Le Pauillac de Chateau Latour, Pauillac

Soft, a little faded at this point. Time to drink up. It is well integrated, silky, refined, balanced and clearly well made but it makes depth, bouquet, length or anything memorable. Clearly high quality and would be a great $45 wine but it falls short of the house and the price point. Drink now.

2008 vintage

In a great spot to enjoy.

2008 vintage

Drinking beautifully. Nice red fruit with oak finishing with mineral notes in smooth tannins.

2008 vintage

A dark colour, hardly any brown, starting severe with bitters in the nose and a very classic, dry CS impression. With a long aeration the wine showed more elegance, iron, leather, dark fruit, a whiff of pencil and even some sweetness, This wine showed elegance and dignity; real classic bordeaux; 89 points for its performance and 1 point for survving so well.

2001 vintage

drinking great. no signs of decline.

2001 vintage

In a good spot to consume if you enjoy the secondary phase of this left bank BDX.

2008 vintage

Nice wine. It does ring a bell and you feel that it does come from the great deep Latour Grand vin but really really from afar. 2008 might have been a little early to open though. We only finished half a bottle and I finished the rest the next night. 24 hours in decanter REALLY made it better, so I think it was actually early to open.

2008 vintage

I think corked, no fruit flavor, wet dog smells. Yuck! Second bad bottle. Wonder if I bought a fake wine.

2008 vintage

Fully mature, the truffle, and tobacco notes come through loud and clear. Medium bodied, still holding on to its red fruit core, this will be best over the next few years.

2008 vintage

Nose: A- Palate: B+/B++ My #7, Group's #6 (88 pts). Tasted blind.

2001 vintage

excellent wine. Was a pleasure to drink and had no flawn even after 16 years in my homemade cellar. Awesome nose, needed to be open 2hr before drinking.

2001 vintage

unripe tannins, a lot of substance for a 3th wine not the best balance with the bitterness dominating, very difficult to assess the drinking window, extreme poor QPR

2008 vintage

Gave it approx. 3 Hrs in the decanter, but still its too "green". Understand its only a 3rd label, but still it shows some Latour. But at these prices, I'll pass on future purchases. There are plenty of 1st growth wines out there at better P/Q.

2008 vintage

Considering its level (third wine) and the vintage, this is an admirable effort; considering its price something goes wrong. This wine is a bit shy, although the bouquet gives a nice and ripe impression, without a doubt it is Pauillac and the aftertaste is elegant; overall, however, I miss some concentration.

2008 vintage

A refleccion of the vintage, not the best 3rd from Latour, specially for what it retails. Green pepper dominated nose with some fruit to save it. You win some, lose some.

2008 vintage

Given the cost, I am disappointed. If this were an $18 wine, it would be ok. Not sure if I drank it too soon or too late. Tried it 3 times over 3 days and found a disappointing lack of taste with short finish each time.

2008 vintage

Was expecting far more having read all these reviews. From mag. aired for 2+hrs. Nose was as expected but palate just completely flat and un-engaging. some fruit that soon gives way to tart and unappealing finish. a little length but as you'd expect. a very poor way to spend £120 - I've found better wines than this for <£15. but the real thing if you can or at least the forts

2008 vintage

Decanted for an hour. She is of terroir, there are no hidden aspects there... A medium finish; the tannins are angular and still quite present. The nuances are just like the label says: Pauillac: currant paste, pencil shavings, scorched rock and cedar chest. Fine dimension. Drink 2018 - 2030. 91 pts.

2008 vintage

braucht sehr viel Luft, aber antrinkbar. Blaubeernase, feine süßliche Tannine. Mittlerer eleganter Körper und mittlere Länge. Sehr fein und anmutig. PGV zum Handelspreis naja

2008 vintage

K&L Bordeaux Tasting (K&L Hollywood) : I think it worked really well together, but there is also some sentimentality here as it was a 97 Les Forts de Latour that really got me into wine. I enjoyed this, and there was loads of spice and red fruit, together with a hint of pruniness and forest floor. Nice acidity and a beautifully structured finish. The pricetag now makes me a little more reticent...

2008 vintage

There is some truth to this being one of the best kept secrets from Bordeaux, especially considering that the older sibling Latour Grand Vin would cost eight times as much, along with the fact that the Latour handled the 2008 vintage among the best in the region. In fact, for Latour 2008 is among the great years that should be put in the same conversation as 2005 and 2010. And while this third label so to speak (and not completely …

2008 vintage

clean red color, med intense red fruit with vanilla and oak aromas, med body, high acidit and med soften tannins. harmonius and balanced, long finish aging pot: 2-4 years

2008 vintage

A barrel sample. Ample dark fruit nose with boysenberries, blueberries and cassis with oaky background noise. Quite fullbodied with plentiful but ripe tannins. Dark fruit with raspberry brightness. Long straightforward finish. Very approachable. Good. @Château

2008 vintage

Bordeaux En Primeur 2008; 3/27/2009-4/3/2009 (Bordeaux) : 2008 barrel sample @ Chateau Latour. Nice Merlot! Good fruit yielded a little dark and thick, casual and almost luscious wine - in comparison to the strict, formal big brothers at the chateau. This is an on-trade wine, released from Latour after 5 years in bottle through 2 negociants, typically between 30-50Euro. 45% CS, 55% M. What the Grand Vin disdained in approachable Merlot accrued to the benefit of this Pauillac. Bodes well …

2008 vintage

The 2001 Pauillac de Latour has some of the classy cedery nose of his big brothers Les Forts and Latour. It is not a great and profound wine, but it is a very enjoyable lighter style wine from a noble family. Just enough flesh and a slightly bitter but however nice core. Medium aftertaste, somewhat onedimensional. From the auction at appr. € 22 it was worth the money, but don't pay very much more if you want to taste this …

2001 vintage

Cherry, licorice, mineral and earth. Said to be drinking well now, but I would wait.

2001 vintage

Easy to drink. Very friendly. Lots of fruit and good length.

2001 vintage

Beacoup de fruit, tres rond et charnu. Une superbe surprise. Assez long en bouche et tres facile a boire. Tres moderne comme style.

2001 vintage

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