1997 La Tour BlancheColour : White Producer : La Tour Blanche Country : France Region : Bordeaux Sub Region : Sauternes Variety : Proprietary Blend Vintage : 1997 Capacity : 750 ml Standard Bottle Ratings : Wine Spectator 92 Wine Advocate 90 Tasting notes : A subtle, sweet wine, with intense aromas of honey, almond, spice and vanilla. Full bodied and very sweet, with a lovely, ripe tropical fruit character. Super. Wine Spectator The gorgeously perfumed and layered 1997

both in France and in Napa Valley

licorice and a hint of truffles

and early vintages under the new management have attracted extraordinary critical and commercial attention

with sharp acidity linking stone fruit to a long

one of the most highly regarded sites in Gevrey-Chambertin

Produced from approximately 600 cases annually from the specific lieu-dit that bears its name on the eastern lower portion of the Hermitage hill

planted on calcareous clay soils with a sandy vein on the mid-slope above the village

alongside a freshness that the finest producers managed to retain through early harvesting and careful cellar management

Best after 2026

potpourri and red berries

Garnet with a mature nose of tobacco

with blackberry