Château Latour
Le Pauillac de Chateau Latour Red Bordeaux Blend
Pauillac, Médoc, Bordeaux, France
Rounded and complete. Quite dense and impenetrable still… pencil lead and deep pluminess.
Rounded and complete. Quite dense and impenetrable still… pencil lead and deep pluminess.
Nov 19th, 2024
This is definitely previous. Hold for another 2-3 years and you will reap the rewards.
This is definitely previous. Hold for another 2-3 years and you will reap the rewards.
Nov 3rd, 2024Very pure plummy fruit. A hint of band aid and deep rich iron. From mag
Very pure plummy fruit. A hint of band aid and deep rich iron. From mag
Oct 5th, 2024
I opened the 2019 vintage, a mere baby. I know. Pauillac is home to most of the first growths: Latour, Mouton-Rothschild and Lafite-Rothschild. This is a very well-made wine. It feels a smidge more new-world styled, fruit leading, but is so ballasted by the earth, the pencil lead, the shining wet-rock mineral notes. The nose is blackcurrant and blue plums even, with slight pepper and roses. The palate is so smooth—sanded down tannins. Granted, this had barely entered open-worthy territory, but it is showing a lot already and with air even more—the florals start to enter the picture. The already well-integrated tannins get silkier. This is an EXCELLENT wine. Interestingly, the Overture was a Napa touching on Bordeaux sensibilities, while the Pauillac was a Bordeaux wine touching on Napa vibes!
I opened the 2019 vintage, a mere baby. I know. Pauillac is home to most of the first growths: Latour, Mouton-Rothschild and Lafite-Rothschild. This is a very well-made wine. It feels a smidge more new-world styled, fruit leading, but is so ballasted by the earth, the pencil lead, the shining wet-rock mineral notes. The nose is blackcurrant and blue plums even, with slight pepper and roses. The palate is so smooth—sanded down tannins. Granted, this had barely entered open-worthy territory, but it is showing a lot already and with air even more—the florals start to enter the picture. The already well-integrated tannins get silkier. This is an EXCELLENT wine. Interestingly, the Overture was a Napa touching on Bordeaux sensibilities, while the Pauillac was a Bordeaux wine touching on Napa vibes!
Aug 9th, 2024Exceptional for a third bottling. A roaring beauty. Length and depth with a regal, grainy texture on the mid-palate. Blueberries and scorched earth present with fruitcake notes. Tannins and acid suggest a hold for many years. I’m impressed. Will only further improve.
Exceptional for a third bottling. A roaring beauty. Length and depth with a regal, grainy texture on the mid-palate. Blueberries and scorched earth present with fruitcake notes. Tannins and acid suggest a hold for many years. I’m impressed. Will only further improve.
Feb 9th, 2024
Medium concentration of garnet color. Hints of roasted green bell pepper. Turned earth, iron/iodine, tart red plum, red cherry juice, medium+ acidity medium chalky cheeky tannins still tight. Kinda thin on the palate.
Medium concentration of garnet color. Hints of roasted green bell pepper. Turned earth, iron/iodine, tart red plum, red cherry juice, medium+ acidity medium chalky cheeky tannins still tight. Kinda thin on the palate.
Dec 5th, 2022Great color, dark and fresh. Lovely fruit in the nose- contained and brooding. Cedar pencil lead and mute blackcurrant with iodine and some spice. Resolved and delicious. Very balanced. Not particularly long and intense but classy
Great color, dark and fresh. Lovely fruit in the nose- contained and brooding. Cedar pencil lead and mute blackcurrant with iodine and some spice. Resolved and delicious. Very balanced. Not particularly long and intense but classy
Oct 3rd, 2021
A terrific wine for the vintage, Latour's 1993 reveals an opaque purple color, a backward, cedar, black walnut, cassis, and earth-scented nose, medium to full body, gorgeously rich, concentrated fruit, moderately high tannin (but no astringency), and a sweet, long, powerful finish. The wine does not possess any of the vegetal, green pepper characteristics of the vintage, nor any hint of hollowness or harshness. This wine may prove to merit an even higher rating.
A terrific wine for the vintage, Latour's 1993 reveals an opaque purple color, a backward, cedar, black walnut, cassis, and earth-scented nose, medium to full body, gorgeously rich, concentrated fruit, moderately high tannin (but no astringency), and a sweet, long, powerful finish. The wine does not possess any of the vegetal, green pepper characteristics of the vintage, nor any hint of hollowness or harshness. This wine may prove to merit an even higher rating.
Jul 26th, 2021