2015 Bernard Magrez - Chateau La Tour Carnet

Bernard Magrez's La Tour Carnet is terrific. Dark cherry, smoke, licorice, French oak, and tobacco give the 2015 its brooding personality. In this vintage, La Tour Carnet is a bit restrained, and yet all the elements come together nicely. One of Bordeaux's hidden gems, La Tour Carnet ages beautifully and delivers serious quality for the money.

The 2015 la Tour Carnet is medium garnet-purple in color and has an earthy nose with red and black fruits and floral notions. The medium-bodied palate has plenty of energy with a great core of pure red and black fruits plus approachable tannins and nice freshness on the finish.

Sinewy nose and lots of sweet fruit on the palate. Just a little soft and unstructured. Alarmingly forward with a bit of astringency on the end. Doesn’t really taste as though sufficient selection was made. (JR)