Chateau Tour Saint Christophe Saint – Emilion Grand Cru 2021 750ML

Red Wine from Saint Emilion Bordeaux, France

Tour Saint Christophe was acquired by Hong Kong’s Peter Kwok in 2012. The Chateau is famous for its terraced vineyards and a huge effort was undertaken to revive and restore the stone terraces. I am a huge fan his wine team JC Meyroux and Jerome Aguirre and have loved the wines they have made for Kwok’s Chateaux’s (Enclos Tourmaline; Bellefont-Belcier) over the last 10 to 15 years. The wine has the hallmark aromatic intensity and dark fruit profile the estate is known for. The wine is absolutely superb from bouquet to palate to finish and a tremendous value not to be missed.

The 2021 Tour Saint Christophe turned out beautifully. Dark, supple and engaging, the 2021 offers up copious dark fruit, leather, licorice, chocolate, spice and tobacco. This ample, heady Saint-Émilion delivers the goods. In this vintage, Tour Saint Christophe is not quite as opulent as it can be, but that is not a bad thing at all. It was aged 20% in foudres Tasted two times.93pts Vinous

Flowers, cherries, chocolate, black raspberries, plums, blueberries and a background note of citrus open the perfume. On the palate, the wine is soft, polished, sweet and creamy with layers of cherries, and chocolate-coated, salty plums. Drink from 2024-2039 93pts JL