Lot 24
Château Latour--Vintage 1953
Closed11 December 2007
Price Realised
EUR 368
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Recently removed from excellent cellarage
Château Latour--Vintage 1953
Pauillac, 1er cru classé. Château-bottled
Embossed wax capsule over Château-capsule. Bin-soiled label. Level mid/upper-shoulder
Tasting note: The consensus is that this is not a great '53, the '52 having more character, the '55 better balance. However, having scanned nearly 20 notes, most warrant 4 stars despite its leaking tannic finish. Some exotic nasal descriptions in the 1980s, including 'oysters, ozone and clams' - a good Pauillac smell. After all it only an hour's drive to the sandy beaches - 'striking eucalyptus Cabernet' and, using the immortal André Simon's phrase (about a mature Latour) 'with the majesty of the Royal Oak'. Anyway, recent notes include a very deep, fairly intense magnum, good but not great (Sept 1996), and the following month a horribly oxidised bottle at a BYOB dinner at New York. Misguided: a stupid bottle to bring. Most recently, an immediately forthcoming bouquet, mature, even aged, bricky, slightly medicinal (Pauillac again); a sweet, ripe entry, a touch of decay yet a rich drink and still tannic. The last accompanying braised rib eye in Pomerol sauce at a Crédit Suisse wine dinner at the Shangri-La Hotel, Hong Kong, Oct 1999. At best ****. Michael Broadbent, Vintage Wine
1 bottle per lot
Château Latour--Vintage 1953
Pauillac, 1er cru classé. Château-bottled
Embossed wax capsule over Château-capsule. Bin-soiled label. Level mid/upper-shoulder
Tasting note: The consensus is that this is not a great '53, the '52 having more character, the '55 better balance. However, having scanned nearly 20 notes, most warrant 4 stars despite its leaking tannic finish. Some exotic nasal descriptions in the 1980s, including 'oysters, ozone and clams' - a good Pauillac smell. After all it only an hour's drive to the sandy beaches - 'striking eucalyptus Cabernet' and, using the immortal André Simon's phrase (about a mature Latour) 'with the majesty of the Royal Oak'. Anyway, recent notes include a very deep, fairly intense magnum, good but not great (Sept 1996), and the following month a horribly oxidised bottle at a BYOB dinner at New York. Misguided: a stupid bottle to bring. Most recently, an immediately forthcoming bouquet, mature, even aged, bricky, slightly medicinal (Pauillac again); a sweet, ripe entry, a touch of decay yet a rich drink and still tannic. The last accompanying braised rib eye in Pomerol sauce at a Crédit Suisse wine dinner at the Shangri-La Hotel, Hong Kong, Oct 1999. At best ****. Michael Broadbent, Vintage Wine
1 bottle per lot
Recently removed from excellent cellarage
Château Latour--Vintage 1953
Pauillac, 1er cru classé. Château-bottled
Embossed wax capsule over Château-capsule. Bin-soiled label. Level mid/upper-shoulder
Tasting note: The consensus is that this is not a great '53, the '52 having more character, the '55 better balance. However, having scanned nearly 20 notes, most warrant 4 stars despite its leaking tannic finish. Some exotic nasal descriptions in the 1980s, including 'oysters, ozone and clams' - a good Pauillac smell. After all it only an hour's drive to the sandy beaches - 'striking eucalyptus Cabernet' and, using the immortal André Simon's phrase (about a mature Latour) 'with the majesty of the Royal Oak'. Anyway, recent notes include a very deep, fairly intense magnum, good but not great (Sept 1996), and the following month a horribly oxidised bottle at a BYOB dinner at New York. Misguided: a stupid bottle to bring. Most recently, an immediately forthcoming bouquet, mature, even aged, bricky, slightly medicinal (Pauillac again); a sweet, ripe entry, a touch of decay yet a rich drink and still tannic. The last accompanying braised rib eye in Pomerol sauce at a Crédit Suisse wine dinner at the Shangri-La Hotel, Hong Kong, Oct 1999. At best ****. Michael Broadbent, Vintage Wine
1 bottle per lot
Château Latour--Vintage 1953
Pauillac, 1er cru classé. Château-bottled
Embossed wax capsule over Château-capsule. Bin-soiled label. Level mid/upper-shoulder
Tasting note: The consensus is that this is not a great '53, the '52 having more character, the '55 better balance. However, having scanned nearly 20 notes, most warrant 4 stars despite its leaking tannic finish. Some exotic nasal descriptions in the 1980s, including 'oysters, ozone and clams' - a good Pauillac smell. After all it only an hour's drive to the sandy beaches - 'striking eucalyptus Cabernet' and, using the immortal André Simon's phrase (about a mature Latour) 'with the majesty of the Royal Oak'. Anyway, recent notes include a very deep, fairly intense magnum, good but not great (Sept 1996), and the following month a horribly oxidised bottle at a BYOB dinner at New York. Misguided: a stupid bottle to bring. Most recently, an immediately forthcoming bouquet, mature, even aged, bricky, slightly medicinal (Pauillac again); a sweet, ripe entry, a touch of decay yet a rich drink and still tannic. The last accompanying braised rib eye in Pomerol sauce at a Crédit Suisse wine dinner at the Shangri-La Hotel, Hong Kong, Oct 1999. At best ****. Michael Broadbent, Vintage Wine
1 bottle per lot
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