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Château Tour de Bonnet White
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.
The white wine is fresh, fruity and floral. It is an archetypical Entre-deux-Mers that goes beautifully with all fish and seafood dishes.
Wine style
Fresh and Fruity
Grape blend
Sauvignon blanc 75% / Sémillon 23% / Muscadelle 2%
Weather
2018 was one of the warmest years since 1900, featuring above-average temperatures, the second hottest summer to date, and abundant sunshine… Heavy rainfall in the first half of the year was followed by persistent, near-record drought conditions in September.
Tasting Comment
Appearance
Brilliant pale-yellow colour with occasional green highlights.
Nose
For the 2018 vintage, Sauvignon Blanc reveals its intense, powerful character on the bouquet, marked by citrus, tropical fruit (pineapple) and yellow peach aromas.
Mouth
The pronounced fruity nose carries through to the round, generous palate, which serves as a testimony to high-quality, perfectly ripe grapes. The aftertaste is long and tangy with a particularly pleasant aromatic finish. This wine is ideal paired with oysters, grapefruit with crab, tuna tartare, and goat's cheese.
Ratings and reviews
A tremendously fresh cuvée with lemon, boxwood, and fern notes emblematic of Sauvignon Blanc. It's liveliness on the palate never fails to impress. Best enjoyed between 2020 and 2022.
Medals
Los Angeles International Wine & Spirits Competition 2019
Challenge International du Vin 2019
Concours Général Agricole de Paris 2019
Consumption period
2019 - 2020
Our suggestions
Starters
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Fish and Shellfish
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Cheese |
Salads |
Ground
Soil
Clay-limestone and clay-siliceous
Winemaking
Grape harvest
By hand or manual sorting before machine harvest.
Others
Graft stock
Riparia gloire - 3309C - Fercal - 101.14
Plant food
Traditional, limited impact.
Plant density
3 000 to 5 000 vines per hectare.
Wine average age
20 years
Grape variety
Sauvignon / Sémillon / Muscadelle.
Pruning type
Double guyot
Fermentation
After skin-contact and settling, in stainless steel, temperature-controlled tanks.
Fermentation temperature
18° to 20° C
Malolactic
No
Wine maturing
For 4 months in tanks on lees.
Wine montage
Tartaric precipitation by cold treatment.
Maturing potential
2 to 3 years.
Recipes
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