Château La Tour Blanche

Producer description of "La Tour Blanche (Chateau)"

The winery is located in the municipality of Bommes in the Sauternes region (Graves, Bordeaux). It was founded towards the end of the 18th century by Latour Blanche. In 1815, it was taken over by the German-born Frederic Focke, who is said to have experimented with noble rotten berries. At tastings organised by the well-known German wine collector Hardy Rodenstock (1941-2018), the 1747 and 1748 vintages are said to have been recognised as noble sweet wines. This would give the estate the honour of having produced noble sweet wines before the famous Château d'Yquem. However, this is not certain. The estate was classified as a Premier Cru Classé (Sauternes) in the 1855 Bordeaux Classification.

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