Chateau Les Vimieres Le Tronquera Margaux 2022
Chateau les Vimieres le Tronquera is that rarest of jewels: an affordable fine Bordeaux. This tiny (0.45-hectare) estate is home to seventy-year-old vines that produce minuscule quantities of super-concentrated grapes. Decadently rich, yet supple and elegant, this offers Grand Cru levels of complexity with Margaux’s signature finesse. Produced by Eric Boissenot, consultant to Chateau Latour and Chateau Lafite, this is your chance to try a superstar wine at a down-to-earth price.
Wine Press Ratings
92 Points - Decanter (2020 Vintage)
"Great depth and power here, concentrated with ripped tannins, but so classically formed that it is pretty irresistible, full of liquorice, saltine crackers, earth, blackberries, crushed stone and rosemary herbs. Seductive, and will age well. Eric Boissenot's home estate - and worth noting that for a consultant who is so intimately connected to the Cabernet Sauvignon grape, this is an unusual wine across the Médoc peninsula for being 100% Merlot. The same estate makes an AOC Haut-Médoc wine"
Taste
The dark fruit is deliciously soft and ripe, whilst heady aromas of tobacco, leather and wet slate are carried on a gorgeous wave of acidity. This is a sublime Margaux, classically structured with dense fruit and supple tannins. This can be left to improve with age, and we can only imagine how good this will taste in a few years!
About the Producer
Since 1984 Château Les Vimières has been a family run vineyard and is the personal property of the Boissenot family. Jacques Boissenot always kept a low profile, which is amazing considering that he consulted for four of the first growths of Bordeaux over a 50 year period! The property is now run by his son Eric, who has also taken over all consultancy work following a prolonged apprenticeship at his father's side.
Jacques and Eric have helped to improve the quality of around 180 different properties in the Medoc, including some of the most prestigious estates. In one of Decanter magazine's articles from 2010, it is noted that "if it got the nod in 1855, you can pretty much rest assured that the Boissenots are playing a part in it today".
Food & Wine
Decant and serve with beef wellington or steak. Alternatively, a cheese board will bring out all the nuances of this wine.
Chateau les Vimieres le Tronquera is that rarest of jewels: an affordable fine Bordeaux. This tiny (0.45-hectare) estate is home to seventy-year-old vines that produce minuscule quantities of super-concentrated grapes. Decadently rich, yet supple and elegant, this offers Grand Cru levels of complexity with Margaux’s signature finesse. Produced by Eric Boissenot, consultant to Chateau Latour and Chateau Lafite, this is your chance to try a superstar wine at a down-to-earth price.
Wine Press Ratings
92 Points - Decanter (2020 Vintage)
"Great depth and power here, concentrated with ripped tannins, but so classically formed that it is pretty irresistible, full of liquorice, saltine crackers, earth, blackberries, crushed stone and rosemary herbs. Seductive, and will age well. Eric Boissenot's home estate - and worth noting that for a consultant who is so intimately connected to the Cabernet Sauvignon grape, this is an unusual wine across the Médoc peninsula for being 100% Merlot. The same estate makes an AOC Haut-Médoc wine"
Taste
The dark fruit is deliciously soft and ripe, whilst heady aromas of tobacco, leather and wet slate are carried on a gorgeous wave of acidity. This is a sublime Margaux, classically structured with dense fruit and supple tannins. This can be left to improve with age, and we can only imagine how good this will taste in a few years!
About the Producer
Since 1984 Château Les Vimières has been a family run vineyard and is the personal property of the Boissenot family. Jacques Boissenot always kept a low profile, which is amazing considering that he consulted for four of the first growths of Bordeaux over a 50 year period! The property is now run by his son Eric, who has also taken over all consultancy work following a prolonged apprenticeship at his father's side.
Jacques and Eric have helped to improve the quality of around 180 different properties in the Medoc, including some of the most prestigious estates. In one of Decanter magazine's articles from 2010, it is noted that "if it got the nod in 1855, you can pretty much rest assured that the Boissenots are playing a part in it today".
Food & Wine
Decant and serve with beef wellington or steak. Alternatively, a cheese board will bring out all the nuances of this wine.
Original: $54.95
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$16.48Description
Chateau les Vimieres le Tronquera is that rarest of jewels: an affordable fine Bordeaux. This tiny (0.45-hectare) estate is home to seventy-year-old vines that produce minuscule quantities of super-concentrated grapes. Decadently rich, yet supple and elegant, this offers Grand Cru levels of complexity with Margaux’s signature finesse. Produced by Eric Boissenot, consultant to Chateau Latour and Chateau Lafite, this is your chance to try a superstar wine at a down-to-earth price.
Wine Press Ratings
92 Points - Decanter (2020 Vintage)
"Great depth and power here, concentrated with ripped tannins, but so classically formed that it is pretty irresistible, full of liquorice, saltine crackers, earth, blackberries, crushed stone and rosemary herbs. Seductive, and will age well. Eric Boissenot's home estate - and worth noting that for a consultant who is so intimately connected to the Cabernet Sauvignon grape, this is an unusual wine across the Médoc peninsula for being 100% Merlot. The same estate makes an AOC Haut-Médoc wine"
Taste
The dark fruit is deliciously soft and ripe, whilst heady aromas of tobacco, leather and wet slate are carried on a gorgeous wave of acidity. This is a sublime Margaux, classically structured with dense fruit and supple tannins. This can be left to improve with age, and we can only imagine how good this will taste in a few years!
About the Producer
Since 1984 Château Les Vimières has been a family run vineyard and is the personal property of the Boissenot family. Jacques Boissenot always kept a low profile, which is amazing considering that he consulted for four of the first growths of Bordeaux over a 50 year period! The property is now run by his son Eric, who has also taken over all consultancy work following a prolonged apprenticeship at his father's side.
Jacques and Eric have helped to improve the quality of around 180 different properties in the Medoc, including some of the most prestigious estates. In one of Decanter magazine's articles from 2010, it is noted that "if it got the nod in 1855, you can pretty much rest assured that the Boissenots are playing a part in it today".
Food & Wine
Decant and serve with beef wellington or steak. Alternatively, a cheese board will bring out all the nuances of this wine.
