Community Tasting Note
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dream Likes this wine: 95 points
October 13, 2017 - This bottle of Latour from Kovac's cellar was gorgeous but fairly reticent and needed more than the 1.5 hours we gave it. Seriously silky and refined with a bit of Latour earth and walnut slipping through, it tasted very fine and very young and kept improving in the glass. Based on this bottle, this is a great Latour in the making but needs more time. 95+
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5 Comments
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Magnum PI commented:
11/15/17, 6:08 PM - How much more time?
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dream commented:
11/15/17, 6:25 PM - It’s Latour, the longest lasting of the first growths! The ‘61 and ‘45 are still short of their peaks with well-stored bottles. I don't think the ‘90 is either of those wines but I would say this will keep improving over the next 15 years and peak around 2030. I’ll wait a couple of years and check in with the wine again with a very long decant - 3+ hours.
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Magnum PI commented:
11/16/17, 2:45 AM - I have heard about the legendary '45 and '61 but the oldest I have had is thr '70, two years ago, which was drinking well. I take it you have had those other vintages. I guess based on what I have read I will try to pick up a few more bottles and wait!
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dream commented:
11/17/17, 12:44 PM - I've had both those vintages several times and they are incredible and the '61 for sure is still on the upswing.
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Magnum PI commented:
11/17/17, 1:50 PM - Thanks for the note. Please invite me to your next wine tasting!