Château Latour - Pauillac 2015 (750ml)
Price: $785.00
| Producer | Château Latour |
| Country | France |
| Region | Bordeaux |
| Subregion | Pauillac |
| Varietal | Bordeaux Blend |
| Vintage | 2015 |
| Sku | 5799 |
| Size | 750ml |
The Wine Independent: 98 Points
The 2015 Château Latour is a blend of 97.1% Cabernet Sauvignon 2.6% Merlot and 0.3% Petit Verdot. Deep garnet colored it requires a considerable amount of shaking to wake up the nose of plum preserves warm cassis and black cherry compote giving way to exotic nuances of licorice sandalwood rose oil and cardamom. The medium-bodied palate slowly expands in the mouth to reveal opulent notes of exotic spices black fruit preserves and floral accents leading to a compelling minerally undercurrent. Wonderfully taut firm grainy-textured tannins and tantalizing acidity lend gravitas to all this flamboyant fruit delivering a very long and fragrant finish. Of the 2015 Château Latour winemaker Hélène Genin recalls ?It was a late
Wine Advocate: 98 Points
Blended of 97.1% Cabernet Sauvignon 2.6% Merlot and 0.3% Petit Verdot the deep garnet-purple colored 2015 Latour is exquisitely perfumed displaying fragrant notes of crushed black cherries raspberry preserves cassis and black plums with nuances of roses dark chocolate garrigue menthol and a waft of sandalwood. The medium-bodied palate beautifully struts its taut toned muscular fruit with a frame of very firm smooth rounded tannins and compelling freshness finishing with alluring earth and mineral layers. At once intellectual and sexy this truly evocative vintage brings to mind the Melanie Griffith line from ?Working Girl" possessing a sultry ?head for business and a bod for sin."
Jane Anson: 98 Points
Aromatically this floats out of the glass intense and concentrated but full of light and life. Waves of flavour come at you from crushed raspberries pomegrante and blackcurrant to fresher redcurrant and lemongrass set against richer truffles crayon and smoked earth. Mouthwatering this really is a vintage where you can see the impact of the biodynamic vineyard work with a greater sense of sculpting and violet florality than you would have found in this Pauillac powerhouse a decade earlier without sacrificing structure and depth. As it opens the sweetness of a ripe vintage comes through in edges of smoked caramel. A beautiful wine thoroughly enjoyable extremely well-handled and set to power through the decades. Harvest September 15 to October 10 30% of production in the main wine. Hélène Genin technical director.
Wine Spectator: 97 Points
This packs some serious warm dark currant fig and blackberry compote flavors together at the core with charcoal singed bay leaf tobacco and roasted alder notes forming the foundation. Grippy for sure but there's already alluring perfume and violet elements weaving around here. This has put on some serious weight and dark fruit since the barrel tasting but remains all tensile strength. It will be fun to watch this age. Best from 2025 through 2045.
Vinous: 96 Points
The 2015 Latour has a sensual richer and more exotic bouquet than its peers featuring plush red fruit intermingling with raisin and fig although there is no sur-maturité here; the wine is just crafted in a more opulent style for this First Growth. The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannin and a fine bead of acidity. This feels very cohesive and focused and more saline than its peers. Veins of brown spice and leather surface toward the complex engaging finish. I would have liked a little more length but otherwise this is very fine. Tasted blind at the Southwold 2015 Bordeaux tasting. - By Neal Martin on January 2019
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