Latour (750ML)
From Pauillac
| Vintage: | 2000 |
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| Description: | 100 JS / 100 Wci / 99 Wa / 99 Ws / 99 De / 99 Fs / 98 Rp / 98 Wi / 97 Vm / 19 Jr. Latour has made truly great wines in the past two decadesand this is one of the best. It has fabulous aromas of black truffles, currants, raspberry and dried flowers. Mind-blowing on the palate, its an emotional and soulful red. - James Suckling. Just entering the start of its long drinking window, everything about this wine rocks! The nose, with its cedar, range of tobaccos, currants, smoke, spice, and blackberries is what you initially notice. But it is on the palate, with its concentration, length, purity, expansiveness, and richness that owns the show. There is no hurry to drink this future legend. But if you are sitting on a case, why not check it out? Drink from 2023-2065.-Jeff Leve, Wine Cellar Insider. Served blind at the chateau. There is so much brooding intensity in this wine, almost as if it is stalking the senses. Certainly there is remarkable mineralite here, sensational definition with briary and graphite developing with time. The palate is firm and masculine, tannic, powerful, such density and weight on the finish, yet showing no compassion to the tasted_yet. Approached blind, this is difficult to love as it is such uncompromising Latour, but it will blossom. Tasted December 2009. - Neal Martin, The Wine Advocate. The fruit here is still very much in the primary phase, with a decidedly racy feel to the raspberry coulis, cassis and blackberry reduction notes that are streaked with violet, iron and graphite flavors. The superlong finish alternates between a tug of sweet earth and a velvety feel, as the fruit and grip are still melding together, but there's so much vivacity here, there's no concern with waiting it out. The wait may be a while though. Rather stunning that this can separate itself so clearly from the rest of 2000's high-class field. -- Blind 2000 Bordeaux retrospective (December 2015). