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Chateau Latour Releases 2007 Vintage / No longer releasing its wine as a future, this morning Latour have announced the ex-Chateaux release of the ‘underrated’ 2007 vintage. It is being offered by UK merchants @ £4,100.00 per 12 bottles & last month Neal Martin awarded the vintage 92 pts, indicating that it is ‘finally entering its drinking plateau’.
For Parker’s most recent critique we must to refer to his score of 92+pts in April 2010, de...
Wine Description
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...
Wine Information
The winter was generally mild until the end of January and then February was very wet. Particularly fine weather in April prompted rapid, intense growth. May was generally rainy and cold. The weather in June and July brought alternating periods of humidity, rain and heat, which resulted in the development of mildew. Rainfall in August was twice the average. Fortunately, September was dry and sunny with warm temperatures during the day and very...
