Les Tours de Laroque 2021

The freshness and structure of a Saint-Émilion second wine

The estate

Set on a limestone plateau, Château Laroque overlooks the prestigious Saint-Émilion appellation. A Grand Cru Classé and a true winegrowing stronghold for more than nine centuries, it remains the largest estate in the appellation.

The vineyard

Drawn from 61 hectares of old vines farmed using massal selection, this Saint-Émilion vineyard rests on asteriated limestone typical of Bordeaux’s Right Bank. Facing both east and west, the vines thrive on soils of fine bluish clays with a high limestone content, ensuring freshness and tension.

The wine

The estate’s second wine, Les Tours de Laroque comes from a rigorous selection of plots aged 30 years and under, planted from massal-selection plant material of the historic grape varieties.

Winemaking and ageing

Hand-harvested grapes. Parcel-by-parcel vinification in small vats with gravity filling. Ageing on fine lees for 14 to 16 months, in once-used barrels and in foudres

Blend

Merlot (95%) and Cabernet Franc (5%).