Chateau des Tours, Cotes du Rhone Rouge Vintage:2012 intense and beautifully stony medium

intense and beautifully stony medium weight flavors exhibit focused power on the long and chiseled finish where the wood telegraphed by the nose reemerges

remaining incredibly young and primary and only just beginning to hit its stride

The expressive and high-toned nose is quite ripe with absolutely no trace of herb or forest floor

the Cappella is about finesse

bone-dry and firm finale

Chateau des Tours, Cotes du Rhone Rouge Vintage:2012 intense and beautifully stony mediumThe 2004 Cotes du Rhone reveals a character similar to the 2005, with wonderful upfront fruit, but is slightly softer. Chateau des Tours is the family estate of Emmanuel Reynaud, the nephew of the late Jacques Reynaud as well as the winemaker at Chateau Rayas since 1997. His Cotes du Rhone and Vacqueyras are two of the best value picks in the southern Rhone. His 2005s are all successful. A blend of 50% Grenache and the rest Counoise and Cinsault