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Ch. Latour

Le Pauillac de Chateau Latour Pauillac

Bordeaux

Pauillac

The 2022 Le Pauillac de Chateau Latour is a blend of 48.8% Cabernet Sauvignon, 46.2% Merlot, and 5% Petit Verdot.  Deep garnet-purple in color, it needs a swirl or two before it storms out with powerful blackcurrant, plum preserves, and redcurrant jelly scents, followed by wafts of clove oil, spearmint, and dusty soil. The medium to full-bodied palate is chock full of expressive black fruit with fine-grained tannins and impressive tension, finishing with a real skip in its step. This includes 5.5% press wine and represents 20.4% of the year's production. pH 3.7, TPI 74.

by Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW

Rosebuds and peony, high floral aromatics on the opening, then hits up with a kick of spice, classic cloves, anis and turmeric that you find often in Pauillac in 2022, here well balanced by berry fruits and fresh acidities. 35% new oak, harvest September 6 to 24. Hélène Génin director.

Inside Bordeaux

Leafy but sculpted rose bud, raspberry, cherry bud, this has some pretty tight but well handled tannins that contribute to body ad a slow build through the palate, low yields, and one of the highest levels of Cabernet Sauvignon on record for this wine. 12% press wine. 40% new oak. 12% of the production, 11% press wine, Hélène Genin director. 

The 2023 Le Pauillac de Chateau Latour is deep garnet-purple in color. It leaps from the glass with vibrant notes of wild blueberries, juicy raspberries, and candied violets plus hints of dried sage and underbrush. The medium-bodied palate is tightly knit and refreshing, with lightly chewy tannins and an herbal lift on the finish. The blend is 61.2% Cabernet Sauvignon, 34.1% Merlot, and 4.7% Petit Verdot.

A blend of 60.9% Cabernet Sauvignon, 28% Merlot, and 11.1% Petit Verdot, Le Pauillac de Chateau Latour 2021 is medium to deep garnet-purple in color. It opens with fragrant, up-front scents of black raspberries and red cherries, followed by hints of black pepper, underbrush, clove oil, and powdered cinnamon. The light-bodied palate is bright and refreshing with crunchy red fruit and fine-grained tannins, finishing with a real skip in its step.

Sappy and fresh, with a vivid and expressive quality to the blueberry fruit alongside savoury cassis bud. This has plenty of lift, good depth through the mid palate, and retains the graphite kiss and tightly muscular tannins that give appellation signature without needing to wait to being drinking. I would suggest another year in bottle, then a good long carafe. This is classic, concentrated, balanced, a buy. 32hl/h yield, 23.5% of Latour's overall production in the vintage. Hélène Genin technical director.

A blend of 55.8% Cabernet Sauvignon, 38.8% Merlot, and 5.4% Petit Verdot, Le Pauillac de Chateau Latour 2019 is medium to deep garnet-purple in color. It comes bounding out of the glass with exuberant notes of black cherries, blackcurrant jelly, and menthol, plus suggestions of garrigue, candied violets, and dark chocolate. The full-bodied palate is plush and oh-so-juicy, with a lively line to balance, and a fantastically intense, yet well-poised, finish. Just starting to open-out and reveal its decadent core, this is the best Pauillac de Chateau Latour since the fabulous 2016, albeit even more concentrated and powerful—a fitting reflection of Latour, if you will.

The 2018 Pauillac de Chateau Latour is composed of 56.9% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30.8% Merlot, and 12.3% Petit Verdot. Deep garnet-purple in color, it needs a little coaxing to bring out notes of plum preserves, juicy blueberries, and chocolate-covered cherries, followed by hints of licorice, Indian spices, garrigue, and clove oil. Medium to full-bodied, the palate bursts with seductive black and blue fruits, framed by plush tannins and just enough freshness, finishing long with a compelling lift of freshness. This “third” wine of Château Latour accounted for 21% of the production in 2018.

An extremely fragrant vintage of Pauillac de Latour, expressive, nuanced and supple. There are some earthy notes running through the fruits, with less clear density overall than in the vintages immediately before and after this one. The emphasis instead is on raspberry and brambled blackberry fruit with tobacco, grilled cedar, touches of roebud and sage. 20% new oak.

Middeøs rød farge. Duft og smak av mørke bær, lær, cederte og lett fat. God og solid syrestruktur. God konsentrert vin med fin avslutning. Herlig till entrecote med bernaise.

Expert

Mørk rød farge. Dufter av mørke solbærbær, modne plommer, blyantkvess, nylakkert mahogny. Meget god konsentrasjon, syre som sitter. Meget lang finish. En meget god vin fra Pauillac. Egner seg godt til grillet cote de beauf.

Wow, og trippel wow. Nesten sort på farve. Umiddelbar solbærduft, men denne fortok seg. Dekantert og luftet på verandaen i halvannen time. Begynte så smått å hilse på. Etter tre timer kom den som en rakett opp av glasset. Ingen tegn på høy alder, perfekt balanse, lukter og smaker som en fullblods West-Bank. Evig ettersmak. Perfekt moden nå dersom man gir den tre timer i karaffel. Tenk at man kunne kjøpe slikt for under tusenlappen. Glad jeg har en flaske til…

Category	Red wine
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Producer	Ch. Latour
Vintages	2022
Country	France, Bordeaux, Pauillac
Bottle	75 cl

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