Château Latour

Decanter Magazine 17.5 04/04/2008 Very good deep red, rich and crunchy spicy fruit, lovely expression with great purity and good length, will certainly gain depth in bottle, but the fruit is upfront now and is described by Frederic Engerer as 'just a baby'. A surprisingly youthful Latour and perhaps one of the best expressions of this lightish, but charming vintage. Drink 2014-25. Jancis Robinson 17.5++ 16/04/2008 Highest percentage of Cabernet Sauvignon ever. Round and smooth and quite powerful. Very modern and easy – “Peynaud school of extraction”, according to Frédéric Engerer. Not flashy! But a bit like malted milk. Very soft as opposed to the usual Latour style. Very round. Represents 2007 but not especially Latour (cf Las Cases) . "We really tried to muscle it up as much as we could”, said Engerer (they included 16% press wine, much more than usual). But it’s not that fresh. Well made but extremely unusual – a bit like 2003 by Bollinger in that respect. Perhaps it should be called ‘2007 by Latour’, come to think of it? Decanter Magazine 18.5 04/04/2008 Honeysuckle and peach, waxy, lanolin aromas. Palate lemon-fresh, with peachy, mid-weight fruit and lime-tinged acidity. Honeyed finish. Fairly austere. Should age well. Very good. Drink 2016-23. Wine Spectator 92-95 01/04/2008 Very minerally, with lemon curd, cream and fresh pineapple aromas. Full, yet racy and very, very long. Bright acidity and structure. Wine Advocate / Robert Parker 93-96 05/05/2008 Neal Martin 95-97 17/04/2008 A blend of 83% Semillon and 17% Sauvignon Blanc. Again this has a wonderful vibrant nose of grapefruit, citrus lemon, brioche and a touch of candlewax. Very good delineation. The palate has brilliant delineation and tension with a real sense of minerality. Slightly waxy on the texture with just a hint of honey lacing the citrus fruit with a tang of apricot and orange-blossom. Very good length. Tasted April 2008.