chateau latour martillac blanc pessac leognan

Château La Tour Martillac

Château Latour Martillac, Blanc, Pessac Leognan, 2022

Name: Château Latour Martillac, Blanc, Pessac Leognan
Brand: Château La Tour Martillac
Price: 198 GBP

85/100

The Wine Independent

88/100

Vinous

Available Vintages

all 2022 2023

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in bond

En primeur

2022
6x75cl
EP
£198.00

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Provenance in fine wine

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Wines not bought directly from the vineyard are either sourced from trusted suppliers, with whom we share the same philosophy and rigour in buying, or from our own network of Cellarers customers. These customers’ wines are stored in optimal conditions in Octavian Corsham and, in the vast majority of cases, have been stored by us since the wine was first shipped. We do not purchase wine from auctions.

We feel it is equally important to for our customers that the case they buy and leave in storage with us is exactly the same case they subsequently have delivered. This may sound obvious and straightforward, yet we are one of very few merchants to have taken measures to ensure this.

We have created a system where every case is independent, thereby ensuring a trail of ownership and peace of mind for every customer.

The Journey

Justerinis ensures that every case of wine stored with Cellarers (Wines) Ltd has a unique identifier and customer’s name, almost unheard of in the industry as it is expensive to administer. These details are printed and placed on every case which is logged and recorded under your account name and kept in the world’s most renowned storage facility, Octavian Corsham.

This information is sent from our systems to the warehouse every day to ensure the trail of ownership is verified and upheld.

While customer reserves are stored in Corsham, our physical stocks are kept in Hoddesdon, further providing a geographical separation between customers’ wines with Cellarers and Justerinis’ own stock.

Further Reassurance

Cellarers (Wines) Ltd is a legally separate limited company from Justerini & Brooks which currently holds approximately £450 million worth of customer reserves. It is fully insured to catastrophic loss. Many merchants will state that wine in their care is fully insured, but in reality this is on an individual case basis with insufficient cover for total loss as this is prohibitively expensive. The cover provided by Octavian and Justerini & Brooks is unmatched.

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Critic Reviews

85/100

Chris Kissack,

The Wine Independent

The white from Latour-Martillac is a blend of 52% Sauvignon Blanc and 48% Semillon, and the aromatics convey the 2022 message as convincingly as its peers, with notes of blotting paper and tobacco oak. This is matched by a broad and rather bold texture on the palate, a solid middle, with plenty of grip, rather sweetly candied citrus fruits, and a modest acidity. It finishes bitter and phenolic, with a rather pithy length. It has the acidity, just not the phenolic maturity I seek. Tasted twice. The alcohol on the label is 13.5%.

drinking window 2025 - 2030

date of review 06/2025

88/100

Neal Martin,

Vinous

The 2022 Latour-Martillac Blanc has an attractive nose with honeysuckle scents I noted from barrel, though it lacks a bit of <em>mineralité</em>. The palate is rounded in texture with lower acidity than I prefer and an oatmeal-like finish. This falls just below my expectations.

drinking window 2026 - 2036

date of review 02/2025

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Specifications

Country:

France

Region:

Bordeaux

Appellation:

Graves

Producer:

Château La Tour Martillac

style:

White Wine

Grape Variety:

Bordeaux Blend

abv:

13%

allergen information

This product may contain sulphites. Full allergen information is available upon request, please call our Customer Relations Team on +44 (0)20 7484 6430.