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1961 Château Latour Grand VinPauillac Red Bordeaux Blend more |
7/25/2021 - tinybubbles Likes this wine: 94 pointsA darker rendition of this wine. Trending more towards dark soil and cocoa versus the dark red fruit and zip that some bottles have. Admittedly, I enjoyed this somewhat less than my dining companions. 94-95 |
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1961 Château Latour Grand VinPauillac Red Bordeaux Blend more |
8/7/2021 - tinybubbles Likes this wine: 97 pointsWell balanced, deep and overall quite composed. Very good bottle. |
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1961 Château Latour Grand VinPauillac Red Bordeaux Blend more |
8/26/2021 - tinybubbles Likes this wine: 97 pointsA complete bottle with good energy. Still a bit away from peak maturity. |
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1961 Château Latour Grand VinPauillac Red Bordeaux Blend more |
11/9/2021 - sdr Likes this wine: 97 pointsSouth Beach Jeff’s bottle. What is so amazing about the the ‘61 version of Latour is the incredibly concentrated cassis beating heart core of the wine. It’s as if the rest of wine is allowed to age, albeit slowly, but the center is not. Therefore, the sum is that of extreme youth and middle age. The tannins are firm yet not at all bitter and the acidity is perfect. While the ‘59 is warm, the ‘61 is icy. Stunning. |
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1961 Château Latour Grand VinPauillac Red Bordeaux Blend more |
11/15/2021 - Ilkkaw wrote: 99 pointsHad it with - 59 and - 44. Those wines would have been great on there own, but the - 61 stole the show. It was still wery fresh and you could keep it probably still for another 30-50 years. Fantastic!! |
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1961 Château Latour Grand VinPauillac Red Bordeaux Blend more |
11/17/2021 - KenK wrote: flawedRezek Society Honors Hugo (Casino Club): The wine sadly showed clear oxidative notes in both the aromas and flavor profile. Still the wine had many redeeming qualities with rich dark fruit elements good spice, and excellent balance. A second bottle opened along side showed considerably better, but had just a small taste. Thinking this was more of a bottle issue. Provence was said to be excellent likely bought on release, thus probably a decaying cork issue sadly. Rezek Society honering Hugo. |
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1961 Château Latour Grand VinPauillac Red Bordeaux Blend more |
2/5/2022 - sdr Likes this wine: 97 points61s at 61 (Bourbon Steak, Aventura, Florida): Arguably the most revered wine of the vintage, the 1961 Latour can certainly be a monumental bottle of wine and this one was very close. Deep red ruby, minimal orange. Really, really intense which somehow is not just due to concentration, something rare and only found in the greatest of wines. Statuesque and regal. Pleasure divided equally to the intellect and the palate. The reason why you want to lay down certain wines for your grandchildren. Bordeaux at its finest. Tied for Wine of the Night for the group. |
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1961 Château Latour Grand VinPauillac Red Bordeaux Blend more |
3/26/2022 - fclarity wrote: 97 pointsThis wine had a deep red center with with tawny/yellow rims. It looked a bit more advanced than other bottles I have had, which was surprising because the fill was good. The medium+ intensity nose of roasted meat, mocha, minerals, and tan spices was attractive. |
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1961 Château Latour Grand VinPauillac Red Bordeaux Blend more |
4/6/2022 - Jeff Leve wrote: 100 pointsThat's not a wine, that's 1961 Latour, which means this is in a class all by itself. The wine is incredibly powerful, dense, and intense. There is so much concentration here, your palate is coated with its layers of rocks, stones, gravel, spice, earth, and chewy, red fruits. There is a refined quality to the waves of black and red currants that you cannot find in other wines. The finish starts strong and amazingly, it builds, expands and adds complexities as it lingers, long after the wine has left the glass. |
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1961 Château Latour Grand VinPauillac Red Bordeaux Blend more |
5/10/2022 - jlgnml Likes this wine: 98 pointsBeautiful French btl in my fathers cellar since 1970. Decided it was time and drank it for his 90th. Good old aged color, nose was leather, spice and cedar. Still some fruit and the flavor was awesome on the palate and a long finish. Glad we drank now😎 |
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1961 Château Latour Grand VinPauillac Red Bordeaux Blend more |
