Chateau des Tours Cotes du Rhone Grande Reserve 2014

About this wine

The 2014 Château des Tours Côtes du Rhône Grande Réserve is the top selection from Emmanuel Reynaud's Tours range, drawn from the oldest vines and bottled only in select vintages where the fruit justifies the cuvée. Where the standard Réserve already drinks like a serious wine, the Grande Réserve raises every dimension: deeper concentration, finer tannins, a longer élevage in old wooden foudres, and a level of structural ambition that places it close to the Rayas-level wines in spirit. Native yeasts, no fining, no filtration, the same hands-off philosophy Reynaud applies across the estate. The 2014 vintage in the southern Rhône was cooler and classically structured, rewarding patient handling, exactly the conditions where Reynaud's méthode produces wines of remarkable precision and longevity. A serious cellar wine, drink now with patience or hold for two more decades.

About Château des Tours and Emmanuel Reynaud

Château des Tours is the home estate of Emmanuel Reynaud, the reclusive genius who also inherited the legendary Château Rayas from his uncle Jacques Reynaud. Situated in the foothills of the Dentelles de Montmirail in the southern Rhône, Château des Tours produces Grenache-based red, white, and rosé wines of breathtaking purity and individuality, wines that carry the same quiet brilliance as Rayas at a fraction of the price. Emmanuel farms low-yielding old vines with minimal intervention and an almost mystical patience, allowing nature to dictate the timing of harvest and the character of each vintage. These are arguably the finest-value wines in the entire Rhône Valley, and among the most coveted bottles in all of France.