is run by François Labet and his son Edouard. Corney & Barrow is the exclusive agent for Château de la Tour in the UK and Singapore.
The 2019 vintage will be released shortly.
BOURGOGNE PINOT NOIR 2019
This comes from five plots, just outside Pommard. Fresh red cherries and vanilla-cinnamon spice aromas. A joyously ripe palate of raspberry and strawberry fruit, succulent and crunchy, with a core of sweetness making for a sumptuously early drinking, approachable style. Lively and refreshing. 100% destemmed and vinified half in stainless steel, half in old oak barrels.
Corney & Barrow Score 16.5 - 17
Recommended drinking from 2021 – 2024
£[ ]/CASE OF BOTTLES, IN BOND UK
VOLNAY 2019
This wine comes from four plots, two purchased in 1995 and two in 2010, in the middle of the appellation: two in Les Lurets, one in Les Famines and another in Les Paux Bois. A delicate, pure berried nose of raspberry and roses, laced with winter spice. The palate is crisp and harmonious, with poised raspberry fruit and a rocky mineral aspect, with lingering blue-fruited perfume. 100% destemmed.
Corney & Barrow Score 16.5+
Recommended drinking from 2023 – 2027
£[ ]/CASE OF BOTTLES, IN BOND UK
POMMARD 1ER CRU LES ARVELETS 2019
Les Arvelets is a 0.5 hectare south-facing sloping vineyard beside the domaine’s cuverie, whose red clay soils give high ripeness levels. Blackberry and blackcurrant on the nose, with nice undergrowthy aromas. The palate is pure-fruited, with blackberry and raspberry flavours delivering an impressive clarity of expression. Perfectly weighted, rich but with a sense of lightness, the fruit held in place by fine supporting tannins.
Corney & Barrow Score 17+
Recommended drinking from 2025 – 2030
£[ ]/CASE OF BOTTLES, IN BOND UK