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| Community Tasting Notes (average 93 pts. and median of 93 pts. in 64 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Jeff Leve on 2/14/2024 & rated 95 points: The cork pulled out so cleanly, I was positive the bottle was going to be good. But, this bottle was even better than expected! Truffles, chocolate, dried roses, tobacco, and black cherries popped in the nose. But, the showstopper here is the silky, sensuous textures that made the perfect backdrop for the earthy, black cherries, cocoa, Indian spice, peppercorns, and touch of leafy herbs in the finish. I hope I have another bottle, but, I’m afraid this was the final bottle from the case. It was perfect for Valentine’s Day. Do not decant. Pop, and pour. Drink from 2024-2030. (895 views) | | | Tasted by Tobinski on 12/11/2023: OMG #105 (Ann Arbor, MI): 12% abv. A lot of smoke on the nose. The palate here is stunning, featuring elegant dark red fruit, subtle tertiary notes of beef stock and shiitake mushroom, and an extremely silky texture. This beauty is at peak. (614 views) | | | Tasted by DaleW on 8/4/2023: Powerful yet lithe, rich black cherry and cassis, mocha, quite long. A-/A (866 views) | | | Tasted by LB88 on 7/24/2023 & rated 94 points: Opened to a dense juice, tannins still very much present but this wine opened up with more air. Lots of graphite and cigar box flavours. Has many more years ahead and should still get better with more cellaring. Overall nice balance and complexity. I would recommend decanting. (913 views) | | | Tasted by tinybubbles on 10/28/2022 & rated 93 points: Lovely spice and white pepper nose. (1565 views) | | | Tasted by dream on 5/10/2022 & rated 94 points: A simply beautiful bottle of wine and clearly shows why this is often referred to as the "Burgundy of Bordeaux." So silky smooth and finely delineated with classic aged Pomerol flavors of truffles, minerals and violet spices. More on the red fruit side with a creamy, savory texture and a fine, crisp finish that shows some green notes. Interestingly, a real smell and flavor of spearmint developed late in the glass. Very ready now and best after only a short decant. (1743 views) | | | Tasted by BillyT on 4/3/2022 & rated 93 points: Stunning. Cork saturated, broke in half, soft. Wine was bright and freah. Quintessential Bordeaux profile. Well integrated tannins and good fruit remaining. Intoduced friends to aged Birdeaux and all loved the profile of sweet tannins and black/red fruit. Excellent. Sorry nothing more but it was opened at my sons baby shower. (1808 views) | | | Tasted by Peech on 8/18/2021 & rated 94 points: decanted 2 hours after opening and served 15 minutes later. Very fragrant and floral, smoky, grilled meats, woodsy notes. Medium-bodied, a little soapy on the palate. Slightly too warm now but drinking pretty well. (1210 views) | | | Tasted by MPC61 on 12/28/2020 flawed bottle: Had alongside a '16, unfortunately, this bottle was spoiled. Barnyard green. (2580 views) | | | Tasted by englishman's claret on 11/4/2020 & rated 91 points: Sweet, sappy raspberry and redcurrant fruit; pencilly palate with a little truffle emerging. Despite following this rather closely for a couple of hours, this never really comes around though it did put on weight with air. Glad we caught this bottle when we did because it surely wouldn’t have improved with more age. (3348 views) | | | Tasted by tinybubbles on 8/25/2020 & rated 93 points: Smooth palate but with good energy on the long finish. This bottle was still in need of another 5-10 years. 93-94 (2325 views) | | | Tasted by Seth Rosenberg on 6/25/2020 & rated 92 points: Tasted double blind. Definitely BDX in style. This had a exotic and candied fruit that made me think ripe Cab Sauvignon like 90 Montrose. Very exotic fruit (candied/baked strawberries and maybe some tropical), soy, beef bullion, sweet tobacco and leaf. The nose kind of dropped off with a little time. Palate is like the nose but better - lots of tobacco and leaf, savory beef w some sweetness - very 82 (by this point I knew), almost dripping. Finish is savory leaf and sweet. Nose - 4.5-5/6, Palate - 5/6, Finish - 5/6, Je ne Sais Quoi - 1-1.5/2 = 15.5-16.5/20. (2620 views) | | | Tasted by Burgnick on 5/6/2020 & rated 94 points: Cigar, tobacco, raspberry and plum fruit. Silky, elegant and sexy with melted tannins. The crowd favorite among 8 bottles of 82 