Château Latour

First growth Château Latour have released its 2006 grand vin and the 2012 vintage of its second wine, Les Forts de Latour 

For several years now, we have been selecting wines from our cellars that we consider ready to drink. Whilst they can already be enjoyed by connoisseurs of the Estate, they also have excellent cellaring potential. This year we have chosen to release the Grand Vin de Château Latour 2006 and Les Forts de Latour 2012. The ...

Grand Vin de Château Latour – Château Latour Located in the famous Medoc wine region, about 50 kilometers north-west of the city of Bordeaux, the vineyard of Château Latour belongs to the Pauillac appellation.The quality of its wine depends partly on the type of grape variety that is being used, but also on the exceptional combination of natural elements (geography, geology and climate) that constitutes its "Terroir". The original tower of Sai...

Today the Estate consists of 78 hectares of vineyards. The 47 hectares which surround the Château, the heart of the estate, are called "L' Enclos". Only the grapes from these 47 ha make the "Grand Vin de Château Latour". The vines in this vineyard are very old, some of them being centenarian. This "L' Enclos" benefits from a very unique terroir that combines an optimized sub-soil nutrition for the vines, the Gironde river which tempers extreme...

Upon arrival at the  upper floor of the"cuvier" (vathouse) the stalks are removed from the bunches and the grapes crushed. The juice, pips and skins are  lightly lightly pushed by gravity into the fermentation vats below following three criterea : geographical parcel origin, the age of the vines and the grape varieties.The alcoholic fermentation usually takes about a week.

Then the maceration (with all the skins and pips) lasts an extr...

WITH MORE THAN
800,000 VINES... ... and in which each vines has its own story.

Château Latour’s vineyard is a magnificent mosaic of vines, some of which are a hundred-years-old: each one contributes its share of magic to the wines every year. It is also a constantly evolving organism that requires patience, attention to detail and a great deal of care, to enable the young vines that will succeed their elders to grow. 

vineyard current...