6/12/2022 - Lord of the Bottles Likes this wine: 96 pointsA generous friend brought this to a dinner to match up with my ‘03 Montrose. Both awesome wines, the Latour edged out the Montrose. This opened pretty quickly. Ultra smooth leather, pencil lead, earth and strawberry. Medium plus finish of 10-15 secs. Surprisingly youthful, deep ruby core with minimal bricking. Not the most profound or powerful wine I’ve ever drank, to be honest, and the finish could have been longer, but incredibly smooth. 96-97 |
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1961 Château Latour Grand VinPauillac Red Bordeaux Blend more |
9/1/2022 - BradE wrote: NRA wine that defies it's age. Dense, powerful, and stupendous. The wine of the trio (45, 55, 61) for three of the four, but I ranked it 2nd to the 1945. An outstanding trio and a terrific evening. |
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1961 Château Latour Grand VinPauillac Red Bordeaux Blend more |
10/9/2022 - t.c.green Likes this wine: 98 pointsIncredible wine! No brown to the wine and a wonderful nose. A perfect balance of tannin and fruit. Reminds me of the 59 which I had so many years ago. |
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1961 Château Latour Grand VinPauillac Red Bordeaux Blend more |
1/14/2022 - cos65 Likes this wine: 99 pointsPungent nose, incredibly floral, violets thick black walnut, a hint of iodine, then iron. |
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1961 Château Latour Grand VinPauillac Red Bordeaux Blend more |
1/7/2023 - sdr Does not like this wine: 88 pointsLatour, Latour, Latour (WineWatch, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida): Another major disappointment for what should have a masterpiece. It’s not spoiled but it is definitely off. There was a lot of coffee in the bouquet but not much else. Medium weight but seemed even older than it was. Lacking the kernel of blackcurrant the better examples have. Interesting but not giving much pleasure. |
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1961 Château Latour Grand VinPauillac Red Bordeaux Blend more |
1/14/2023 - sdr wrote: 91 pointsIt’s really hard to rate this bottle even though it is objectively very nice. The problem is that it was recorked in 2000 as indicated on the label. Clearly though it was topped up with very young wine which has not yet integrated despite the 23 years. The final concoction tastes about 25-30 years old. And even so it’s tasty and black fruity but quite simple. A decent drink to be sure but ‘61 Latour it ain’t. |
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1961 Château Latour Grand VinPauillac Red Bordeaux Blend more |
1/22/2023 - aquacongas wrote: flawedUnfortunately over his hill |
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1961 Château Latour Grand VinPauillac Red Bordeaux Blend more |
3/4/2023 - oxwombat wrote: NROpened in Courchevel. Decanted but drank quickly. |
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1961 Château Latour Grand VinPauillac Red Bordeaux Blend more |
3/20/2023 - oxwombat wrote: NROpened in Courchevel. Decanted quickly and drank over dinner. |
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1961 Château Latour Grand VinPauillac Red Bordeaux Blend more |
3/31/2023 - Burgnick wrote: NRGood to revisit this. Not the best kept bottle but it still shows the richness and reglaness. |
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1961 Château Latour Grand VinPauillac Red Bordeaux Blend more |
5/22/2023 - fclarity wrote: 97 pointsTasted blind as part of a 82, 61, 59, 45 series, This wine had a deep red/purple center with just a touch of tan at the rim (shockingly strong for its age). The medium+ intensity nose emanated plums, cherries, minerals, and some Provencal herbs. 3 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (1) |
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1961 Château Latour Grand VinPauillac Red Bordeaux Blend more |
6/3/2023 - fcxj wrote: 90 pointsSalty, not an ideal bottle. |
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1961 Château Latour Grand VinPauillac Red Bordeaux Blend more |
6/3/2023 - fcxj wrote: flawedCorked from 375ml. |
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1961 Château Latour Grand VinPauillac Red Bordeaux Blend more |
8/18/2023 - Wine Kat Likes this wine: 93 pointsAfter decanting for a few hours, this wine is regal. It is one of the best older vintages we’ve had. Cedar and herbs in the nose, sandlewood and a litttle fruit still on the palate. Color was somewhat brick but relatively clear. Cork came out whole. My first ‘61…illuminating. |
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1961 Château Latour Grand VinPauillac Red Bordeaux Blend more |
2/17/2024 - sdr Does not like this wine: 87 pointsSadly only a brief ray of sunshine then turned sullen. Underfruited and too dry. Ullage to high shoulder; tawny with brown edge. |
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