Freddy R. Troya

9.0

Château La Tour de Bessan Margaux 2022 — Margaux, Bordeaux, France 🇫🇷

Overview
A classic Left Bank blend of 65% Cabernet Sauvignon · 30% Merlot · 5% Petit Verdot (estate typically varies slightly by vintage) delivering structure, elegance, and aromatic finesse. Great frame and graphite tension coming from the Cab Sauv., mid-palate polish thanks to Merlot, and liked how Petit Verdot brings subtle spice and color depth. A beautifully traditional, unclassified Margaux that punches above its weight.

Aromas & Flavors
Black cherry, blackberry, cassis, violet, pencil shavings, cedar, light tobacco, and crushed stone. Fruit stays fresh and pure with delicate floral lift typical of the appellation.

Mouthfeel
Medium-plus body with polished, fine-grained tannins. Dry, linear, and elegant rather than powerful. Balanced acidity keeps everything lifted and graceful with a clean, savory finish.

Food Pairings
Roast chicken with herbs, grilled lamb chops, duck breast, mushroom risotto, lentils, Comté or aged goat cheese. A very food-friendly claret.

Verdict
Proof that Margaux elegance doesn’t require classified growth pricing. Refined, honest, and beautifully composed. Delicious now with air, but easily cellar-worthy for 6–10 years.

🍷 Personal Pick
This is my kind of “weekday Bordeaux”, structured yet graceful, polished without heaviness. The sort of bottle that quietly disappears over dinner because everything just clicks.

Did You Know?
La Tour de Bessan is run by Marie-Laure Lurton (of the Lurton family estates) and is known for crafting textbook, terroir-driven Margaux expressions that emphasize finesse over extraction. — 2 days ago

Austin Hohnke

9.0

Drinking well with some air. Showing deep garnet in the glass. Dark, stewed blackberry and mulberry with potting soil, sarsaparilla, incense, licorice, and wood spice. Classic left bank. About 3/4 Cab and 1/4 Merlot. — 8 months ago

Irina Georgieva

9.4

Love it, great freshness, long aftertaste, amazing taste! — 18 days ago

Shangliao Sun

9.1

Fruity, elegant and rounded. Delicious. — 7 months ago

Erica Wiggins

9.0

Very much enjoying this. Easy drinking, light and crisp. — 8 months ago

TwiLea Fletcher

9.2

04.10.25
THIS is how you end your vacation .
Just the right amount of everything (earth fruit and tobacco) so you can push through the time change and go to bed at the right time.
Tagging you April and Sandy as my Spain and Delectable buddies! — 10 months ago

with Sandy and April

Jeremy Shanker

Sommelier at RN74

9.1

Great every day SJ — a month ago

Kelley Raymond

8.9

Decent blend, somewhat dry — 2 months ago

Stefan Dolhain

8.9

2021 vintage. Uncomplicated,juicy,fresh unoaked Margaux. — 7 months ago

Ted

9.3

I love this wine. Ripe apricots really soft edges. The age did not hurt this bottle. Golden yellow in color. Very elegant — 10 months ago

with Jeni