Le Pauillac de Chateau Latour Red Bordeaux Blend

Lovely stuff. Great fruit. Settled with a bit of plum and faint tobacco and a tangy sour cherry. Still vibrant and rich. Pure and delicious

2019 vintage.

A nice bottle, open after a half day in the decanter showing dark fruit mint and earth notes. Great with lamb chops

Closed up right now. Great wine but will try another bottle in a few years

Latour is definitely one of my top three Bordeaux’s.

Even their 3rd wine is special. First 2010 from the vintage I’ve opened. It didn’t disappoint. Just coming around to nice drinking and has another 10-15 years ahead. 3 hour decant.

Ribeye wine. Happy cow from Los Gatos Meats.

Happy Birthday to me!

Rounded and complete. Quite dense and impenetrable still… pencil lead and deep pluminess.

This is definitely previous. Hold for another 2-3 years and you will reap the rewards.

Very pure plummy fruit. A hint of band aid and deep rich iron. From mag

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!

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.