1899 Château Latour Grand Vin

Community Tasting Notes (5) Avg Score: 96 points

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  8/15/2019 - RayOB Likes this wine: 97 Points

  Drank at 67PM
  The first bottle was completely gone but the second bottle was incredible. Notes of leather, tar and tobacco with a clean beautiful palate. lovely

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  12/3/2016 - Dave Canada wrote: 92 Points

  The Fifteenth Annual Stonefields Wine Tasting Dinner for Charity (Guelph, Ontario, Canada): Obtained direct from Chateau Latour
  This faded quite fast in the glass...we had to hurry. Notes of cedar, moss, cassis and subtle cherry fruit on the nose.
  Palate showed a bit more fruit with cherry, plum and earth. This was a touch astringent and likely not the best bottle of this wine.
  Finish was medium...I would have loved to try this wine out of magnum format.

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  2/15/2014 - mwanasheria wrote: flawed

  Odds and ends in Munich (Munich, Käfer's): Low shoulder and unfortunately completely gone.

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  10/21/2011 - dannagle wrote: 100 Points

  Wine brought to dinner as a blind tasting. Obtained directly from Latour as a bottle that was recorked and filled twice and relabeled. First - the bottle punt was the deepest I've ever seen. Even the foil was amazing - heavy in the hand because of so much lead. The sommelier (Pierre) of the Ritz openned the bottle, picking away gingerly at the cork, and then decanted and poured. The color was light brick. I kept thinking the nose had orange, but probably more toffee. Still had fruit. Since this was blind tasting, many thought it was a pinot for its color and taste. No one thought Bordeaux because dirt, tobacco and barn yarn was no where to be found. Even the sommelier said that masters would not be able to pick out very old vintages because the characteristics change so much for wines over 100 years, they do not reflect anything recognizable. There was tons of sediment caked to the bottle, but Pierre did a wonderful job decanting and none ended in our glasses. Here's to you Jan for sharing such an incredible wine with this small group. A once in a life time experience for all of us.

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  6/21/2007 - Jeff Leve wrote: 95 Points

  Yes, do not adjust your screen, that was 1899 Latour! Light brick color, a touch of VA. Spice, coffee, chocolate and toffee in the nose. The 110 year old Bordeaux wine had a finish that improved in the glass over the entire night left me with a memorable Bordeaux experience. Some people at the dinner spit. I can promise you, I put that wine where it belonged, finishing my entire pour!

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