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1976 Château Latour Grand Vin
Red Bordeaux Blend
- France
- Bordeaux
- Médoc
- Pauillac
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Community Tasting Notes 65
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Nutty08 Likes this wine: 94 points
March 16, 2024 - Brilliant red crimson color from a well stored example with low neck fill. Very much alive though mature. Aromatic with leather and spice notes and a strong mint/eucalyptus note. Palate was fine, if lacking intensity and power--but was elegant and balanced and easy to drink and appreciate. Punched well above the vintage reputation--would have guessing 80's blind I think.
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cos65 Likes this wine: 92 points
March 16, 2024 - Brilliant clear ruby garnet
Leathery tertiary flavors and aromas
Great acidity. Still alive, completely resolved.
Still on its long peak
Lovely old wine if you like the style. -
cos65 Likes this wine: 94 points
February 14, 2024 - Crystal clear garnet ruby
Soft, totally resolved and at a perfect place
Lovely, perhaps my rating is a tad high, but this particular bottle is in an absolutely great place tonight.1 person found this helpful Comment -
Sean Tay wrote: 94 points
August 28, 2023 - Surprisingly still drinking well. Notes of forest floor, tea, mushroom, cooked red and black fruits, spices and toast. Medium acidity and medium tannin. Did not decant. The nose and palate hold for around 2 hours based on my observation before declining.
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dcwino wrote: flawed
March 17, 2023 - Another great wine dinner with Bernard Burtschy (Taberna del Alabardero, Washington D.C.): Some think this is corked. Strong dirty damp smell that I often find in the 70s Bordeaux. Either way, not terribly interesting and unpleasant.
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By John Gilman
Sep/Oct 2017, Issue #71, Château Latour Bordeaux’s Longest-Lived First Growth(Château Latour) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Richard Jennings
9/2/2011 (link) 85 points(Château Latour Grand Vin) Bricked, cloudy, medium dark red violet color; iodine, mature, tart black fruit nose; quite advanced, iodine, tart black fruit, menthol palate; medium-plus finish
Wine Definition
- Vintage 1976
- Type Red
- Producer Château Latour
- Varietal Red Bordeaux Blend
- Designation Grand Vin
- Vineyard n/a
- Country France
- Region Bordeaux
- SubRegion Médoc
- Appellation Pauillac
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 3 (0%)
- In Cellars 597 (69%)
- Consumed 270 (31%)
Food Pairing
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- ProducerChâteau Latour
- VarietyRed Bordeaux Blend
- CountryFrance
- RegionBordeaux
- SubRegionMédoc
- AppellationPauillac
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