CHÂTEAU LATOUR 1970
CHÂTEAU LATOUR 1970
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1970

CHÂTEAU LATOUR 1970

Wine 1970 1er Cru Classé  Bordeaux Pauillac

1970 is unquestionably a great vintage of Château Latour. A mild winter and spring, followed by a hot summer with the ripening of the berries from July 25, and a wet month of August produced very ripe, good quality grapes. Very powerful, the wine develops an exceptional nose of dark chocolate and spices. Very marked tannins on the palate and a fresh finish come to close this unique tasting. Château Latour 1970 is a great classic.

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98 / 100
Robert PARKER - The Wine Advocate June - 1996
Robert PARKER - The Wine Advocate
One of the top two or three wines of the vintage (Petrus and Trotanoy are noteworthy rivals), this young, magnificent Latour is still 5-10 years away from full maturity. The opaque garnet color is followed by a huge, emerging nose of black fruits, truffles, walnuts, and subtle tobacco/Graves-like scents. Full-bodied, fabulously concentrated and intense, with a sweet inner-core of fruit (a rarity in most 1970 Medocs), and high but well-integrated tannin, this enormously endowed, massive Latour should hit its prime by the end of the century and last for 2-3 decades thereafter. This is will be the longest-lived and potentially most classic wine of the vintage. Cream always comes to the top.
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19.5/20
Jancis Robinson March - 2011
Jancis Robinson
Very deep crimson. A very big-boned wine of great density. Some very strong menthol character with a touch of liquorice too and pretty dry on the finish. This seems to have taken on flesh since its rather austere youth and was even rather charming - in a distinctly 'masculine' way. No hurry to drink this.
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96 / 100
Franck Dubourdieu
Franck Dubourdieu
(9-2007)
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91 / 100
Wine Spectator
Wine Spectator
(8-2000) Elegant and gorgeous... Ruby red color with an amber edge. Lovely aromas of plum, berry and mint. Full-bodied, with currant, dried herb character.
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5 / 5
Michael Broadbent
Michael Broadbent
(5-1999) An immensely impressive wine... Mouthfilling, concentrated, still very tannic.
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Vintage Wine  1970
Classification Médoc - 1er Cru Classé 
Region Bordeaux
Appellation Pauillac
Colour Red
Volume 0.75 l
Country France
Château Château Latour
Château Latour
Château Latour

The Château Latour is a french estate. It is ranked Premier Cru Classé in the Official Classification created in 1855.

There are 2 other Châteaux in the Pauillac appellation which also benefit from the prestigious title of 1er Cru Classé: Lafite Rothschild and Mouton Rothschild. 

Created around 1680, Château Latour's vineyard is one of the oldest in the Médoc. At the heart of the estate, the main parcel, called "l'Enclos", is made up of 47 hectares of old vines that are preciously maintained, because only they are able to give birth to the "Grand Vin". The 18 hectares of exterior plots, the vines less than 10 years old and the possibly downgraded cuvées produce the second wine of the estate, "Les Forts de Latour". The wine of Château Latour is an example of regularity regardless of the quality of the vintage. Firm, tannic and concentrated in its youth ...

Latour is the epitome of excellence in good years and bad ones. Among the greatest vintages, the most beautiful achievements of the chateau: 1920, 1929, 1949, 1955, 1959, 1961, 1970, 1982, 1990, 2000.

>> Read more on the article "Latour, Premier Cru Classé in 1855"

>> See all the crus classés of Médoc classification

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