Louis Latour Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Les Beaumonts

Reciprocal: Louis Latour Tasting (Neil Ellis) : (Tasted Blind) A light to mid-purple colour with violet edges, all suggesting youth. Fresh on entry with lifted Morello cherries, gentle spices, black tea and cigar box. A succulent mid-palate and silky texture are brushed with gentle spices and plenty of fleshy fruit. Still quite a heft of toasty oak, the wine is pretty intense. Soft, crushed velvet tannins mark the lingering finish. A more masculine example, the wine closes on more tobacco …