1978 Chateau Latour Premier Cru Classe, Pauillac 12x75cl

Chateau Latour

Case Format: 75cl

Max score: 91

Drink To: 2011-2015

Château Latour’s Grand Vin is made exclusively from “vieilles vignes”, an average of 60 years-old, in the Enclos. Gravettes, Sarmentier, Pièce de Château. These are the names of some of the finest plots that express the character of the terroir and forge the wine’s identity every year.

£5,880.00 IN BOND

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CRITIC REVIEWS

91
Neal Martin

This is an old-style Latour that stubbornly refuses to grow old. Yes, it comes across as unashamedly classic and almost curmudgeonly on the nose with pencil shavings and cedarwood, though it remains fresh and vibrant. The palate is masculine, well balanced with firm, obdurate tannins, fruit a secondary consideration although you can forgive that because the finish is so well defined and focused. This is the kind of wine that expects you to stand up when it enters the classroom. Drink now-2015+ Tasted June 2010.

18.5
JancisRobinson.com

Retail price in 2006 when The Sampler opened was 200. Mid blackish ruby with a broad pale rim. Serious stuff on the nose! Wonderfully complex with mineral layers and some dried herbs. Still very vigorous. Beautiful balance and intensity. Tasted after two younger top Margauxs, this really shows the staying power of Pauillac in general and Latour in particular. Lightly gritty (I think I got the dregs) and very definitely dry. Still a little, but not excessive, tannin on the end. Long and sore throat-soothing.

DELIVERY INFORMATION

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

COUNTRY

France

REGION

Bordeaux

SUB REGION

Medoc

VINTAGE

1978

COLOUR

Red

CASE FORMAT

12x75cl

AVAILABILITY

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MAX CRITIC SCORE

91

DRINK TO

2011-2015

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