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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
Budbreak was early, around 5 March. This earliness inevitably increased the risks of frost. And unfortunately, on the morning of 31 March, a frost caused widespread damage, especially to the Merlot. These conditions continued during a rather cool May; flowering did not start until 15 June and continued over a longer period than usual. Early July was sunny but the end was rainy and cool. The combined rainfall in July and August was more than do...
Vintage 1977
Bordeaux / The 1977 vintage ended up being one of the poorest of the 1970s. Early budburst faced a damaging spring frost, reducing crop size from small to minimal. The forming crop was poorly treated by the cool and constantly wet summer. Then came the driest September in 125 years, followed by a dry October saving the vintage from total disaster. The epitome of the vintage was the poorest Mouton-Rothschild ever made. The only pleasure it can ...
