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Pauillac de Latour 2017

RegionBordeaux
Subregion France > Bordeaux > Left Bank > Pauillac
ColourRed
TypeStill
Grape VarietyCabernet Sauvignon

Chateau Latour's third wine is the equivalent quality of a decent classed growth. This is not sold en primeur. The current release is the 2012 vintage which is about to be followed by the 2013.

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Tasting Notes

Latour’s indecently good 2017 Le Pauillac de Château Latour bursts with fragrant aromas of creamy cassis, wild berries and plums. Medium to full-bodied, fleshy and polished, it’s supple and succulent, with an enveloping core of fruit, lively acids and already melting tannins. This is already very approachable on release. 2021 - 2037

91
William Kelley, Wine Advocate, March 2022

Medium to deep garnet colored, the 2017 Pauillac de Château Latour is a little shy at first, soon opening out to offer subtle notes of pencil lead, charcoal, and fragrant earth over a core of ripe black currants, black raspberries, and bay leaves, with a hint of wood smoke. Medium-bodied, the palate is still very youthful, offering vibrant black fruits wrapped in an elegant and refreshing structure, including approachable ripe, fine-grained tannins. The finish delivers good length and compelling purity. I like it now - on the fruity side and in this flush of vivacious youth - but for those who prefer a mature fruit cake and cigar box style, give it a good 5-6 more years in the cellar and enjoy it over the following decade. The grape composition is 52.9% Cabernet Sauvignon, 39.9% Merlot, and 7.2% Petit Verdot, with an alcohol of 13.4%. 2022-2036

91
Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW, The Wine Independent, March 2022

An extremely fragrant vintage of Pauillac de Latour, expressive, nuanced and supple. There are some earthy notes running through the fruits, with less clear density overall than in the vintages immediately before and after this one. The emphasis instead is on raspberry and brambled blackberry fruit with tobacco, grilled cedar, touches of roebud and sage. 20% new oak.

91
Jane Anson, JaneAnson.com, February 2022

A salty and fresh red with mineral and dark-berry character and a clean and bright finish. Shows linear and tight character.

91/92
James Suckling, JamesSuckling.com, April 2018

Deep crimson with purple rim. Delicately fragrant with dark-red fruit. Lots of juicy black fruit and real finesse here for the Pauillac. Fine but defined tannins and lovely freshness. Lots of energy and a long juicy finish. (JH) 13.4%
Drink 2022-2029

16.5
Julia Harding MW, JancisRobinson.com, April 2018

Bramble fresh the nose is bright the start of the palate has a bilberry blackcurrant mix. Sweet fruit in the middle layers of flavour the freshness at the back overtaken by sweet fruit on the finish. 2023-31

86/89
Derek Smedley MW, DerekSmedleyMW.co.uk, April 2018

Quite cool and spicy, this vintage is not dissimilar to the spice notes found in the wines from 2014. It is rather intensely coloured and nicely weighted but not too heavy nor too tannic. The tannins are fresh and not too dry and this is thanks to the even maturation, without too much hydric stress. Plummy and classically-shaped, this is a more forward wine than many recent vintages.

17
Matthew Jukes, Matthew Jukes' Blog, April 2018
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A blend of 52.9% Cabernet Sauvignon, 39.9% Merlot and 7.2% Petit Verdot, the 2017 Le Pauillac de Château Latour is medium to deep garnet-purple in color and comes bounding out of the glass with youthful, energetic notions of ripe black plums, freshly crushed blackcurrants and chocolate-covered cherries with touches of pencil lead, cloves, camphor and smoked meats. Medium-bodied, the palate practically quivers with tension, featuring vibrant red and black fruits and soft, grainy tannins, finishing with fantastic freshness.

90
Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW, Wine Advocate, March 2020

The 2017 Le Pauillac de Château Latour is deep garnet-purple colored and scented of crushed blackberries, blueberries and cherries with touches of violets, spice box and dusty soil. Medium-bodied with great mid-palate weight, the palate is vibrant and refreshing, singing of red and black berries, with compelling earthy accents and a very softly textured finish.

89/91
Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW, Wine Advocate (236), April 2018

Exceptionally bright, this has a precise and clear line through to the blueberry and cassis fruit. The austerity clamps down through the finish, giving it a little less persistency than shown in 2016 and 2015, but this equals many second wines in the vintage.This is from two plots that are usually used in Forts de Latour, as around 2ha were frosted outside of the Enclos. No secondary generation fruit used.
Drinking Window 2024 - 2036

89
Jane Anson, Decanter.com, April 2018
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