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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
1969
The weather conditions
After a generally mild and wet winter with a few cold spells, growth started on 4 April. The weather was mediocre, cold and rainy, as was May. There was even a night frost on the 20th. This inclement weather continued until 7 June. During flowering, from 7 to 15 June, the weather was fine, but bad weather set in again from the 16th to 25th and it was very cold for the time of year. Flowering was affected and d...
