2015 Château de la Tour Hommage à Jean Morin Clos de Vougeot Grand Cru

Tasting Note

Chateau de la Tour's 2015 Hommage a Jean Morin Clos de Vougeot Grand Cru pours a deeply saturated garnet-ruby of considerable richness, the color already telling the story of the estate's old vine material and the 2015 vintage's exceptional generosity. On the nose, the wine opens with remarkable opulence: ripe black cherry and cassis lead alongside crushed violets, dark earth, and subtle smoky-mineral notes that arise directly from the Clos de Vougeot's famous heavy clay soils. The clay subsoil is the terroir signature of Chateau de la Tour's Clos de Vougeot holdings, and it imparts a distinctive weight and earthy complexity to the aromatics that distinguishes this estate's wines from those of producers working the lighter, sandier soils at the upper reaches of the same walled vineyard. As the wine opens, further layers emerge: dried plum, cedar, a warming spice, and a rich, soil-driven persistence that speaks to the extraordinary age of the vine material in the estate's oldest parcels. On the palate, the full-body and structural firmness that characterize Clos de Vougeot's terroir are fully expressed, wrapped in the warmth and opulence of the 2015 vintage. The Hommage a Jean Morin is the prestige cuvee of this estate for good reason: the tannins are richer and more present than in the standard bottling, promising evolution well into the 2040s.

About Château de la Tour

Chateau de la Tour is the only estate with a chateau physically inside the walls of Clos de Vougeot, giving it a uniquely privileged position in this famous grand cru enclosure. The estate controls among the largest single holdings within the Clos and farms exclusively within this storied walled vineyard, making it effectively a single-vineyard specialist of unparalleled intensity. The Hommage a Jean Morin is the estate's prestige cuvee, vinified from the oldest vine material and aged for the maximum allowable period in new French oak barrique. It is one of Burgundy's most authentic and compelling expressions of Clos de Vougeot's clay-terroir power.

Food Pairings

• Braised beef cheeks with roasted root vegetables and Burgundy jus

  The collagen-rich beef braise and the rich Burgundy-reduced sauce amplify the Hommage's clay-earth complexity and provide the structural anchor the wine's dense tannins require.

• Roasted duck magret with cherry reduction and caramelized shallots

  The duck magret's fat provides the necessary richness to frame the prestige cuvee's structure, while the cherry reduction creates a direct bridge to the wine's dominant dark fruit register.

• Aged Epoisses or Ami du Chambertin with walnut bread

  The bold Burgundian washed-rind cheese tradition is perfectly matched to a grand cru of this stature, with the cheese's pungency cutting through the wine's density and the walnut adding a complementary earthiness.

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