1 dozen bottles per dozen
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LATOUR 1970
Now lying in Essex
Recently removed from a country house cellar where the wines have lain undisturbed since the early 1970s
Château Latour--Vintage 1970
Pauillac, 1er cru classé. Château-bottled
Lot 640 lightly bin-soiled labels. Levels base of neck or better. Lot 641 one capsule damaged. Bin-soiled labels. Levels: eight base of neck, three very top and one top-shoulder
In original tissues and slightly damaged original wooden cases
Tasting note: when first tasted in November 1996 I was stunned by how youthful the wine was at over 25 years old. Black in colour, tight, ungiving and closed on the nose with a restrained whiff of cedar and a hint of tar. Dry and austere on the palate. Very firm in structure with rigid foursquare tannins. On the face of it not a flattering wine but beneath lurks a concentration of deep Cabernet fruit which comes forward after an hour in the glass. Certainly a classic Latour and one which will happily keep and improve over the ,
next 25 years. T.H.
1 dozen bottles per dozen
Now lying in Essex
Recently removed from a country house cellar where the wines have lain undisturbed since the early 1970s
Château Latour--Vintage 1970
Pauillac, 1er cru classé. Château-bottled
Lot 640 lightly bin-soiled labels. Levels base of neck or better. Lot 641 one capsule damaged. Bin-soiled labels. Levels: eight base of neck, three very top and one top-shoulder
In original tissues and slightly damaged original wooden cases
Tasting note: when first tasted in November 1996 I was stunned by how youthful the wine was at over 25 years old. Black in colour, tight, ungiving and closed on the nose with a restrained whiff of cedar and a hint of tar. Dry and austere on the palate. Very firm in structure with rigid foursquare tannins. On the face of it not a flattering wine but beneath lurks a concentration of deep Cabernet fruit which comes forward after an hour in the glass. Certainly a classic Latour and one which will happily keep and improve over the ,
next 25 years. T.H.
1 dozen bottles per dozen
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