2018 | Chteau Latour | Pauillac

Red Wine: 2018 | Chteau Latour | Pauillac

Deep ruby in the glass, with creamy vanilla, rich blueberry fruit and a touch of smokiness on the nose. The palate is rich and rounded with sweet tannins, but has a fantastic cut of fresh acidity that tames the ripe blue and black fruits at the core.

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Producer: Chteau Latour

Ratings: F | 100

Vintage: 2018

Size: 750ml

ABV: 14.3%

Varietal: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot

Country/Region: France, Bordeaux

Deep ruby in the glass, with creamy vanilla, rich blueberry fruit and a touch of smokiness on the nose. The palate is rich and rounded with sweet tannins, but has a fantastic cut of fresh acidity that tames the ripe blue and black fruits at the core. Earthy and cedary as well as ripe, this builds to a long and intense finish of great purity.

Reviews:

• Falstaff: Deep dark ruby, opaque core, purple reflections, delicate watery edge. Delicate floral layer under nuances of black forest berry jam, dark cherries, multi-faceted bouquet. Taut, complex, sweet tannins, which show full ripeness, pronounced in fruit and persistent, enormous length, sure ageing potential for decades, a giant.

Producer Information

Chteau Latour is one of Bordeaux’s and the world’s most famous wine producers. It is situated in the southeast corner of the Pauillac commune on the border of Saint-Julien, in the Mdoc region. Rated as a First Growth in the 1855 Bordeaux Classification, it has become one of the most sought-after and expensive wine producers on the planet, and produces powerfully structured Cabernet Sauvignon-dominant wines capable of lasting many decades. The site has been occupied since 1331, with a fort and garrison to guard the estuary. Several smallholdings began to grow vines, and wine from the site gained recognition from Montaigne as early as the 16th Century. The original tower no longer exists; the famous tower featured on the label was designed as a pigeon roost and built around 1620. Latour’s development as a single property came with the beginning of a long unbroken period of connected family ownership, based around the de Sgur name, also associated with Mouton and Calon-Sgur. This began in 1670 and lasted 290 years although, after the French Revolution, Latour was divided up and not fully reunited until 1841. The chteau has been owned by French billionaire Franois Pinault since 1993 and falls under the umbrella of his holding company, Groupe Artemis. Other notable Artemis possessions include the likes of Burgundy’s Le Clos de Tart (in Morey-Saint-Denis) and Domaine d’Eugnie (in Vosne-Romane), Chteau-Grillet in Condrieu, and Napa Valley’s Araujo Estate. The Latour estate courted controversy in 2012 when it announced through long-time director Frdric Engerer that it would no longer take part in Bordeaux’s En Primeur pre-release sales campaign (an annual installment for nearly all the major names in the region). Since 2012, the estate has shown no signs of going back on this decision.