Chateau des Tours Cote du Rhone Blanc Grande Reserve 2016 Bouteille (75cl)
The 2016 Château des Tours Côtes du Rhône Blanc Grande Réserve is a white wine from the Rhône Valley crafted by Emmanuel Reynaud under the Côtes du Rhône appellation. This cuvée blends Clairette, Grenache Blanc, and Marsanne. It originates from Château des Tours, an estate located in Sarrians and associated with the family group that also owns Château Rayas. A Rhône white identified by its Grande Réserve cuvée and its 2016 vintage.
La bouteille proposée
- Size
- Bottle (75cl)
- Packaging
- Loose
- Label Condition
- Perfect
- Fill Level
- Perfect
- Capsule Condition
- Perfect
Identité du vin
- Couleur
- White
- Pays
- France
- Région
- Rhone
- Appellation
- Côtes du Rhône
- Producteur / Domaine
- Emmanuel Reynaud
- Cuvée
- Grande Réserve
- Millésime
- 2016
Cépage et assemblage
- Grape Variety
- Clairette, Grenache Blanc, Marsanne
Emmanuel Reynaud
Emmanuel Reynaud managed the family-run group comprising Château Rayas in Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Château de Fonsalette in Lagarde-Paréol and Château des Tours in Sarrians. These estates in the Rhône Valley produce, in particular, wines from Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Côtes-du-Rhône, Vacqueyras and IGP Vaucluse. Since Emmanuel Reynaud’s death in November 2025, the running of the estate has been taken over by his sons, Benoît and Louis-Damien Reynaud.
- Owner
- Famille Reynaud
Histoire du domaine
The origins of the estate date back to 1880, when Albert Reynaud, a notary in the Avignon region, acquired a mixed-farming property in the hamlet of Rayas, in Châteauneuf-du-Pape. His son, Louis Reynaud, succeeded him in 1920, expanded the vineyard’s presence and began bottling the wines on the estate. Louis acquired the Domaine des Tours in Sarrians in 1935, followed by Château de Fonsalette in Lagarde-Paréol in 1945. On Louis’s death in 1978, Jacques Reynaud took over the management of Rayas and Fonsalette, whilst his brother Bertrand retained the Domaine des Tours. Emmanuel Reynaud, Bertrand’s son, was already managing Château des Tours when he took over Rayas and Fonsalette following the death of his uncle Jacques in 1997. He then brought the family’s various estates and their labels under a single management, including Château Rayas, Pignan, Château de Fonsalette, La Pialade, Château des Tours and Domaine des Tours. Emmanuel Reynaud passed away in November 2025. Benoît Reynaud has been chairman of Château Rayas since February 2026 and Louis-Damien Reynaud is its managing director; the sources consulted confirm their involvement in taking over the business, but do not allow us to attribute with certainty sole responsibility for the winemaking across the entire portfolio to either of them.
Grande Réserve
"Grande Réserve" designates the Côtes-du-Rhône marketed under the Château des Tours label, owned by Emmanuel Reynaud, with distinct red and white versions. The red is a blend dominated by Grenache with Cinsault and Syrah; the white is made from Grenache Blanc. This reference is distinct from the red Vacqueyras and the wines marketed under the Domaine des Tours label.
- Style of the cuvée
- Wines made from ripe grapes, sought after for their aromatic depth, finesse, and balance rather than power. The red generally exhibits expressive fruit and fine tannins; the white an ample, luminous, and generous profile, while retaining freshness.
- Position within the range
- Red and white Côtes-du-Rhône from Château des Tours, distinct from Vacqueyras and the Domaine des Tours wines.
