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  • Country ranking ?

    106
  • Producer ranking ?

    10
  • Decanting time

    4h
  • When to drink

    from 2025
  • Food Pairing

    Mushroom Risotto

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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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2016 Bordeaux in Review / “A Once in a Lifetime Vintage”

By Andrew Caillard MW

The 2016 Bordeaux vintage will be remembered as one of the great years of the 21st Century. I have not been so excited about the prospects of such young wines since the remarkable back-to-back 2009 and 2010 vintages. At that time China was at the zenith of its extraordinary fine wine ascendency where the very top estates, particularly Chateau Lafite, had becom...

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Vintage 2016

2016 Bordeaux in Review  “A Paradox”

by Andrew Caillard MW

The 2016 Bordeaux vintage will be remembered as one of the great years of the 21st Century. I have not been so excited about the prospects of such young wines since the remarkable back-to-back 2009 and 2010 vintages. At that time China was at the zenith of its extraordinary fine wine ascendency where the very top estates, particularly Chateau Lafite, had become a baksheesh curren...

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With a deep, dark hue, you already tobacco, cigar box, wet earth, cassis, forest floor and blackberry, That's the perfume. On the palate you find volume, intensity, purity, complexity, freshness and silky, salty tannins. The wine fills your mouth with a perfect combination of acidity and fruit. The mineral driven, oceanic sensation that accompany the fruit is just great, staying with you as all that ripe, red-fruit builds and expands. Elegant, powerful and refined, this will age for 4-5-6 decades or longer. The wine was produced from blending 92.9% Cabernet Sauvignon and 7.1% Merlot. 100 Pts

  • 100p

Deep colour. Fresh dark cherry, blackcurrant wax polish aromas with integrated vanilla oak notes. Beautifully concentrated wine with intense cassis, blackberry, lead pencil flavours, fine grained almost muscular tannins and fine mocha spect oak. Finish firm with a peacock's tail of fine lacy tannins.  Elemental but perfectly balanced and precise with extraordinary density and vigour. Cold beauty. Tasted at Ch Latour. 98 points

  • 98p

A wine with iconic potential. Intense purple red colour with violet hue and black core. Perfect concentration on the nose, multi-layered fruit, complex aromatic profile. Fine spiciness and very elegant toasting aroma. On the palate very elegant and persistent, a lot of hidden power, impressing length and structure. On of the really great Latours. 99

  • 99p

Ruby. Blackberries, fruity, ripe, detailed, tight, some coffee, cassis, firm. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, dark fruits, spices, anise, blackberries, detailed, lovely balance, refreshing, blueberries, deeper, nuanced, refined, stunning length. 98-100

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Origin

Pauillac, Bordeaux

Vintage Quality

Outstanding

Value For Money

Very good

Investment potential

Excellent

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None
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