Chateau Latour
Red Bordeaux Blend from Bordeaux, France
  
  
Wine Spectator: 94 Points
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: 95 Points
Regular price
$1,501.60
Chateau Latour
Red Bordeaux Blend from Bordeaux, France
    
Wine Spectator: 94 Points
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: 95 Points
Regular price
$1,501.60
| Composed of 94% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Merlot, 0.75% Cabernet Franc and 0.25% Petit Verdot, the 2008 Latour gives a medium to deep garnet color and slips sensuously out of the glass with Chinese five spice, unsmoked cigars, sandalwood and dried roses scents over a core of warm cassis, Black Forest cake, chocolate mint and smoked meats plus a waft of black olives and garrigue. Medium to full-bodied, the palate is well-sustained in the middle with generous black fruits and lovely red fruit sparks, layered with savory nuances and a firm, grainy backbone, finishing with bags of perfume and freshness. |
Profile:
This is dense and muscular, but balanced, with the flesh to offset the sinew, as pure mulled black currant, melted fig and crushed plum fruit is caressed by substantial but fine-grained structure. Long, iron- and tobacco-filled finish.