Intense Pauillac bouquet with plenty of ripe red fruit and hints of cigar box and oak.
Quite elegant on the palate with an understated mineral quality. Perfectly balanced and fresh.
A very aristocratic Latour.

Beautiful, dark, almost ink black color.
Concentrated, spicy bouquet of licorice and blackcurrant.
Rather tightly-wound and austere on the palate. Well-structured with a solid backbone. Still somewhat closed.
Should reach its peak in another 20 years.

Beautiful young, intense, brilliant color.
Complex mineral bouquet with hints of fresh red fruit combined with incense and cedarwood.
Traditional, yet austere on the palate, showing wonderful balance, good fruit, and smoky overtones. Excellent middle palate which defines and fills out the wine's structure. Surprisingly long aftertaste.
Much better than expected.

Wonderful aromas of cedarwood and blackcurrant.
Juicy and fruity on the palate, but overly tannic in my opinion. This wine does not have enormous complexity and is somewhat disappointing on the palate. It clearly lacks intensity and ends abruptly.

1999 Latour was saved thanks to the Merlot grapes harvested before the rain started.
The bouquet of oak and ripe black fruit carries over to the palate. Beautiful balance and concentration. Extremely pure wine with a lush mouth feel and a generous structure.
Not a typical Latour at the moment, but has huge potential (2020+).

Coming soon

Dark garnet-red color.
An initially shy bouquet that gradually releases subtle hints of blackcurrant, spice, cigar, cocoa, and leather with aeration.
Great complexity. Delicious! The fine-grained tannin is close to perfection. Concentrated and tight, yet there's an incredibly soft, round structure with almost perfect balance. A benchmark! Long, well-balanced finish.
In my opinion, this Latour was the wine of the evening.

Deep, complex aromas of caramel, cedarwood and espresso.
The flavor expands beautifully on the palate. In spite of its impressive tannin, the wine remains quite smooth. It has a slightly austere aftertaste, which is perfectly normal for Latour at this stage.
A great, noble, and complex wine.

Slightly closed-in to begin with on the nose, but after swirling in the glass for a few seconds, rich, concentrated aromas of black fruit, clove, tobacco, and roast coffee emerge.
Although thisLatour is a very concentrated, powerful wine, it remains elegant with wonderfully fine, silky tannin. Remarkable mineral aspect which adds to the complex texture. Tightly-structured, but slightly hot (alcoholic) sensation on the aftertaste, suggesting that the grapes were perhaps overripe when picked.
Still an elegant wine, but probably not quite on a par with the amazing 2003 Lafite.

An enchanting bouquet – both expressive and tremendously complex.
Magnificent, caressing mouth feel from the very first with exemplary extraction. Remarkable tannin and a superb, deep, mineral taste.
A wonderful wine! A cut above the other 2004 first growths.

C: Fine, dark
N: Toasty, caramel, and slightly spirity
P: Chewy, round, mouth-coating going into a tremendously textured aftertaste. However, it is too flabby, too "easy" for a great Latour. Lacks sufficient backbone, seamless development on the palate, and a certain authority. Clearly better than Les Forts de Latour, but one wonders if it is really worth the price differential. Bigger, but not that much better… Slight hotness (cherry brandy).