Lot 38
Château Latour--Vintage 1990
Closed11 December 2007
Price Realised
EUR 7,015
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Château Latour--Vintage 1990
Pauillac, 1er cru classé. Château-bottled
Tasting note: Fewer notes. Tasted at the château the same day as Lafite, the contrast was marked. Not an attractive and easy style the April after the vintage. Big and black; severe; teeth-blackening; very tannic. 'Magnificent' in 1993. At the MW tasting of '90s a year later, its nose had developed well; on the palate surprisingly sweet. In 1996, however, at the Eigensatz marathon, I noted its opaqueness and intensity; its full body and its raw tannin and acid finish. Yet later that year, tasted also blind, at a Rodenstock dinner alongside the other first growths, its bouquet I noted as earthy and spicy, opening up beautifully. Despite its tannin it had a delicious flavour, by no means the mammoth I would have expected. Most recently also alongside all the firste growths, I noted it as having wonderful depth and resonance; a classic, cedary Pauillac nose; some ripe sweetness, full flavoured, leathery, tannic texture, good length and dry finish. Last noted at the Penning-Rowsell's, June 2000 ****(*) Not a long-lasting '28, but a long haul, well balanced wine, say 2010-2030. Michael Broadbent, Vintage Wine
12 bottles per lot
Pauillac, 1er cru classé. Château-bottled
Tasting note: Fewer notes. Tasted at the château the same day as Lafite, the contrast was marked. Not an attractive and easy style the April after the vintage. Big and black; severe; teeth-blackening; very tannic. 'Magnificent' in 1993. At the MW tasting of '90s a year later, its nose had developed well; on the palate surprisingly sweet. In 1996, however, at the Eigensatz marathon, I noted its opaqueness and intensity; its full body and its raw tannin and acid finish. Yet later that year, tasted also blind, at a Rodenstock dinner alongside the other first growths, its bouquet I noted as earthy and spicy, opening up beautifully. Despite its tannin it had a delicious flavour, by no means the mammoth I would have expected. Most recently also alongside all the firste growths, I noted it as having wonderful depth and resonance; a classic, cedary Pauillac nose; some ripe sweetness, full flavoured, leathery, tannic texture, good length and dry finish. Last noted at the Penning-Rowsell's, June 2000 ****(*) Not a long-lasting '28, but a long haul, well balanced wine, say 2010-2030. Michael Broadbent, Vintage Wine
12 bottles per lot
Château Latour--Vintage 1990
Pauillac, 1er cru classé. Château-bottled
Tasting note: Fewer notes. Tasted at the château the same day as Lafite, the contrast was marked. Not an attractive and easy style the April after the vintage. Big and black; severe; teeth-blackening; very tannic. 'Magnificent' in 1993. At the MW tasting of '90s a year later, its nose had developed well; on the palate surprisingly sweet. In 1996, however, at the Eigensatz marathon, I noted its opaqueness and intensity; its full body and its raw tannin and acid finish. Yet later that year, tasted also blind, at a Rodenstock dinner alongside the other first growths, its bouquet I noted as earthy and spicy, opening up beautifully. Despite its tannin it had a delicious flavour, by no means the mammoth I would have expected. Most recently also alongside all the firste growths, I noted it as having wonderful depth and resonance; a classic, cedary Pauillac nose; some ripe sweetness, full flavoured, leathery, tannic texture, good length and dry finish. Last noted at the Penning-Rowsell's, June 2000 ****(*) Not a long-lasting '28, but a long haul, well balanced wine, say 2010-2030. Michael Broadbent, Vintage Wine
12 bottles per lot
Pauillac, 1er cru classé. Château-bottled
Tasting note: Fewer notes. Tasted at the château the same day as Lafite, the contrast was marked. Not an attractive and easy style the April after the vintage. Big and black; severe; teeth-blackening; very tannic. 'Magnificent' in 1993. At the MW tasting of '90s a year later, its nose had developed well; on the palate surprisingly sweet. In 1996, however, at the Eigensatz marathon, I noted its opaqueness and intensity; its full body and its raw tannin and acid finish. Yet later that year, tasted also blind, at a Rodenstock dinner alongside the other first growths, its bouquet I noted as earthy and spicy, opening up beautifully. Despite its tannin it had a delicious flavour, by no means the mammoth I would have expected. Most recently also alongside all the firste growths, I noted it as having wonderful depth and resonance; a classic, cedary Pauillac nose; some ripe sweetness, full flavoured, leathery, tannic texture, good length and dry finish. Last noted at the Penning-Rowsell's, June 2000 ****(*) Not a long-lasting '28, but a long haul, well balanced wine, say 2010-2030. Michael Broadbent, Vintage Wine
12 bottles per lot
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