Latour Magnum 2003
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Latour Magnum 2003
HED88373
150 cl
13%
£2,010.00
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Latour 2003 is a mature bottling of the First Growth Pauillac estate Latour. The 2003 is a blend of 86% Cabernet Sauvignon, 13% Merlot and 1% Petit Verdot, matured in 100% new French oak. The magnum format has been essential in tempering the natural opulence of the vintage, providing a wine of massive proportions but with remarkable freshness. It displays a decadent bouquet of blackberries, graphite and roasted coffee beans. The tannins are exceptionally ripe and velvety, leading into a monumental finish that confirms its status as one of the greatest wines of the 2003 vintage.
100 The Wine Independent
The 2003 Latour is a blend of 81.5% Cabernet Sauvignon, 18% Merlot, and 0.5% Petit Verdot. It explodes from the glass with crème de cassis, stewed plums, licorice, and mocha scents, followed by nuances of charcoal, rose oil, and crushed rocks. The medium-bodied palate delivers surprising elegance and jaw-dropping poise with well-knit freshness and super-soft tannins, finishing with incredible length and grace. It’s a real paradox of a wine coming from this very hot vintage and a testament to the Enclos’ singular terroir.Lisa Perrotti-Brown14th March 2024
93 Vinous
The 2003 Latour is a wine that I have tasted many times, even buying some en primeur. Now it is reaching 20 years, and like other 2003s, I am beginning to think that even the best wines in the early days are starting to fall short of expectations. That is not to say it is a bad wine by any means. With layers of black fruit on the nose and hints of cedar, white pepper and aniseed, it is pretty burly aromatically and opens nicely with 20-30 minutes in the glass. The palate is structured and assertive, with grippy tannins and plenty of tobacco-infused black fruit. However, compared to other vintages, there is something just a bit "static" about this First Growth, an immovable object. Moreover, the longer I remain in its presence, it seems a little removed from a typical Latour as if the imprimatur of the growing season is beginning to influence the wine more than the terroir. I've scored this wine high in the past, but it's a complex wine to really love at the moment. Tasted at Medlar restaurant. Neal Martin1st August 2023
18.5 Jancis Robinson
As one might expect, this is the wine that seems set for the longest life of all among 2003 reds. Fiercely tense and taut in constitution it is in fact amazingly rich and sweet on the nose, with a hint of smoked meats – certainly an expression of the vintage as well as the estate. Indeed it is quite amazingly sweet on palate entry with exceptional ripeness, followed by dry, sandy, savoury tannins. Very thick and solid. Round and even smooth and silky on the mid palate – an unaccustomed overlay for Latour – and then extremely dense and chewy by the end. This should in theory prove to be a distinctive wine to taste blind, offering such an unusual combination of Latour rigour and 2003 ripeness. This year`s blend contains seven per cent press wine and one lot that usually goes into Latour was relegated to Les Forts. (JR)
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Chateau Latour
A Towering First Growth
Situated on the Bordeaux's Left Bank in the appellation of Pauillac, this superb First Growth is produced from the estate's 92ha of vines, spread across 138 plots, (47 hectares of which are located in renowned 'L'Enclos'). The clay and gravel soils give superbly concentrated, textural Cabernet Sauvignon dominant reds, with Merlot and smaller percentages of Petit Verdot and Cabernet Franc making up the blend.
The estate also produces two further celebrated reds, Les Forts de Latour and Pauillac de Latour. Certified organic since 2018, biodynamic techniques are also used in the vineyard.
