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Château Latour--Vintage 1928
Pauillac, 1er cru classé
Levels: one very top and one mid shoulder; label faded
This was, and still is, the star of the vintage. Like the 1870 Lafite, so dense, powerful and bitterly tannic that it was a full half century before it was mellow enough to be enjoyed intensely deep, spicy, cinnamon, cedary bouquet; surprisingly sweet and velvety despite its tannin, masculine, with great concentration and length. But on it goes fabulous bouquets but still very tannic, even harsh, in Zurich in 1994. But why wait any longer? M.B.
2 bottles per lot
Château Latour--Vintage 1928
Pauillac, 1er cru classé
Levels: one very top and one mid shoulder; label faded
This was, and still is, the star of the vintage. Like the 1870 Lafite, so dense, powerful and bitterly tannic that it was a full half century before it was mellow enough to be enjoyed intensely deep, spicy, cinnamon, cedary bouquet; surprisingly sweet and velvety despite its tannin, masculine, with great concentration and length. But on it goes fabulous bouquets but still very tannic, even harsh, in Zurich in 1994. But why wait any longer? M.B.
2 bottles per lot