https://www.mattwalls.co.uk Practical tips, tricks and info to help you get the most out of wine Sun, 23 Dec 2018 15:49:14 +0000 en hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 27564169 https://www.mattwalls.co.uk/tasting_notes/chateau-des-tours-3/ Fri, 14 Dec 2018 18:58:48 +0000 http://160.153.133.187/~c5tetzcj4n3c/mattwalls.co.uk/?post_type=tasting_notes&p=2087 Needs a brief decant, but then has intense honey aromas, beeswax. Followed up by honey flavour and some grapefruit marmalade, leading to a very dry, mineral, pithy finish with a bitter twist. Very distinctive, very grown-up. The most Old World wine imaginable.

]]> 2087 https://www.mattwalls.co.uk/tasting_notes/chateau-des-tours-2/ Wed, 05 Dec 2018 18:47:50 +0000 http://160.153.133.187/~c5tetzcj4n3c/mattwalls.co.uk/?post_type=tasting_notes&p=2079 Slightly cloudy ruby. Sandalwood, cedar, red cherry and strawberry. Touch of raspberry and raspberry leaf. Full-bodied, but only just, with lovely Provençale herbs and bright acidity on the finish. Not long, touch of pepper on the finish. The Rayas winemaking touch is clearly there. Touch of fine tannin, but not much. Lovely harmonious, fairly well-balanced style, with some complexity of expression.

]]> 2079 https://www.mattwalls.co.uk/tasting_notes/chateau-des-tours/ Sun, 02 Dec 2018 15:37:19 +0000 http://160.153.133.187/~c5tetzcj4n3c/mattwalls.co.uk/?post_type=tasting_notes&p=2067 Very pale colour. Pure English strawberry and sage. Medium- to full-bodied, vibrant pinpoint acidity. Very herbal in style: rosemary, thyme. Dry finish, herbal and resinous, very savoury, not long. Very drinkable, with a slight mineral seam.

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