The sweet cassis fruit, wrapped around the full tannins, helps this powerful and well-structured St.-Estèphe to come off as only moderately dry. The finish is supple enough to drink now or hold. A blend of cabernet sauvignon and merlot.
by JS, James Suckling , 2019
The 2016 Tour des Termes, one of Hubert de Bouard's consultancies, has a perfumed and quite floral bouquet, although I would like more "Saint Estephe" to be expressed. The palate is medium-bodied with crisp tannin. There is good backbone here, fresh from start to finish with impressive structure on the finish. It needs to develop more length on the aftertaste, but everything bodes well for a very fine Tour des Terms.
by NM, Robert Parker , 2017
The 2016 Tour des Termes has a classic blackberry, cedar and briary scented bouquet that demands some encouragement from the glass. The palate is medium-bodied with very fine tannin, well judged acidity, quite natural and elegant in style with a persistent and disarmingly pure finish. Bravo – this is a great Tour des Termes. Tasted at the Cru Bourgeois tasting in London.
by NM, Vinous Media , 2018
This has a nice sappy feel, with density to the kirsch, plum pate de fruit and cherry paste flavors. Light anise, lilac and apple wood notes emerge through the finish, with the fruit taking the final encore. Solid. Best from 2022 through 2033.
by JM, Wine Spectator , 2019
The vineyard of Château Tour des Termes covers 15 hectares of vines planted on a 2/3 gravelly soil and 1/3 clay-limestone. The grape varieties are 60% Merlot, 30% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Cabernet Franc and 5% Petit Verdot. Sorting is done on a table to eliminate the green grapes at the reception of the harvest. Vinification is 80% traditional with 2 pumping per day in thermoregulated stainless steel vats and 20% in full vinification. The aging is 15 months in oak barrels of the Allier, 50% in new barrels. The property is managed by renowned oenologists Eric Boissenot and Christophe Coupez.