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CHÂTEAU LATOUR
A History
Château Latour entered into the history books in 1378, at the height of the Hundred-Year War, when the Anglo-Gascon army established a garrison there. The emblem of the château - its squat, battlement tower, standing in the vines - serves to remind us of those times, when Acquitaine needed protection from marauders and pirates.
Aquired in 1670 by the de Ségur family, and notably Marquis Nicolas-Alexandre de Ségur, known as 'Le Prince des Vignes' Château Latour remained in the hands of his ancestors until 1963.
In the 18th century Château Latour, like many of its highly-regarded peers, started to be recognised around the world thanks to the conquest of the British market, and the flourishing trading routes to Northern Europe out of the Bordeaux river port.
The reputation of Latour for making wines of great colour, complexity, purity of fruit and longevity was well known by the time of the Médoc and Graves Classification in 1855 and Latour was named as one of only four Premiers Crus Classés.
Between 1963 and 1993, the château came under British stewardship, at which time investments were made in the vineyard, vat-house and cellar. Latour returned to French hands in 1993, when it was purchased by François Pinault.
In 1999 work begun on a further modernisation of the cellars and vat room as Château Latour remains one of the greatest wine estates in the world. New vinification systems and cellar as well as a tasting room make Latour a truly modern operation with the most ancient of roots.
Château Latour - The Vineyard
In Spring 1963, it was decided to extend the vineyard by 12.5 ha, by planting two plots situated outside the Enclos which were owned by the Domain since 1850. This extension was not meant to produce a wine that could enter the Grand Vin, but to add a second wine named Les Forts de Latour. This project was undertaken immediately and took about two years to be completed.
Property of a European Connoisseur
Removed from a New York City temperature-controlled home cellar
Château Latour--Vintage 1961
Pauillac, 1er cru classé
Levels: into neck, excellent appearance, tissue wrapped
In original wooden case
"Of the eight recent notes, its depth of colour is the first thing one notices, and its nose, rather like Lafite's is a bit slow to open up, Suprisingly sweet too yet a very tannic finish (at Aschau in 1994). In 1997, a corky, woody bottle at a Saintbury Club dinner. It was helped along by the cheese souffle. At the La Réserve tasting, despite its extraordinary sweet, nose-filling bouquet, a mammoth wine, all the component parts excessively represented. Most recently, a superb bottle at Josh Latner's dinner. Last tasted Jan 2000 ****(**) Another half century of life." MB, Vintage Wine
6 magnums per lot
A History
Château Latour entered into the history books in 1378, at the height of the Hundred-Year War, when the Anglo-Gascon army established a garrison there. The emblem of the château - its squat, battlement tower, standing in the vines - serves to remind us of those times, when Acquitaine needed protection from marauders and pirates.
Aquired in 1670 by the de Ségur family, and notably Marquis Nicolas-Alexandre de Ségur, known as 'Le Prince des Vignes' Château Latour remained in the hands of his ancestors until 1963.
In the 18th century Château Latour, like many of its highly-regarded peers, started to be recognised around the world thanks to the conquest of the British market, and the flourishing trading routes to Northern Europe out of the Bordeaux river port.
The reputation of Latour for making wines of great colour, complexity, purity of fruit and longevity was well known by the time of the Médoc and Graves Classification in 1855 and Latour was named as one of only four Premiers Crus Classés.
Between 1963 and 1993, the château came under British stewardship, at which time investments were made in the vineyard, vat-house and cellar. Latour returned to French hands in 1993, when it was purchased by François Pinault.
In 1999 work begun on a further modernisation of the cellars and vat room as Château Latour remains one of the greatest wine estates in the world. New vinification systems and cellar as well as a tasting room make Latour a truly modern operation with the most ancient of roots.
Château Latour - The Vineyard
In Spring 1963, it was decided to extend the vineyard by 12.5 ha, by planting two plots situated outside the Enclos which were owned by the Domain since 1850. This extension was not meant to produce a wine that could enter the Grand Vin, but to add a second wine named Les Forts de Latour. This project was undertaken immediately and took about two years to be completed.
Property of a European Connoisseur
Removed from a New York City temperature-controlled home cellar
Château Latour--Vintage 1961
Pauillac, 1er cru classé
Levels: into neck, excellent appearance, tissue wrapped
In original wooden case
"Of the eight recent notes, its depth of colour is the first thing one notices, and its nose, rather like Lafite's is a bit slow to open up, Suprisingly sweet too yet a very tannic finish (at Aschau in 1994). In 1997, a corky, woody bottle at a Saintbury Club dinner. It was helped along by the cheese souffle. At the La Réserve tasting, despite its extraordinary sweet, nose-filling bouquet, a mammoth wine, all the component parts excessively represented. Most recently, a superb bottle at Josh Latner's dinner. Last tasted Jan 2000 ****(**) Another half century of life." MB, Vintage Wine
6 magnums per lot