Chateau Latour 2014

Case of	3 bottles
Classification	Premier Cru Classe
Type	Red
Producer	Chateau Latour
Vintage	2014
Country	France
Main region	Bordeaux
Region	Pauillac
Grape	Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Bordeaux Blend
Alcohol %	13%
Volume	0,75
Condition	Perfect
Label	Perfect
Drinkable	2028-2065
Stock	6
Volume	0,75
Condition	In Original Wooden Case
Label	Perfect
Drinkable	2028-2065
Stock	0

Professional reviews

Robert Parker (97)

The 2014 Latour is one of the very finest wines of a vintage that favored the northern Médoc. Mingling aromas of wild berries and cassis with hints of cigar wrapper, loamy soil, black truffles and classy new oak, it’s full-bodied, rich and concentrated, its broad attack segueing into a deep, tightly wound mid-palate that’s framed by powdery, chalky tannins and bright acids, concluding with a long, mouthwatering finish. This classically balanced, youthfully structured young wine looks set to enjoy prodigious longevity. It’s reminiscent of a modern-day version of a cooler vintage such as 1996, though of course these days maturity is more complete and selection even more rigorous than was the case two decades ago.

James Suckling (97)

This has aromas of black fruit, olives, wet earth, dried lavender, cloves and bark. Bitter chocolate and walnuts, too. It’s medium-to full-bodied with firm, tight-grained tannins. Structured, with great freshness and length. Cedar notes on the lighter mid-palate. Still a little tight and chewy.

Jancis Robinson (18)

Tasted blind. Deep, youthful garnet. Rich dark fruit, fragrant even though it is ripe, suggestion of cigar-box spice. Really fine tannins, beautifully dry but not drying. Extreme elegance. Refined power, the layered, paper-fine tannins still resolving. Julia Harding MW

Vinous (95)

The 2014 Latour is a vintage that I have enjoyed a few times. Now at ten years old, it has a very intense and, for Latour, quite an opulent bouquet that is stylistically more akin to Mouton than Lafite-Rothschild: cigar smoke, black truffles and mint emerge with aeration. The palate is medium-bodied with saturated tannins. This is a multi-layered Pauillac dispensing with some of the strictness it showed in its infancy. Very focused, with traces of tobacco and graphite towards the finish, this is a seriously fine Latour that should age gracefully in bottle. Tasted blind at the Southwold 10-Year-On tasting.

BOW (8.50)