bordeaux- Gruaud Larose (advanced), Calon Segur, Beychevelle, Canon, La Fleur Petrus, and Pichon Baron. (2692 views) | | | Tasted by tinybubbles on 4/19/2020 & rated 93 points: Hints of cedar, earth notes, tangy dark red fruit, light smoke, and dark savory and sweet spice. Very nice. (1674 views) | | | Tasted by englishman's claret on 2/21/2019 & rated 94 points: This needs an hour of air to really get going and shows a lush but pencil-heavy nose that almost seems left bank until it hits the palate in a plush, supple, truffley, cedary, raspberry wave; the tannins have almost entirely melted away. At its apogee; in no immediate danger but I wouldn't hold indefinitely. (3177 views) | | | Tasted by Peech on 10/2/2018 & rated 93 points: served about 70 minutes after opening without decanting. Initially not quite open and showing only some smoke. Two hours after opening there was more acidity on the palate after 20 minutes in glass. Showing better by now with tobacco notes and reasonable length on the palate. A little more than two hours in and the nose was really fragrant, showing more wood notes. Strangely showing metallic rust about 2½ hours in, and after 3 hours this became really fragrant, and showing some earthy notes. Not quite as good as the bottle last year, but still very nice. (587 views) | | | Tasted by Jeff Leve on 6/2/2018 & rated 94 points: Much better than the previous bottle. Popped and poured with no decanting was just perfect for this wine and bottle. Elegant, silky, soft and sexy, the wine is medium/full bodied, with a nose of truffle, cigar wrapper, rose petals, plums and cocoa, the wine finishes with finesse, refinement and earthy fruits. There is no reason to hold to this beauty hoping for more magic, this is at peak. If you are lucky enough to have a bottle, pop that cork! (4545 views) | | | Tasted by kkazaks on 3/11/2018 & rated 92 points: Solid purple with brown tinge and garnet at the rim.
Mature Bordeaux nose, with most of the aromas in the lower register - coffee, rich dark soil notes, warm meat, cherries, walnuts - but there is a connection to the higher register with vanilla oak and a rather pleasant eucalyptus topnote.
On the palate the wine has an agreeable build-out, progressing from a tart red fruit character on the attack to a rich, full but not deep presence on the midpalate, echoing the notes present on the nose while expressing as no more than a middleweight - not a criticism, just an observation. Pleasant blood orange and persimmon skin flavors show a nice flash on the mid-palate, bringing a brightness not as evident on the nose.
The finish has a touch of astringency and more acidity, and is the least appealing part of the palate - leading you to sip more to get to the luscious mid-palate experience.
Drinking very well now.
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a minty topnote, warm (2983 views) | | | Tasted by tinybubbles on 10/29/2017 & rated 93 points: Developing the softness across the palate of a good Pomerol, but only just entering middle age. Balanced white pepper and soil notes. More to come. 93+ (3512 views) | | | Tasted by Peech on 10/7/2017 & rated 95 points: opened an hour and 45 minutes prior to serving without decanting. Wonderful nose showing smoky, tobacco, pencil lead, and fragrant woodsy notes, with some sweet fruit underneath. Good acidity on the back end. The wine drank very well but peaked somewhere between 2½ and 3 hours. (570 views) | | | Tasted by paul195 on 8/8/2017 & rated 92 points: Wine Dinner at Carbone (Carbone): Deep garnet core with some browning at the edge, clearly appeared older than its flight companion a 1982 Leoville las Cases, which was far deeper color and virtually no sign of age. The nose was filled with soft dark red fruits, earth, tar and smoke. Palate was so smooth and silky, clearly benefiting from both the 82 vintage richness wrapped in pomorol silk. Dark red fruits were a little muted, this was clearly not as well stored as the LLC which was fresher and younger. Good balance and complexity. On its own a very nice glass but suffered vs the night's offerings (4132 views) | | | Tasted by d'Auvenay on 7/15/2017 & rated 93 points: Wine opened 2 hrs and lasted 1+ hrs. Tobacco, leather, truffle, chocolate and light berry. Very much approachable now, but should last for another 2-3 yrs. (3463 views) | | | Tasted by mygrogro on 7/14/2017 & rated 100 points: The perfect wine!
