1998 Chateau Latour Grand Vin - Great Drinking 1st Growth
1998 Chateau Latour - Great Drinking 1st Growth ~ Best Price in US!
"Proprietor Francois Pinault and his director, Frederic Engerer, have pulled out all the stops to produce one of the most monumental Latour’s"
- Robert M Parker, Jr.
Arguably the most consistent performer among the First Growths over the past century, Chateau Latour combines power, concentration, and purity like no other Bordeaux producer. We are offering the chance to enjoy a First Growth!
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"What can one say about proprietor Francois Pinault and his manager, Frederic Engerer?" asks Robert Parker:
The attention to detail that followed the change in ownership with the management of Francois Pinault, the current owner of Chateau Latour, who acquired the estate in 1993. Together Pinault and Frèdèric Engerer, his estate manager, are renowned for producing exemplary yet consistent wines! - Or consider the 100 Point 2003 "A strong argument can be made that in 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2004, Latour produced the wine of the vintage." RP Apr 2006.
Critical Acclaim:
"2003 was one of the hottest, earliest Bordeaux vintages ever. Some vines suffered from lack of moisture, but old vines and clay subsoil at Enclos saw this vineyard through. The 2003 Latour is a blend of 81% Cabernet Sauvignon, 18% Merlot and 1% Petit Verdot. Six percent of the press wine was added to the final blend. It has a medium to deep garnet-purple color, then wow—it explodes from the glass with bombastic black and blue fruits, followed up by meat, wood smoke, sandalwood and Indian spice accents with underlying floral wafts. The palate is full, rich, velvety, seductive and very long on the finish." LPB Feb 2021
Robert Parker ~100 Points 2003 Latour Grand Vin
"The 1998 Latour was in fact the first vintage I ever tasted en primeur at the chateau. It was an early vintage after budburst on 20 March and the picking began on 20 September until 5 October, the Grand Vin a blend of 72% Cabernet Sauvignon, 23% Merlot (compared to around 9% these days), 4% Cabernet Franc 1% Petit Verdot. It has an open-knit bouquet with notes of black fruit, iron, undergrowth and autumn leaves. You cannot help noticing its rusticity compared to present-day Latour. The palate is medium-bodied, well balanced, a tang of soy marking the entry, brambly red berry fruit and an almost Graves-like, tertiary, slightly short finish. It is a mid-weight Latour, one that I cannot envisage improving further but it will cruise at this level for the next decade." NM for VM May 2018
1998 Latour Grand Vin
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