1999 Chateau Latour Bordeaux Blend

Bordeaux Blend - 750ML
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REVIEWS

JD 94 WA 94 JR 93 JL 93 WS 93 VN 92
JD 94

jebdunnuck.com, August 2021

Reminding me slightly of the 2001, the 1999 Château Latour offers an utterly classic Latour elegance and complex in its beautiful dark fruits, lead pencil, cedarwood, dried tobacco, and assorted spice-like aromas and...
WA 94

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, March 2022

The 1999 Latour doesn't quite dominate the competition the way the 1994 does, but it, too, is a lovely wine, exhibiting notes of blackcurrants, cigar wrapper, rich soil tones and creamy new oak. Medium to full-bodied...
JR 93

Jancis Robinson's Purple Pages, June 2009

Medicinal and sinewy on the nose. Exciting and vibrant. Deep-flavoured. Long but the tannins are still very evident (though in this case there seems to be enough fruit to stand up to them). Ambitious - needs quite a bit...
JL 93

TheWineCellarInsider.com, September 2023

Medium-bodied, crisp, bright red fruits with a leafy, spearmint and olive edge form the core of this wine. Fully-developed, the bright currant and green leafy character continues through to the finish. Drink from 2023-2035.
WS 93

Wine Spectator, March 2010

Focused and fresh with milk chocolate and berry aromas. Subtle and refined on the nose. Full-bodied and very elegant featuring a solid core of ultrafine tannins and a long long finish. So much finesse here. Still tight...
VN 92

Vinous, February 2024

The 1999 Latour has a dark garnet color with little aging on the rim. The nose is closed initially and demands coaxing, eventually revealing blackberry, cedar and light pencil-shaving aromas. The palate is medium-bodied...

WINE DETAILS

Color & Type Red
Varietal Bordeaux Blend
Country France
Region Bordeaux
Sub-region Pauillac
Vintage 1999
Size 750ML
Percent alcohol 13%
Closure Cork

Chateau Latour, one of Bordeaux’s oldest and most famous wine producers, is a First Growth in the 1855 Bordeaux Classification. It’s located in Pauillac near the border with Saint-Julien.

Vines have existed on the property since the 14th century, but Chateau Latour first began producing wines of great quality in the early eighteenth century. The estate gradually came to specialize in wine production, with 38 hectares of vines in 1759 and 47 hectares in 1794.

The vineyard currently has 78 hectares in production. The grapes from the 47 hectares surrounding the chateau, known as “L’Enclos”, are used in the production of the Grand Vin. The 30 hectares outside of the Enclos are used for the Forts de Latour and the Pauillac wines. The estate is planted with about 80% Cabernet Sauvignon, 18% Merlot, and 2% Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot on gravelly hilltops and clay subsoil.

The wines of Chateau Latour need time to mature, generally at least ten or fifteen years, before they can be drunk. It is only then that the full complexity of the bouquet is expressed and the palate becomes sufficiently well integrated to be enjoyable and harmonious.