Château Latour
Premier Grand Cru Classé Pauillac Red Bordeaux Blend
Presented blind alongside three other red wines; another Bordeaux and two Bordeaux blends from CA. All wines were descanted and returned to the bottle 8 hours prior.
This wine pours a deep garnet with an opaque core. Medium+ viscosity. Medium+ intensity. The nose was a mix of red and dark fruits with currants and cherries, tobacco, pencil shavings, earth, espresso and baking spice. There’s just a whiff of a barnyard in the distance too. On the palate, again the mixed fruit set with beautifully ripened blackberries and black cherries, currants, earth, coffee and baking chocolate. Medium+ tannin and medium+ acid. Finishes looooooong, dry and immensely satisfying.
The wine is balanced and leans towards its structure. I called 2004 Latour. The soaring aromatics were simply incredible. I just wanted to spend the entire evening with my nose buried in the glass. This is squarely in the drinking window yet has many years left in it. Drink now with an extended decant or enjoy over the next 10-15 years.
Presented blind alongside three other red wines; another Bordeaux and two Bordeaux blends from CA. All wines were descanted and returned to the bottle 8 hours prior.
This wine pours a deep garnet with an opaque core. Medium+ viscosity. Medium+ intensity. The nose was a mix of red and dark fruits with currants and cherries, tobacco, pencil shavings, earth, espresso and baking spice. There’s just a whiff of a barnyard in the distance too. On the palate, again the mixed fruit set with beautifully ripened blackberries and black cherries, currants, earth, coffee and baking chocolate. Medium+ tannin and medium+ acid. Finishes looooooong, dry and immensely satisfying.
The wine is balanced and leans towards its structure. I called 2004 Latour. The soaring aromatics were simply incredible. I just wanted to spend the entire evening with my nose buried in the glass. This is squarely in the drinking window yet has many years left in it. Drink now with an extended decant or enjoy over the next 10-15 years.
Too young but great structure...infantilism committee here.
Too young but great structure...infantilism committee here.
Nov 4th, 2014Stern but impressive of deepness and complexity, very forthright palate, fine tannins
Stern but impressive of deepness and complexity, very forthright palate, fine tannins
Dec 30th, 2022Decanted for 6 hours, and remained a bit musty.
Decanted for 6 hours, and remained a bit musty.
May 26th, 20222 hour decant(lots of chunky sediment). A spectacular dark crimson color with some bricking. On the nose: beautiful nose of cherry, spearmint, cassis, pencil lead, little funky stewed meat, vanilla oak. Taste: A soft, elegant, juicy full body wine with blackberry, cassis, pencil lead, iodine, and a long blueberry cedar finish. Drinking well with the decant, but no hurry it should continue to improve. YUM!
2 hour decant(lots of chunky sediment). A spectacular dark crimson color with some bricking. On the nose: beautiful nose of cherry, spearmint, cassis, pencil lead, little funky stewed meat, vanilla oak. Taste: A soft, elegant, juicy full body wine with blackberry, cassis, pencil lead, iodine, and a long blueberry cedar finish. Drinking well with the decant, but no hurry it should continue to improve. YUM!
Apr 3rd, 2021Wine decanted for 90 minutes could easily use another 45 to 99 minutes in the decanter. It has a long runway ahead of it but with appropriate decanting can be enjoyed today. Beautifully balanced, cassis, olives, blackberry, blueberry, cedar, and a reasonable finish tells of its aristocratic lineage. Went well with the lamb we had for dinner
Wine decanted for 90 minutes could easily use another 45 to 99 minutes in the decanter. It has a long runway ahead of it but with appropriate decanting can be enjoyed today. Beautifully balanced, cassis, olives, blackberry, blueberry, cedar, and a reasonable finish tells of its aristocratic lineage. Went well with the lamb we had for dinner
Jan 25th, 2020Another outstanding offering from the Ken Wegner Hunt
Another outstanding offering from the Ken Wegner Hunt
Jan 25th, 2020Wow. Some kind of quality. Nose was amazing and the palate evolved throughout the lifespan of the glass. So impressive how young this still was.
Wow. Some kind of quality. Nose was amazing and the palate evolved throughout the lifespan of the glass. So impressive how young this still was.
Jan 9th, 2020