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Château Latour 1990

Château Latour, Bordeaux, France

Château Latour
Bordeaux France
  • 99
    Points
  • The 271 best
    of 3 290 954
    wines globally
  • 24 Pros of
    25 recommend
    this wine
1302 99
  • Taste
  • Moment

  • Country ranking ?

    230

  • Producer ranking ?

    18

  • Decanting time

    2h

  • When to drink

    now to 2035

  • Food Pairing

    Lamb Loin with Carrot Risotto

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Average Bottle Price

2022 2020 2018 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2005 2000 1995
911€ +11.8% 815€ +12.9% 722€ +3.4% 698€ +15.6% 604€ -13.6% 699€ +6.4% 657€ -6.3% 701€ -13.6% 811€ +15.5% 702€ +82.3% 385€ +58.4% 243€ +56.8% 155€

This data comes from the FINE Auction Index, a composite of average prices for wines sold at commercial auctions in 20 countries. The average prices from each year have been collected since 1990. This chart plots the index value of the average price of the wines.

Tasting note

color

Roteva

ending

Loputon and Mausteinen

flavors

Karhunvatukkaa, Setriä, Tummia marjoja, Lakritsia, Kirsikkaa and Sensuelli

nose

Moniulotteinen

recommend

Kyllä

taste

Vähäinen hapokkuus, Tasapainoinen alkoholipitoisuus, Vähätanniininen, Moniulotteinen, Tasapainoinen, Hyvä rakenne, Nuorekas, Täyteläinen, Ryhdikäs, Kypsä and Elegantti

Verdict

Kaunis and Erinomainen

Written Notes

The 1990 Latour and 1982 Margaux were two of my wines of the night. I have always loved the openness and sweet, giving personality of the ’90 Latour, which is atypically not brooding. This penguin left the glacier a long time ago, but the ’90 shows no sign of early advancement either. It is just one of those wines that has always been delicious, as long as I can remember. The Margaux has always been underrated and overlooked when it comes to 1982. This bottle reaffirmed its status amongst the elite wines of the vintage. The last major retrospective of 1982s that I did, which was in 2007 and blind with twenty other tasters, had Margaux emerge on top, for those of you that forgot or weren’t around then.

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  • 97p

Tasted in May 2013. This wine showed perfectly ripe fruit, truffles, incredibly concentrated, very strong structure, sophisticated, extremely long on the palate. Riveting elegance and finesse.

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  • 96p
Ruby. Cassis, leather, tobacco, intense and tight nose. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, intense, detailed, rich, fruity, layered, nuanced, superb balance, very long. 97
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  • 97p
Intense, ruby colour.rich, chocolatey nose with mocha. Medium-bodied, energetic and firm palate, supple tannins and upfronted black fruit. Powerful. Decant for 5 hours. Ready to open 2020, but will reach its peak in 2030-2040.
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  • 93p
Château Latour 1990 Open and maturing nose with dark cherry and cassis fruit, mushrooms, truffle, gravel dust, leather, raw meat and a perfumed rose like floral note around hints of herbs and mint. Full bodied and very powerful palate with a sweet core of dark cherry and cassis fruit, mint, leather, vanilla and mushrooms. Silky sweet tannins. Superbly balanced albeit in a big style. Very long but still far to young. Drink 2018-2040 95p
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  • 95p
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Origin

Pauillac, Bordeaux

Vintage Quality

Outstanding

Value For Money

Very good

Investment potential

Good

Fake factory

None

Glass time

2h

Drinking temperature

16
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