Drinking better than ever. (3095 views) | | | Tasted by Peech on 6/26/2017 & rated 97 points: opened two hours prior to serving, not decanted. very smoky, tobacco, a little savory, a little stinky, a hint of green peppers, less sweet fruit than expected. More cigar, smoky, and toasty. (575 views) | | | Tasted by Lord Rayas on 6/26/2017 & rated 99 points: Peter's MNSC (Petrus): opened for two hours without decanting. by far best bottle in recent years. soaring nose of tobacco and toast. great intensity. superb. (3555 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
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View From the Cellar, Nov/Dec 2023, Issue #108, Recently-Tasted Bordeaux Winter Of 2023-2024 (11/1/2023)
(Château Latour à Pomerol) Login and sign up and see review text. | By John Gilman
View From the Cellar, Jan/Feb 2020, Issue #85, Catching Up With the 1982 Bordeaux Vintage As It Closes In On Its Fortieth Birthday
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View From the Cellar, Jan/Feb 2018, Issue #73, Always the Right Time For the Right Bank Another Compendium From St. Émilion and Pomerol
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Decanter, Jefford on Monday: Hail and farewell to Pomerol 1982 (10/31/2016)
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View From the Cellar, Mar/Apr 2016, Issue #62, Château Latour à Pomerol One of the Commune’s Most Complete and Classic Wines
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Vinous, July/August 2002, IWC Issue #103
(Chateau Latour a Pomerol Pomerol) Subscribe to see review text. | By Richard Jennings
RJonWine.com (2/11/2004)
(Château Latour à Pomerol) Nice, beefy, vanilla nose; mature and tasty black fruit, leather, cedar palate; long finish 94 points |
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| Château Latour à PomerolCHÂTEAU LATOUR À POMEROL
Appellation: Pomerol
Owner: Foyer de Charité de Châteauneuf de Galaure
Vineyard size: 8 hectares
Vineyard grape varietals: 90% Merlot – 10% Cabernet Franc
Soil types: Deep gravel and clay (2/3), clay and loam (1/3)
Latour à Pomerol, which draws its name from the tower that adorns this charming château, was acquired by Mme Loubat, who also owned Château Petrus, in 1917. Etablissements Jean-Pierre Moueix has farmed the vineyard since 1962.
The vineyard is characterised by the diversity of its soils, which brings complexity and harmony to the wine: gravel and clay for a marvellous parcel next to the church of Pomerol; loam surrounding the château.
The vineyard receives the same care applied to all the J.P. Moueix properties: leaf-thinning and green-harvesting to allow for optimal grape maturity followed by a manual harvest. The wine ferments in concrete vats before being aged in oak barrels.
Château Latour à Pomerol is known for producing generous, concentrated wines that strike a perfect balance between elegance and power.
Producer website
- Read more about Chateau Latour a PomerolRed Bordeaux BlendRed Bordeaux is generally made from a blend of grapes. Permitted grapes are Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot, Petit Verdot, Malbec and rarely Carménère.Today Carménère is rarely used, with Château Clerc Milon, a fifth growth Bordeaux, being one of the few to still retain Carménère vines. As of July 2019, Bordeaux wineries authorized the use of four new red grapes to combat temperature increases in Bordeaux. These newly approved grapes are Marselan, Touriga Nacional, Castets, and Arinarnoa.
Wineries all over the world aspire to making wines in a Bordeaux style. In 1988, a group of American vintners formed The Meritage Association to identify wines made in this way. Although most Meritage wines come from California, there are members of the Meritage Association in 18 states and five other countries, including Argentina, Australia, Canada, Israel, and Mexico.France Vins de France (Office National Interprofessionnel des Vins ) | Pages Vins, Directory of French Winegrowers | French Wine (Wikipedia)
Wine Scholar Guild vintage ratings
2018 vintage: "marked by a wet spring, a superb summer and a good harvest"
2019 vintage reports
2021: "From a general standpoint, whether for white, rosé or red wines, 2021 is a year marked by quality in the Rhône Valley Vineyards. Structured, elegant, fresh and fruity will be the main keywords for this new vintage."
