Chateau des Tours, Cotes du Rhone Rouge Vintage:2012 with its ripe plummy

with its ripe plummy

dark and packed with smoldering black and red fruits

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

with espresso and humus notes along the edges of the dark currant and blackberry fruit core

bone-dry and firm finale

Chateau des Tours, Cotes du Rhone Rouge Vintage:2012 with its ripe plummyThe 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