Latour à Pomerol 2017

The 2017 Latour à Pomerol is a gorgeous wine that is at once deep and yet also super-expressive in its bouquet. Sweet tobacco, dried herbs, mint, pepper and spice give the 2017 striking aromatic presence to play off a core of ripe red cherry fruit. Medium in body yet wonderfully deep and fleshy, the 2017 has so much to offer. I like it as much from bottle as I did from barrel. 2025 - 2047.

The 2017 Latour à Pomerol has a well defined and focused bouquet with expressive blackberry, briary, truffle and light loamy aromas that gradually unfurl in the glass. The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannins. Yet there is good backbone here. A lightly spiced Pomerol with hints of white pepper, sage and clove, lead to a structured finish that exerts satisfying grip. This should age well in bottle and may ultimately deserve a higher score. Drink 2022-2045.

Cedar and mulberry, as well as red-cherry and red-plum aromas here. Stone undertones. This has a very plush, fluid feel with ample tannins, delivered in a smooth, silky and fleshy mode. Bright, red-plum flavors carry long and even. So balanced. Drink or hold.

The deep garnet-purple colored 2017 Latour à Pomerol is 100% Merlot with pretty notions of red roses, potpourri and lavender over a core of red currants, black cherries and blueberries plus hints of baking spices and forest floor. The palate is medium-bodied and grainy with approachable tannins, invigorating freshness and bags of fruit, finishing on a spicy note.

This doesn't quite possess the acidity-tannin-fruit triumvirate that it did in 2016 and 2015. They have extracted well but powerfully, and it sits a little brutally through the mid-palate. It will clearly age well, and is expertly restrained on the finish, but favours power over joy.
Drinking Window 2026 - 2038

Deep crimson. Fragrant with dark-red fruit, smells a little creamy. On the palate, dark, savoury and chewy, with dark-chocolate flavour and nicely dry texture. Tannins are definite and very fine. Lovely dark finish and persistence.
Drink 2024-2032

With decent depth of red fruit and a fairly rich and layered palate, this is a ripe wine with good persistence and it also has rather lovely tannins which sit right at the back of the palate. The oak is strident but it doesn’t interfere with the fruit and it also allows the fruit to take centre stage. Well-made and fairly plush this is a successful wine.