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2017 Ch Latour 1er Cru Pauillac Ex Château March 2024 - 6x75cl
06B7LATOEX6PK _ 2017 - Ch Latour 1er Cru Pauillac Ex Château March 2024 - 6x75cl
  • Colour Red
  • Producer Château Latour
  • Region Pauillac
  • Grape Cab. Sauvignon/ Merlot/ Cab. Franc/ Petit Verdot
  • Case size 6x75cl
  • Available

2017 - Ch Latour 1er Cru Pauillac Ex Château March 2024 - 6x75cl

  • Colour Red
  • Producer Château Latour
  • Region Pauillac
  • Grape Cab. Sauvignon/ Merlot/ Cab. Franc/ Petit Verdot
  • Case size 6x75cl
  • Available

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  • Goedhuis, April 2018, Score: 95-97

    It is such a disappointment that Ch Latour no longer releases en primeur. Its 2017 is a brilliant example of what separates the First Growths from the rest. An extraordinarily complex wine, made up of 92.1% Cabernet Sauvignon, 7.8% Merlot and 0.1% Petit Verdot. Such a blend highlights the attention to detail that winemaker Hélène Genin takes in creating her wines. The half cask of Petit Verdot made all the difference to the final blend, she says! Densely opaque, this is full of blackberries, liquorice and treacle toffee on the nose. Stunning purity, very layered. This is a wine full of life, with extraordinary poise. The tannic depth is perfectly integrated with the freshness and drive of fruit, which is the lasting sensation on the finish. A wine of real class.

  • Goedhuis, April 2018, Score: 95-97

    It is such a disappointment that Ch Latour no longer releases en primeur. Its 2017 is a brilliant example of what separates the First Growths from the rest. An extraordinarily complex wine, made up of 92.1% Cabernet Sauvignon, 7.8% Merlot and 0.1% Petit Verdot. Such a blend highlights the attention to detail that winemaker Hélène Genin takes in creating her wines. The half cask of Petit Verdot made all the difference to the final blend, she says! Densely opaque, this is full of blackberries, liquorice and treacle toffee on the nose. Stunning purity, very layered. This is a wine full of life, with extraordinary poise. The tannic depth is perfectly integrated with the freshness and drive of fruit, which is the lasting sensation on the finish. A wine of real class.

  • Neal Martin, February 2020, Score: 97

    The 2017 Latour, which was bottled mid-June and mid-July, has a tightly wound bouquet with black fruit, pencil lead and a strong marine influence. This is utterly compelling. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannins, what you may call an "athletic" Latour. There is no "fat" hear, just pure black mineral-infused fruit with quintessential Pauillac notes of graphite and a touch of cedar on the persistent finish. Superb. 2024 - 2060

  • Neal Martin, April 2018, Score: 94-96

    The 2017 Latour has a backward bouquet compared to the Les Forts de Latour, very well defined but it needs coaxing from the glass. Eventually it clicks into fifth gear, offering subtle iris and wild hedgerow aromas, just a touch of mint developing with time. The palate is medium-bodied with firm but fine tannin that provides this Grand Vin with real backbone, also a sense of symmetry. It might not possess the flair or quite the enthralling precision of the 2016, but it is a quintessential Latour in many ways with a very long persistence on the finish. 2023 - 2050

  • Antonio Galloni, April 2018, Score: 94-97

    The 2017 Latour is bright and bursting with energy, with tremendous aromatic presence that is a leitmotiv of both the vintage and the three wines at Latour this year. In 2017, the Grand Vin is especially focused in both feel and style. Beams of salinity give the 2017 a striking backbone of structure. The 2017 reminds me of the 2014, but with a bit more mid-palate pliancy. Put it more simply, the 2017 is just superb.

  • Wine Advocate, April 2018, Score: 97-99

    The 2017 Latour is very deep purple-black in color and sings of crème de cassis, warm plums, blackberry pie and cinnamon stick with hints of sandalwood, violets, star anise, baker’s chocolate and a touch of beef drippings. Medium-bodied, firm, grainy and very structured with taut, sustained mid-palate fruit, it gives loads of black fruit and spice layers and a very long, mineral-tinged finish.

