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  • Producer ranking ?

    82
  • Decanting time

    1h
  • 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

1958
The weather conditions

The end of July was quite hot, and the first half of August, despite being rather wet, still brought decent temperatures. These last 2 months were better than in 1957 and far superior to 1956.
Harvest began on 21 September under a fine weather.

Vintage quality and tasting comments

The wines were very fruity, supple and soft. Today, they have lost most of their "life", except a little fruit and a swee...

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Written Notes

The last wine on this night was actually from the vintage of our Hollywood host, a 1958 Latour. It was quite good given the vintage’s lackluster reputation in Bordeaux. It was smooth, balanced and lush without the richness. It was an uplifting finish to a heavenly night (93M).
  • 93p

Medium red. Fine and aromatic blackcurrant nose with some sweetness. Well-balanced, reliable, but quite light wine, which finished quite well in the aftertaste. Ready to drink and by the way a really good Latour in this off vintage.

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Pauillac, Bordeaux
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