Château Balestard La Tonnelle Saint-Émilion Grand Cru Classé 2016
DOUBLE 93 POINTS! One legendary 15th-century Grand Cru estate AND Bordeaux’s fantastic 2016 vintage! Let’s do this!
“The 2016 Balestard La Tonnelle has turned out beautifully.” - Antonio Galloni, Vinous
Word, A.G., word. Château Balestard La Tonnelle is HERE! This simply TOPS Saint-Émilion estate has been slinging some peak Right Bank goodness since the 1400s, and with a fully re-vamped winery, the seemingly limitless winemaking talents of the one and only Michel Roland, and plots way, way up Saint-Émilion’s famed limestone plateau – the hits just keep on coming!
Double 93 POINTS, plus a whole slew of praise from the world’s best critics – this beauty is SINGING at 9 years young! Gorgeously developed and ready to take your next meal into the thermosphere! Dusty leather, plum jam, tobacco, roasted Herbs de Provence, black cherries, soy-braised mushrooms, graphite, and salted & smoked meats – give me a big ol’ steak…STAT! There’s something so uniquely MAGICAL about drinking a great wine at its absolute PEAK…but to be able to do so (time and time again) for UNDER $30?!
Why, it’s practically…INCONCEIVABLE! If you need a little SAVORY in your life – look no further!
** The poem on the label originates from the 15th century – where even then, these wines were a marvel. Translation below:
"Mary, mother of the Lord, up in heaven keep my place: dull and joyless are my days here below, for I'm separated from this divine nectar, by the name of Balestard, drunk by such as can afford. I am poor, poverty-stricken: if this wine in heaven flows, come, sweet Death, and I shall profit: take me up, and I'll repose with the chosen ones who quaff it."
So…chosen ones…whatcha waiting for? **
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Château Balestard La Tonnelle Saint-Émilion Grand Cru Classé 2016
DOUBLE 93 POINTS! One legendary 15th-century Grand Cru estate AND Bordeaux’s fantastic 2016 vintage! Let’s do this!
“The 2016 Balestard La Tonnelle has turned out beautifully.” - Antonio Galloni, Vinous
Word, A.G., word. Château Balestard La Tonnelle is HERE! This simply TOPS Saint-Émilion estate has been slinging some peak Right Bank goodness since the 1400s, and with a fully re-vamped winery, the seemingly limitless winemaking talents of the one and only Michel Roland, and plots way, way up Saint-Émilion’s famed limestone plateau – the hits just keep on coming!
Double 93 POINTS, plus a whole slew of praise from the world’s best critics – this beauty is SINGING at 9 years young! Gorgeously developed and ready to take your next meal into the thermosphere! Dusty leather, plum jam, tobacco, roasted Herbs de Provence, black cherries, soy-braised mushrooms, graphite, and salted & smoked meats – give me a big ol’ steak…STAT! There’s something so uniquely MAGICAL about drinking a great wine at its absolute PEAK…but to be able to do so (time and time again) for UNDER $30?!
Why, it’s practically…INCONCEIVABLE! If you need a little SAVORY in your life – look no further!
** The poem on the label originates from the 15th century – where even then, these wines were a marvel. Translation below:
"Mary, mother of the Lord, up in heaven keep my place: dull and joyless are my days here below, for I'm separated from this divine nectar, by the name of Balestard, drunk by such as can afford. I am poor, poverty-stricken: if this wine in heaven flows, come, sweet Death, and I shall profit: take me up, and I'll repose with the chosen ones who quaff it."
So…chosen ones…whatcha waiting for? **
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DOUBLE 93 POINTS! One legendary 15th-century Grand Cru estate AND Bordeaux’s fantastic 2016 vintage! Let’s do this!
“The 2016 Balestard La Tonnelle has turned out beautifully.” - Antonio Galloni, Vinous
Word, A.G., word. Château Balestard La Tonnelle is HERE! This simply TOPS Saint-Émilion estate has been slinging some peak Right Bank goodness since the 1400s, and with a fully re-vamped winery, the seemingly limitless winemaking talents of the one and only Michel Roland, and plots way, way up Saint-Émilion’s famed limestone plateau – the hits just keep on coming!
Double 93 POINTS, plus a whole slew of praise from the world’s best critics – this beauty is SINGING at 9 years young! Gorgeously developed and ready to take your next meal into the thermosphere! Dusty leather, plum jam, tobacco, roasted Herbs de Provence, black cherries, soy-braised mushrooms, graphite, and salted & smoked meats – give me a big ol’ steak…STAT! There’s something so uniquely MAGICAL about drinking a great wine at its absolute PEAK…but to be able to do so (time and time again) for UNDER $30?!
Why, it’s practically…INCONCEIVABLE! If you need a little SAVORY in your life – look no further!
** The poem on the label originates from the 15th century – where even then, these wines were a marvel. Translation below:
"Mary, mother of the Lord, up in heaven keep my place: dull and joyless are my days here below, for I'm separated from this divine nectar, by the name of Balestard, drunk by such as can afford. I am poor, poverty-stricken: if this wine in heaven flows, come, sweet Death, and I shall profit: take me up, and I'll repose with the chosen ones who quaff it."
So…chosen ones…whatcha waiting for? **
