Château Latour - Pauillac 2009 (Pre-arrival) (750ml)
Price: $1335.00
| Producer | Château Latour |
| Country | France |
| Region | Bordeaux |
| Subregion | Pauillac |
| Varietal | Bordeaux Blend |
| Vintage | 2009 |
| Sku | 119116 |
| Size | 750ml |
James Suckling: 100 Points
A breathtaking combination of dried flowers and minerals with dark fruits such as currants and blackberries. Full-bodied with fabulous fruit concentration yet its compacted. Velvety tannins. So much fruit and beauty. It's the quality of the tannins that are magic. It is the famous 1959 all over again. Amazing. Try in 2022.
Wine Advocate: 100 Points
A blend of 91.3% Cabernet Sauvignon and 8.7% Merlot with just under 14% natural alcohol the 2009 Latour is basically a clone of the super 2003 only more structured and potentially more massive and long lived. An elixir of momentous proportions it boasts a dense purple color as well as an extraordinarily flamboyant bouquet of black fruits graphite crushed rocks subtle oak and a notion of wet steel. It hits the palate with a thundering concoction of thick juicy blue and black fruits lead pencil shavings and a chalky minerality. Full-bodied but very fresh with a finish that lasts over a minute this is one of the most remarkable young wines I have ever tasted. Will it last one-hundred years? No doubt about it. Can it be drunk in a decade? For sure. Proprietor Francois Pinault and his director Frederic Engerer have pulled out all the stops to produce one of the most monumental Latour?s ever made.
Wine Spectator: 99 Points
"This seems to come full circle with a blazing iron note and mouthwatering acidity up front leading to intense vibrant cassis blackberry and cherry skin flavors that course along followed by the same vivacious minerality that started things off. The tobacco ganache and espresso notes seem almost superfluous right now but they'll join the fray in due time. The question is can you wait long enough?"
Vinous: 99 Points
The 2009 Latour is endowed with a simply magnificent nose with intense blackberry and cassis fruit laced with minerals and graphite extremely focused to the point of overwhelming the sense. Wow. The palate is medium-bodied with filigree tannin multilayered black fruit infused with crushed stone and a hint of white pepper though it clams up towards the finish as if to say not yet. Outstanding. This is Latour firing on all cylinders. Tasted blind at Farr Vintners? 2009 Bordeaux tasting.
jsWine Enthusiast: 99 Points
"A big powerful wine that sums up the richness of the vintage. It is densely fruity spicy with an enormous black plum and berry fruit character to go with the acidity. It?s concentrated while still showing such wonderfully pure fruit. The aging potential is immense."
