Chateau La Tour Carnet 2009
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Vintage
2009
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750ML
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This winegrowing estate goes back to the XIIth century, and is without a doubt oneof the oldest châteaux in the Médoc. The medieval architecture features a towerbuilt in 1120 and the château is surmounded by a moat. La Tour Carnet has hadseveral illustrious owners, including the family of Michel de Montaigne, one of thegreatest French philosophers and twice-elected Mayor of Bordeaux.
Blend : 62% Merlot, 33% Cabernet Sauvignon, 3% Petit Verdot, 2% Cabernet Franc
Blend : 62% Merlot, 33% Cabernet Sauvignon, 3% Petit Verdot, 2% Cabernet Franc
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
This dense purple wine displays notes of charcoal, subtle toast and white chocolate as well as blueberry and blackberry liqueur intermixed with hints of graphite and licorice. Dense, full-bodied, unctuously textured, and quite long and thick, this concentrated, impressively endowed wine is silky-textured and already accessible. However, I suspect its best days are at least 5-7 years ahead of it. It should keep for a minimum of two decades.
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Wine Enthusiast
Firmly dry wine, solid with many firm, wood-derived tannins. It gives bitter coffee and cranberry juice flavors, but also manages to retain freshness.
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James Suckling
A linear wine with very good fruit and plum characters. Full body with firm tannins and a mineral and fruit finish.
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The origins of La Tour Carnet lie in the Middle Ages, although the exact details are lost in the mists of time. Initially named Chateau de Saint-Laurent, some parts of the building, specifically the round tower, date from the 11th Century. The fortress was inhabited as early as the 12th Century, by the English, and it constituted a valuable military asset when Bordeaux was under English rule. The seigneurie of St-Laurent at this time was held by the Foix family, who were closely allied to the English king. Nevertheless, the land eventually fell to French rule once again, to which the then incumbent Comte Jean de Foix refused to submit, a decision that would eventually cost him his life. He was defeated by le beau Dunois, a compatriot of Jeanne d'Arc, and the impressive castle was partly destroyed. Following these events the ruined property passed through the hands of a succession of owners, before coming to Thibault de Carmaing in the 16th Century and eventually to Charles de Leutken, a man of Swedish origin, two hundred years after that. It remained with his descendents, and at the time of the 1855 classification was under the direction of Angélique Raymond, the wife of Jean-Jacques Leutken, who extolled a vineyard which covered 52 hectares.
The current owner is Bernard Magrez, who is the proprietor of a number of other Bordeaux estates, most notably Pape Clément in Pessac-Léognan and Fombrauge in Saint Émilion.
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