2021 Marsac Seguineau
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Darker ruby-hued, with impressive depth and richness, the 2021 Château La Tour De Mons has red and black currant-like fruit as well as some smoky tobacco, scorched earth, violet, and graphite notes. A blend of 60% Merlot, 35% Cabernet Sauvignon, 3% Petit Verdot, and the rest Cabernet Franc, it's medium-bodied, has a supple, layered mouthfeel, some chalky tannins, and a great finish. It's another impressive, impeccably made Margaux to enjoy over the coming 10-15 years.
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Neal Martin
Neal Martin
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The 2021 La Tour de Mons has a well-defined and fragrant bouquet: black cherries and redcurrant fruit, hints of blood orange coming through with time. The palate is medium-bodied with pliant tannins, just a touch of graphite here, cohesive with a precise and quite sapid finish that lingers in the mouth. I liked this en primeur. I like this in bottle. You might like it too.
The 2021 La Tour de Mons exhibits aromas of cassis, licorice and dried herbs, followed by a medium-bodied, somewhat astringent palate.
Ruby red, this is finessed and has an attractive fresh crunchy character to the redcurrant and mirabelle plum fruits, with white pepper spice. Certainly a less concentrated frame than you have found in recent vintages, but it has balance and lift. Harvest September 28 through to October 12. A 58ha vineyard now owned by Nathalie Perrodo with sandy gravel soils, with 20ha of vines uprooted since her arrival, and this was the first vintage where technical director Marjolaine de Connick was able to really work the whole thing from beginning to end, as the purchase took place in early 2021. 38hl/h yield. Blend different from the one recorded during En Primeur.