Château Latour, 1er Cru Classé, Pauillac
    Château Latour

    Château Latour, 1er Cru Classé, Pauillac, 2006

    94/100
    Vinous
    Available Vintages
    Broking
    1. 2006

      6x75cl

      DP

      £2,647.22

    Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

    A wine that cost 50% more to produce than normal due to the tremendous efforts in the vineyard to bring in ripe clean fruits, during what Frédéric Engerer described as a “muddy and moody” vintage. A real powerhouse of wine with a nose of dense dark fruit aromas of classic blackcurrant and blackberry that is closed at present but at the same time shows remarkable purity of fruit. The texture is remarkably rich and silky with the taste of sea salt terroir – precise dark berry fruit compôte that finishes with big tannic structure and great length.

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    Critic Reviews

    94/100
    Neal Martin,
    Vinous
    The 2006 Latour is a blend of 86% Cabernet Sauvignon, 12% Merlot, 1% Cabernet Franc and 1% Petit Verdot. It is a vintage that I have followed closely since first tasting the wine from barrel, both in sighted and blind conditions. The 2006 has long been one of the best offerings from the Left Bank and this bottle was consistent with previous notes. It retains a disarming sense of purity on the nose: blackberry, raspberry, cedar and pencil shaving scents that seem to burst from the glass with a sense of vim and vigor. There is an underlying ferrous note, signs of secondary scents emerging over the horizon. The palate immediately exerts an insistent grip in the mouth, maybe a touch more backward than I expected. But it still conveys a sense of energy and there is a sense of brightness that Latour does not necessarily always possess. Laden with black fruit, with aeration it leans more towards red and manifests impressive depth allied with a fine bead of acidity that imparts mouth-tingling tension. In banal terms, it is an unashamedly “drinkable” Latour rather than one predisposed to impress and though it does not offer the persistence of giants like the 2005 or 2010, its joie de vivre will be appreciated by those tempted to splash out on one of around 4,000 cases kept back from its original release.
    drinking window 2018 - 2045
    date of review 04/2018

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    Specifications

    Country:
    France
    Region:
    Bordeaux
    Appellation:
    Pauillac
    style:
    Red Wine
    Grape Variety:
    Cab Sauvignon Merlot
    abv:
    13%

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