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  • Country ranking ?

    926
  • Producer ranking ?

    47
  • Decanting time

    45min
  • When to drink

    Now
  • Food Pairing

    Lamb Stew with Spring Vegetables

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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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Tasting note

ending

Long

flavors

Mint, Cedar and Truffles

nose

Refined, Closed and Modest

recommend

Yes

taste

Too acidic, Well-structured, Complex, Medium-bodied, Sharp, Rich, Ripe and Hard tannins

Written Notes

The 1870 was one of the very last, old, grand vintages before the destruction brought about by phylloxera. Mildew attacked Latour´s vineyards from 1879 to 1887 and together with phylloxera, ruined almost the entire vineyard. It was not until 1920 that the whole Latour vineyard was replanted with American rootstock. A fine looking, beautiful old bottle. Not recorked. Level was mid-shoulder. Decanted 15 minutes.
Good mature, clean and bright colour. Sound and open nose with chocolate, truffels, mint, cedar, and ripe fruit aromas – very promising. Rich and long, even a bit youtful. Some traces of oxidation. Still very much breathing, but on its way out faster than we were hoping. A rare, old-style, big and fruity Latour, which still has depth and power left. The previous bottles that we have tasted (one château- and one probable Whitwham-bottling) were not this good.

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Origin

Pauillac, Bordeaux

Vintage Quality

Excellent

Value For Money

Good

Investment potential

Good

Fake factory

Serious
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