Fine Wine > Big Bottles > France > 90-92 Pts > Bordeaux

Cellar/Tasting Notes
"... this wine has beautiful purity, medium to full body, relatively high but sweet tannin, and a long 30-35 second finish ..." (January 2003)

Cellar/Tasting Notes
RP: "It offers a classic bouquet of incense, licorice, pain grille, black currants, truffles, and flowers. Medium-bodied and concentrated, it is another terrific effort from an estate that has done everything right over the last decade."

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"Austere wine, its tannins pushing forward to give power and structure. It is dense, concentrated, with layer upon layer of bitter coffee and dark fruit flavors, acidity and sweet tannins."

Cellar/Tasting Notes
"The 2007 Latour (the first wine made in the newly renovated cellars) exhibits a dense ruby/purple color as well as a sweet, expansive bouquet of black fruits and spring flowers interwoven with a striking minerality. The wine’s dense, medium to full-bodied flavors are surprisingly evolved, with..

Cellar/Tasting Notes
"Full medium-deep red. Medicinal, austere nose of plum and chocolate ... Fat and plump, ... a very satisfying drink ..."

Cellar/Tasting Notes
"... The 1975 is a powerful Lafite ... In most cases, it has been an outstanding wine ... The aromatics indicate the wine is fully mature ..."

Cellar/Tasting Notes
"Full medium-deep red. Medicinal, austere nose of plum and chocolate ... Fat and plump, ... a very satisfying drink ..."