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  • Country ranking ?

    1 785
  • Producer ranking ?

    125
  • Decanting time

    45min
  • When to drink

    Now
  • Food Pairing

    Beef

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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

1960
The weather conditions

After a very fine spring, the vine was exceptionally well advanced at the end of June and, despite a mediocre summer of which August and September were quite bad, the harvest began two weeks earlier than usual, on 12 September. It was a year of ripe Merlot, which produced rounded, supple and fruity wines. The Petit Verdot, too, was very ripe, another proof of a good maturation .
The musts were frank, rich, f...

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Tasting note

color

Full and Dark

ending

Medium, Spicy and Harsh

flavors

Earthy and Spice

nose

Open

recommend

No

taste

Perfectly balanced, Light, Fruity, Harmonious and Dry

Written Notes

The first tastings revealed a wine with a fine colour and good vinosity and structure. Since then, this wine has confirmed our first impressions. Coming between the two exceptional years of 1959 and 1961 its full worth has not been recognized. Not very concentrated but harmonious.

Deep red. Ripe raspberries and raspberry drops on the nose. Very elegant and refined wine with beautiful balance and deliciously sweet aftertaste. It was charming stylish and graceful wine, which just tasted magnificently. It should be able to be like that for additional 4-5 years.

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Origin

Pauillac, Bordeaux
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