Château Latour 1918 réhabillée par le Château en 1991

€2,900.00*

Contents: 0.75 Liter (€3,866.67* / 1 Liter)

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Product number: JHW-12357

Füllniveau top shoulder, Kapsel gut und Etikett stark beschädigt.

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I have only drunk Latour once so far. It was Cabernet in perfection at our tasting of the century in 1993, with an initial, subtle sweetness, still massive tannins and incredible length on the palate - 100/100. This wine needed a good 50(!) years to even become somewhat drinkable. Imagine buying something like this by subscription. Try a bottle every 5 years in frustration and you'll find yourself in a box before the Latour shows any drinking maturity (source: wineterminator.com Dr Becker).

Tasting Note: It was, and still is, the star of the vintage. Like the 1870 Lafite, so dense, powerful and bitterly tannic that it was a full half century before it was mellow enough to be enjoyed. I have been privileged to taste this wine on 16 occasions following its progress from 'enormous, too full of tannin' in 1953. Very austere, yet tannin cloaked and velvet and opening up in the 1970s. I considered it at its peak in the 1980s: intensely deep; spicy, cinnamon, cedary bouquet; surprisingly sweet and velvety despite its tannin, masculine with great concentration and length. But on it goes. Four impressive bottles, fabulous bouquets but still very tannic, even harsh (in Zurich 1994). An oxidised bottle then an impressive bottle, fragrant, drinking perfectly. Last tasted at Joshua Latner's dinner, Jan 2000. At best ***** M.B. Served alongside the 1945, this was even deeper purple, with amber rim; bright and freshly perfumed, with a touch of mushroom on the nose. Palate intense and lively, with raisiny length, then searing tannins on the finish - will these ever melt completely, I wonder? Amazingly fresh and lively. At Keith Williams' Vin de Garde dinner, Houston, Feb. 2003. A.H.

	Alkohol:	14
	Erzeuger:	Château Latour
	Farbe:	rot
	Füllmenge:	750 ml
	Geschmack:	trocken
	Jahrgang:	1918
	Land:	Frankreich
	Produktart:	Wein
	Rebsorte:	Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot
	Region:	Bordeaux
	Weinart:	Rotwein