Château Tour de Bonnet Grande Cuvée Red 2015

Château Tour de Bonnet
Grande Cuvée | Red

AOC Bordeaux

Technical datasheet

Presentation

Château Tour de Bonnet exists in white, rosé and red versions. This wine was created to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the construction of a belvedere by André Lurton's grandfather, Léonce Récapet. Aged with special care and attention partly in new oak barrels, a new prestige cuvée, Château Tour de Bonnet Grande Cuvée, now adds to the estate's range. It will delight people who love rich, powerful wines. It has a bouquet of ripe fruit with hints of vanilla and is smooth and perfectly balanced on the palate!

The wine

Varietal

Merlot : 50%

Cabernet sauvignon : 50%

Alcohol content

14% vol.

Weather conditions

2015 was the third warmest year since 1900... Drought conditions, above-average monthly temperatures and sunshine (in the first half of the year), cool nights and hot weather in August accompanying véraison (colour change) were all ideal for the vines!

Harvest

09/24/2015

Tasting

This Grande Cuvée is a very elegant and intense deep red colour with scattered purple highlights.
The rich, complex nose features delicate notes of black fruit (morello cherry) along with a touch of beeswax and Virginia tobacco.
The wine starts out smooth and straightforward on the palate, going on to display beautiful structure, as well as delicious ripe red and black fruit flavours. It is altogether concentrated and well-balanced. The tannin is smooth and the aftertaste features nuances of sweet spice (cinnamon).The wine shows considerable vivaciousness and freshness that make it very appetising.

Technical information

Terroir

Clay-limestone & clay-siliceous

In the vineyard

Pruning type: Double Guyot
Grape Harvest: By hand or manual sorting before machine harvest

Winemaking

In stainless steel, temperature-controlled tanks with patented cap-breaking system.

Ageing

Partly in new oak barrels.

Serving

Serving

Serve between 13°C and 15°C

Ageing potential

3 to 5 years

Food pairings

Lamb, pork, and barbecued meats.

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The cradle of Vignobles André Lurton, Château Bonnet is first and foremost a family home where tradition and ecological commitment come together in harmony. Nestled in the heart of the Entre-deux-Mers region, the estate promotes biodiversity with beehives, a henhouse, flowering fallows and orchards, while adopting biocontrol viticultural practices for some of its plots. Its fresh, expressive dry white wines reveal delicate notes of citrus and exotic fruit, perfect for accompanying seafood and oysters from the Bay of Arcachon. Its well-balanced red wines, with supple tannins, express all the richness and deliciousness of the fruit.

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