2022 harvest: idealwine.info | wine-searcher.comBordeaux Bordeaux Wine Guide
Vins Bordeaux (Conseil Interprofessionnel du Vin de Bordeaux)
History of Bordeaux
History of 1855 Bordeaux Classification
"2009 is all about ripeness, with wines impressively packed with ripe fruit and high alcohol levels. They are showy, in-your-face, and full of pleasure. The 2010s have the fruit and alcohol levels of the 2009s, but with a compelling freshness on the finish that balances the fruit and provides a perfect sense of structure." - Ben Nelson
"2016 is a landmark vintage in certain spots of Bordeaux and it should be remembered as one of the most inspired campaigns of the last 40-50+ years." -Jon Rimmerman
"The quality of red Bordeaux in 2016 was universally lauded – although the response to the en primeur campaign was muted. Quantity was high too, with the equivalent of 770 million bottles of wine produced. An exceptionally dry summer with cool nights eventually, thanks to mid September rain, resulted in small, thick-skinned, ripe grapes, and the wines are marked by high tannin and acidity, with superb aromatic fragrance." - Jancis Robinson
"2017 was complicated, but there are some excellent wines. Expect plenty of freshness and drinkability from wines that will offer excellent value, and others that will rival 2016 in terms of ripeness and ageability. But they are likely to be the exception not the rule, making careful selection key." - Jane Anson
"In the past, a vintage such as 2022 may have been overripe, raisined and low in acidity but 2022 had a sneaky little reservoir in its back pocket - a near perfect marriage of cool/cold/rain the previous winter and the previous vintage that literally soaked the soils (a key to why 2022 is not 2003...or 1893)." - Jon RimmermanLibournais Libournais (Conseil Interprofessionnel du Vin de Bordeaux) - Read more about St. Emilion and its wines - Read more about Pomerol and its wines
Saint Emilion Grat Classified Growth, Classified Growths, Grands Crus Classes, GCC
In 1954, while the "Graves" growths had just published their own classification, the wine syndicate of Saint-Emilion, composed by wine growers, brokers and wine traders with the approval of the INAO - Institut National des Appellations d'Origine (A.O.C), decided to work on a classification for the wines of Saint Emilion. Initially, four grades were defined. These were reduced to two - First Great Classified Growth (A and B) and Great Classified Growth - in 1984.
As of Medoc's 1855 historical grading, the Saint-Emilion Great Classified Growth classification is not only based on qualitative criteria by tasting the wines on a ten years period previous to the assessment, but also on commercial considerations such as:
- sales price levels
- national and international commercial distribution
- the estate's reputation on the market
Properties who don't manage to join the club of about sixty Classified Growths are given the denomination of Great Growth ("Grand Cru"), while the remaining wineries of the A.O.C are simply reported as "Saint-Emilion". It is to be noted that the owners must officially apply to appear in the official classification. Thus for example the famous Chateau Tertre-Roteboeuf, whose quality and reputation would easily justify to be listed among the First Great Classified Growths, does not appear here by the will of its owner, François Mitjaville.
The Saint-Emilion Great Growth classification was revised in 1969, 1985, 1996 and 2006. The only two guaranteed vintage (A.O.C) who can apply to the classification are the "Saint-Emilion Grand Cru" and "Saint-Emilion" areas.
By grading 61 properties, the 2006 revision confirmed many growths from the former classification, but also caused a number of surprises and a few inevitable disappointments. Many observers thought that the impressive progression of Perse's Chateau Pavie since 1998 would be rewarded by an upgrade into the First Great Classified Growths (A) category, but finally such was not the case.
Among the estates promoted to the First Great Classified Growths B category are Chateau Troplong-Mondot and Pavie-Macquin, whose efforts made since the Nineties fully justify their new grade. It should be noted that no First Great Classified Growth was relegated to the lower Great Classified Growth class.
Promoted growths from the status of Great Growth ("Grand Cru") to Great Classified Growth ("Grand Cru Classe") are: Chateaux Bellefont-Belcier, Destieux, Fleur Cardinale, Grand Corbin, Grand Corbin-Despagne and Monbousquet.
The demoted growths from the status of Great Classified Growth to Great Growth are: Chateaux Bellevue, Cadet Bon, Faurie de Souchard, Guadet Saint-Julien, La Tour du Pin-Figeac (Belivier), La Tour du Pin-Figeac (Moueix), Lamarzelle, Petite Faurie de Soutard, Tertre Daugay, Villemaurine and Yon-Figeac. If the recent samples of some of the above mentioned properties may justify their current downgrade, there are great chances that estates like Bellevue, Tertre Daugay or Yon-Figeac will be upgraded to their previous rankings by the next revision in 2016 as the progresses noted after 2000, but not entering in the range of vintages (1993 - 2002) appointed for the criteria of selection for the 2006 classification, are noticable.
The two following estates have completely disappeared from the Saint-Emilion Grand Cru Classification: Curé-Bon-la-Madeleine (integrated meanwhile to Chateau Canon) and La Clusière (integrated meanwhile to Chateau Pavie).
Finally, no estate considered as "garagiste" has integrated the classification. Valandraud, Mondotte, Le Dome, Bellevue-Mondotte or Magrez-Fombrauge have, for the least, the potential to be ranked as Great Classified Growths. In sight of the very fine quality reached by the above mentioned estates in recent vintages as well as all the innovative wine making methods used by the "garagistes", it remains to be seen whether the authorities will dare to cross the line in 2016..?Pomerol Wikipedia | French wine guide - Read about Pomerol |
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