Chateau La Tour de By Medoc 2016

A medium bodied red from the North of the Medoc, with vineyards very close to the Gironde. A Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot and Petit Verdot blend. We have just opened a bottle out the back at Five Ways (14/8/20) and are pretty impressed - especially at $60 for Bordeaux. Black fruits - not sweet at all with cedar, damp earth and a touch of graphite. Looks a little older than it is - a good thing unless you want a wine for the cellar. Love the grainy, austere note to the quite round fruit flavours. Pretty classic, if on the rounder and less tannic side of Bordeaux. Recommended. Ian Cook - FWC