  • James Suckling, April 2018, Score: 98-99

    This is very dense and tight with a super center palate of dark fruit with blackberries and currants. Full-bodied, so precise and focused. Great length and depth. Superb. Classic great Bordeaux. Wow. Pure cabernet sauvignon.

  • Decanter, April 2018, Score: 97

    Latour is an utterly fascinating wine to taste nowadays, as there is little doubt that it is undergoing a profound change - almost certainly due to biodynamics. The 2017 is less monumental and yet no less impactful than previous vintages, and is very much in the frame of recent Latours. They are bravely following where they believe it should be, rather than where the market expects it to be. It opens with hugely vibrant spice followed by powerful, richly concentrated cassis and autumnal fruits that steal up on you. This beautiful wine has great persistency and precision, with real bearing and good Pauillac structure. Those tannins come rushing in until, by the end, you feel their insisting power. The levels of precision are astonishing - the team blind-tasted the berries for three weeks before harvest to track maturity and decide picking dates. There are touches of 100-year-old Petit Verdot in here. 30.3% of the estate's production went into the grand vin. 6.4% press wine. 66 IPT. Drinking Window 2027 - 2042

  • Matthew Jukes, April 2018, Score: 19+

    This is a very focussed and intense wine without the power and muscle so often associated with this label, but with so much direction and concentration it makes up for it. It is not heavy at all, but it is very fresh and exciting. There are vines in here from between 1900 and 1930 and also newer plantings which grow slowly in competition with older plants surrounding them and this brings fabulous complexity to the finished wine. It is a Cabernet vintage and this is an extraordinary Cabernet-dominant wine.

  • Jancis Robinson, April 2018, Score: 18

    Black core with purple rim. Subdued but inviting nose, with an attractive dustiness to the restrained, pure black fruit. Tannins are so dry but so not drying, paper-fine finesse. Great refinement and purity with no attempt to seduce at the moment. Coming back to this after the 2006, it seems so fruity. Dark-red fruit and even a touch of violets. Really opened up in the last 20 minutes. So fragrant now. Deep and long. Excellent balance and refinement. Freshness does not come from the acidity, suggests technical director Hélène Génin (pH is 3.75). Incredibly long. (JH) Drink 2030-2050

Producer

Château Latour

It is a common misconception that Château Latour was named after its cream-coloured tower - a 17th century edifice that served as a dovecote. The original tower that gave its name to this exemplary property was built in the 15th century as a watchtower to fend off invading pirates during the Hundred Years War. Unfortunately, it has long been eroded away. Château Latour's vines are planted on the gravel soil of Paulliac, mos...Read more

It is a common misconception that Château Latour was named after its cream-coloured tower - a 17th century edifice that served as a dovecote. The original tower that gave its name to this exemplary property was built in the 15th century as a watchtower to fend off invading pirates during the Hundred Years War. Unfortunately, it has long been eroded away. Château Latour's vines are planted on the gravel soil of Paulliac, most of them stand 12 to 16 metres above the Gironde Estuary. It can be considered the King of the First Growths, having the extraordinary power, structure and presence.Read less

Region

Pauillac

Due south of St Estèphe lies the appellation of Pauillac, the king of Left Bank communes. It is home to three first growths as well as a plethora of other classified growths. Pauillac's renowned well-draining, gravelly soils enable its dominant grape Cabernet Sauvignon to reach fantastic heights of complexity and concentration. As a result, Pauilac's wines tend to be full-bodied with compact tannins and good freshness. Its aromatics are often what one associates with classic Bordeaux: pencil shavings, black currant and occasional mint. Some of the most famous châteaux of the commune are Latour, Mouton Rothschild, Lafite Rothschild, Pichon Baron, Pichon Lalande and Lynch Bages.

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