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Château Latour--Vintage 1982
6 bottles per lot
LATOUR In July 1993 the French entrepreneur and businessman, Mr François Pinault bought Château Latour from Allied Lyons, restoring Château Latour into French hands after 30 years of British ownership. The 47 hectares which surround the Château, are called "l'Enclos" which is located near the boundary with St-Julien and Léoville Las Cases in the north and stretches to near Haut-Bages-Libral. Only the grapes from these 47 hectares make it into the Grand Vin de Château Latour. The proximity of the Gironde River which is only 300 meters away provides a slightly warmer mesoclimate than elsewhere in Pauillac and manifests itself in early flowering and ripening, and means that there is less risk of frost damage. As Stephen Brook writes in The Complete Bordeaux; "No other Medoc wine can match Latour for power, depth of flavor, and grandeur." Château Latour--Vintage 1982 Pauillac, 1er cru classé Levels: three into neck, one bottom neck, two top shoulder; one lightly bin soiled label "The 1982 Latour for me was the wine of the night. It is aging almost imperceptibly, and still shows an abundance of red and black berry fruit character on the nose, along with some evidence of the spice from the oak aging and a profound minerally firmness, but very few developed or mature aromas at this point. On the palate the wine was youthful, with firm tannins that have only just begun to soften to reveal a lush and dense texture. Great length truly profound wine.", CC, June 2009 6 bottles per lot