1990 Château Latour Grand Vin
Red Bordeaux Blend
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By Neal Martin
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Survive Us All: Latour 1858-2018 (Feb 2024), 2/1/2024, (See more on Vinous...)
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By Chris Kissack
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April 2022, 4/1/2022, (See more on Winedoctor...)
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Up From The Cellar No. 17, 3/2/2022, (See more on JebDunnuck.com...)
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By Charles Curtis MW
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By Charles Curtis MW
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By Jane Anson
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Bordeaux first growths 1990 vintage, 2/9/2021, (See more on Decanter...)
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By Antonio Galloni
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Cellar Favorite: 1990 Château Latour (Nov 2019), 11/1/2019, (See more on Vinous...)
View From the Cellar
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By John Gilman
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Mar/Apr 2019, Issue #80, Another Look At the 1989 and 1990 Bordeaux - Twin Vintages Have Taken Different Paths With Age
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By Neal Martin
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In Excelsis: Château Latour 1887 – 2010 (Jul 2018), 7/18/2018, (See more on Vinous...) -
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Grand Cru Culinary Wine Festival 2017 (Nov 2017), 11/1/2017, (See more on Vinous...)
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By John Gilman
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Sep/Oct 2017, Issue #71, Château Latour Bordeaux’s Longest-Lived First Growth
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Jul/Aug 2012, Issue #40, The Annual Champagne and Sparkling Wine Report
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
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6/27/2012, (See more on JancisRobinson.com...)
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By John Kapon
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Chicago Recap, 11/2/2011
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Latour at Latour, 12/7/2009
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Latour Mouton Retrospectives, 6/30/2006
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The European Grand Jury, Vegas Style, 1/16/2005
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July/August 2002, IWC Issue #103, (See more on Vinous...)
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6/28/2002, (See more on JancisRobinson.com...)
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The 1990 Clarets...To Have and To Hold (Nov 1993), 11/1/1993, (See more on Vinous...)
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By Richard Jennings
(Château Latour Grand Vin) Bricking dark red violet color; mature, tobacco, tart red currant, cedar, cigar box nose; tasty, velvety textured, tobacco, tart currant, cedar, cigar box, orange peel palate; long finish
4/12/2014, (See more on RJonWine.com...) 96 points -
By Richard Jennings
(Château Latour Grand Vin) Dark red violet color; lovely, tart currant, pencil lead, tobacco nose; delicious, tart currant, tart plum, cedar, pencil lead palate; long finish
5/20/2012, (See more on RJonWine.com...) 96 points -
By Richard Jennings
(Château Latour Grand Vin) Bricked, medium red violet color; lovely cedar, mushroom nose; poised, elegant, a little advanced, cedar, mushroom, mature tart plum palate; medium-plus finish
4/8/2011, (See more on RJonWine.com...) 94 points -
By Richard Jennings
(Château Latour Grand Vin) Very dark red violet color; tobacco, pencil lead, mushroom, cigar box nose; elegant, cigar box, tart black fruit, mineral palate; long finish
3/21/2010, (See more on RJonWine.com...) 96 points -
By Richard Jennings
(Château Latour Grand Vin) Nice scarlet red color with pale meniscus; rich, sexy, leather and mushroom nose; delicious, rich, cassis, concentrated but elegant, still very young; long finish 97+ pts.
7/21/2007, (See more on RJonWine.com...) 97 points -
By Richard Jennings
(Château Latour Grand Vin) Chateau Latour Vertical with Robert Parker and Latour's Frederic Engerer:
10/25/2003, (See more on RJonWine.com...) 98 points
1st bottle:
Intriguing sandalwood, cedar nose; nice, concentrated fruit initially, with very sweet tannins, a hint of currant, but fades out to thin, strawberry flavor; light sandalwood finish. 94 points
Since the mid-palate faded out so much, I asked Parker how he thought the '90 was holding up. He said he was disappointed with it, that it was not representative of recent bottles he's had, and did not taste like the relatively young wine that it is. This comment resulted in us being poured from a second bottle. The second bottle was much younger tasting, with fresher fruit, and lovely, well-resolved tannins. 98 points
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Wine Definition
- Vintage1990
- TypeRed
- ProducerChâteau Latour
- VarietyRed Bordeaux Blend
- DesignationGrand Vin
- Vineyardn/a
- CountryFrance
- RegionBordeaux
- SubRegionMédoc
- AppellationPauillac
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- UPC/EAN Code263998504855, 3364420028684, 3700218209871, 3700266223010
4/22/2024 - Whitman wrote: 97 Points
Nose is quite shy compared to the palate, but immediately theres a lot of cabernet flavors like blackcurrants. Amazing purity and richness on the full bodied palate. Also lead pencil and grafite. This is the style of Latour and ending in a long, long incredible finish.
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4/14/2024 - VINNICK Likes this wine: 95 Points
Popped for my wife’s 40th. A beautiful wine with all the elements one would expect, but on this night it was outclassed and flat out beat by the 1990 Lynch Bages. Hard to believe but both my wife and I unanimously agreed. There was an element of barn that dragged this down. Sadly this was my first time having the 1990 (a favorite vintage of mine) and I don’t think I would buy another bottle for the price this fetches these days. Just not worth it.
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3/24/2024 - grandvin100 Likes this wine: 99 Points
Double magnum. Perfect Cellar. The whole room was filled with the perfume when the wine was poured. Insane perfume, chocolate, walnut, lots of fruit, could think it is now at its peak, but will last for a long time (20+ years) and will have a lot to offer. Wonderful Bordeaux!
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3/15/2024 - fclarity wrote: 96 Points
This wine was lovely again and I was struck by how smooth and integrated it appeared. It was so drinkable, this wine might make one think it was at or near its peak.
However, the reality was that it was not even close. While certainly lovely to imbibe now, it will pick up a couple points with 10-20 years of additional cellar time when additional nuance and flavor impact will be revealed.
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3/10/2024 - yaanik wrote: 88 Points
Barnyard, leather, smoke, pyrazine, bandaid Brett. Very little fruit on nose. Pleasant palate. Alive. Rust. Lots of smokey barnyard leather. Still some nice juicy acid and tannin. Very much alive. Some mint. Roasted nuts. Toasted / smokey flavors overwhelm palate. Alive, but well past its prime. Interestingly, I had this side-by-side, blind, with a 1991 Chateau Kirwan ($80 at K&L), and I did not think there was a significant quality difference between the two (and may have even slightly favored the Kirwan, which was dominated by notes of black truffle).
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