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  • Country ranking ?

    1 152
  • Producer ranking ?

    61
  • Decanting time

    2h
  • When to drink

    now to 2025
  • Food Pairing

    rib Eye Steaks with Demi-Glace and White Bean Purée

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Nose offers very recognizable aromas of beeswax and caramel. On the palate the wine is rich and fairly concentrated, with smooth well-integrated tannins. A great success for the year.

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The Story

The chateau makes three different wines. The so-called grand vin, that is Château Latour itself, a second wine called Les Forts de Latour and a third wine simply called Pauillac. The grand vin comes from the original part of the vineyards, called the Enclos. This is the most prestigious part of the vineyard where the vines have a fine view of the Gironde estuary. The tradition in Bordeaux says that vines that overlook the water make the best w...

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Wine Information

The budbreak was quite late due to the cool spring: 12 April in the Médoc. Then May was sunny and warm and growth was able to catch up. Flowering is recorded as starting on 1 June. A cold, damp period then followed, resulting in flower abortion and uneven grape size, reducing the forecasted harvest by almost half. July was sunny and sometimes very hot, with a few thunderstorms. Temperatures remained moderate in August. September started well b...

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Vintage 1971

Bordeaux: 1971 was a very good vintage, the only fault of which was being overshadowed by the exceptional 1970 vintage. The size of the 1971 vintage harvest was very small, which made the wines a rarity. Well-stored examples of wine are likely to remain mature for a few more years. Sauternes and Barsac: Sweet wines such as Sauternes and Barsac have been exceptional this year and will last for many decades to come.

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Tasting note

color

Full, Ruby red and Clear

ending

Medium, Extensive and Spicy

nose

Generous, Modest, Seductive and Wide

recommend

Yes

taste

High tannin, Balanced, Complex, Well-structured, Full-bodied, Focused, Full and Firm

Verdict

Transparent and Intelligent

Written Notes

We took a trip back in time with a flight of four older wines, beginning with the1971 Latour. The ’71 was very bready with a pinch of pungency to the nose. It was also nutty and had nice fruit aromas of cassis and blueberry. The palate was rich and lush, a touch gamy and deliciously grapy, delivering a great drink of mature claret
  • 94p

Latour– very complex, refined and sophisticated, still young and virile. Great depth and length. Strong backbone. Excellent effort. 94p.

  • 94p

Ruby, brick rim, dusty, intense and tight at first. Needed half an hour to show fruit, cassis and plums, even prunes later on. Tight knit texture as well, OK acidity, like the Mouton lower than one would think, but nicely balanced to the body, towards hard tannins, good length. 90

  • 90p
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Origin

Pauillac, Bordeaux
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