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Manage Subscriptions2004 Château Latour Grand Vin
Red Bordeaux Blend
- France
- Bordeaux
- Médoc
- Pauillac

























Community Tasting Notes 98
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VinhoVerde Likes this wine: 92 points
March 31, 2022 - Moderate cassis and smoky oak bouquet. Modest concentration and soft. Mature. Medium finish. For a Latour it’s almost gentle. Still, it has good complexity and character, just in a lighter than usual ( for Latour) format.
Corked popped 4 hours before serving. Beautiful drinking now.1 person found this helpful Comment -
drjb Likes this wine: 95 points
March 12, 2022 - Private dinner @ Little Cove, Noosa. This wine remains a quite deep crimson purple colour with an immediately forthcoming nose of dark raspberries, blackcurrants, cedar, walnuts and touches of dark chocolate. The palate is graceful yet rich with bright fruit well balanced by tertiary aspects of cedar and cigar box. There is a beautifully poised fine tannin finish that persists nicely with the overall balance living up to this wines classification. A lovely bottle in all respects.
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kzakarin Likes this wine: 95 points
March 6, 2022 - Completely closed when first decanted. After an hour started to show and after 2, was mostly there. Needs 4 hours likely to get all there. Classic Paulliac, with notes of graphite, black, black fruits, cassis and minerals. Decent tannins and acid well balanced by the bottle age. Medium bodied with perhaps 20 second finish. Terrific, classic paulliac nose after 2 hours decanted. Drank with Keller's Catalan Beef Stew.
Could last easily another 20 years.1 person found this helpful Comment -
liber Likes this wine: 95 points
November 25, 2021 - 2nd of 24, decanted an hour, perfect cork and level, as July bottle, more attractive on classic nose than palate where flavours were tad muddier than in July, muted tannins still a worry, upside I think and no rush. VF (18.5).
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thesternowl wrote: 96 points
November 13, 2021 - Presented blind alongside three other red wines; another Bordeaux and two Bordeaux blends from CA. All wines were descanted and returned to the bottle 8 hours prior.
This wine pours a deep garnet with an opaque core. Medium+ viscosity. Medium+ intensity. The nose was a mix of red and dark fruits with currants and cherries, tobacco, pencil shavings, earth, espresso and baking spice. There’s just a whiff of a barnyard in the distance too. On the palate, again the mixed fruit set with beautifully ripened blackberries and black cherries, currants, earth, coffee and baking chocolate. Medium+ tannin and medium+ acid. Finishes looooooong, dry and immensely satisfying.
The wine is balanced and leans towards its structure. I called 2004 Latour. The soaring aromatics were simply incredible. I just wanted to spend the entire evening with my nose buried in the glass. This is squarely in the drinking window yet has many years left in it. Drink now with an extended decant or enjoy over the next 10-15 years.2 people found this helpful Comment
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By Jeb Dunnuck
Up From The Cellar #2 and Misc New Releases, 2/15/2018 (link)(Chateau Latour) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
7/15/2015 (link)(Ch Latour Pauillac Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Gary Walsh
5/12/2014 (link)(Chateau Latour) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Chris Kissack
April 2014, 4/1/2014 (link)(Château Latour Pauillac Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Chris Kissack
March 2014, 3/1/2014 (link)(Château Latour Pauillac Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By John Kapon
Latour at Latour, 12/7/2009(Latour) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Stephen Tanzer
May/June 2007, IWC Issue #132 (link)(Chateau Latour Pauillac) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Stephen Tanzer
May/June 2006, IWC Issue #126 (link)(Chateau Latour Pauillac) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Stephen Tanzer
May/June 2005, IWC Issue #120 (link)(Chateau Latour Pauillac) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
4/7/2005 (link)(Ch Latour Pauillac Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Richard Jennings
4/12/2014 (link) 94 points(Château Latour Grand Vin) Slightly hazy, bricking, very dark ruby color; maturing, lifted, tart currant, roast coffee, pencil lead, tar, tart black fruit, cedar nose; tasty, creamy textured, maturing, tart black fruit, cedar, pencil lead, tart currant, roast coffee palate; long finish 94+ points
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By Gary Vaynerchuk
Investing in Wine with Jim Cramer of Mad Money and Your Host Gary Vaynerchuk, Episode #499, 7/10/2008 (link) 96+ points(Chateau Latour) #1; COLOR-dark; NOSE-no notes; TASTE-this is extremely complex; very tight in the mid-palate; very soil driven, green (cabbage action, brussel sprout on the back-end); very dry, but very precise; very tight wine; great polish; elegance & pure refinement; this will last for 70 years and will evolve and get more complex; this is classic; tons of fruit (black currant); I love the baseball glove leather aspect; floral components will appear with age; ; RP-95; GV-96+
Wine Definition
- Vintage 2004
- Type Red
- Producer Château Latour
- Varietal Red Bordeaux Blend
- Designation Grand Vin
- Vineyard n/a
- Country France
- Region Bordeaux
- SubRegion Médoc
- Appellation Pauillac
- UPC Codes 263998504855, 3249991212970, 3364420028684, 3419466149142, 3419466149715, 3453521150414, 3700266223010, 412950111823, 4574100136083
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 249 (3%)
- In Cellars 6,197 (74%)
- Consumed 1,953 (23%)
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- VarietyRed Bordeaux Blend
- CountryFrance
- RegionBordeaux
- SubRegionMédoc
- AppellationPauillac
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