You have already read all the comments on flavors and tannins beautifully integrated into this wine. Let me use a car analogy. This wine is pure power with weightless precision. Buy as much as you can and let it sit in the garage (cellar) until 2027
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From the moment you taste it, this wine just takes you in and embraces you. Flavors of cherries and plum, with moderate acidity and beautiful balance. For those hard core Burgundy drinkers this may seem a little fruit forward, but for every body else this wine is just a flat out crowd pleaser. I think it will be interesting to see how this wine evolves in the cellar. I hear that the 2021 vintage is great as well. At this price point this wine is truly a no brainer.
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As a general rule, I do not buy much second label or satellite wine as I call it, but for Latour I purchased a case about 4 years ago. The first bottle I opened 2 years ago was closed despite a long decant. Last year was a little better, but still a bit of a disappointment. However, I opened a bottle over the weekend and was pleasantly surprised to see this wine open up with a short decant. If you can buy this wine now I think you will enjoy it over the next 5 years or longer.
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2019 Château Montrose
12/15/2023 - swestpha wrote: 99 Points
You have already read all the comments on flavors and tannins beautifully integrated into this wine. Let me use a car analogy. This wine is pure power with weightless precision. Buy as much as you can and let it sit in the garage (cellar) until 2027
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2020 Occidental Pinot Noir Freestone-Occidental
11/17/2023 - swestpha Likes this wine: 96 Points
From the moment you taste it, this wine just takes you in and embraces you. Flavors of cherries and plum, with moderate acidity and beautiful balance. For those hard core Burgundy drinkers this may seem a little fruit forward, but for every body else this wine is just a flat out crowd pleaser. I think it will be interesting to see how this wine evolves in the cellar. I hear that the 2021 vintage is great as well. At this price point this wine is truly a no brainer.
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2014 Pauillac de Latour
9/19/2022 - swestpha Likes this wine: 95 Points
As a general rule, I do not buy much second label or satellite wine as I call it, but for Latour I purchased a case about 4 years ago. The first bottle I opened 2 years ago was closed despite a long decant. Last year was a little better, but still a bit of a disappointment. However, I opened a bottle over the weekend and was pleasantly surprised to see this wine open up with a short decant. If you can buy this wine now I think you will enjoy it over the next 5 years or longer.
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