1 dozen bottles per lot
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Château Latour--Vintage 1970
Pauillac, 1er cru classé
Lots 6 - 8 in original wooden cases
Lot 4 levels: two top shoulder. Lot 5 levels: three bottom neck, two very top and four top shoulder. Lot 6 levels: three bottom neck, three very top, four top and two upper shoulder. Lot 7 levels: six bottom neck, five top shoulder and one upper mid shoulder, one corroded capsule and one torn label. Lot 8 levels: three bottom neck, three very top shoulder, six top shoulder.
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 lot
Pauillac, 1er cru classé
Lots 6 - 8 in original wooden cases
Lot 4 levels: two top shoulder. Lot 5 levels: three bottom neck, two very top and four top shoulder. Lot 6 levels: three bottom neck, three very top, four top and two upper shoulder. Lot 7 levels: six bottom neck, five top shoulder and one upper mid shoulder, one corroded capsule and one torn label. Lot 8 levels: three bottom neck, three very top shoulder, six top shoulder.
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 lot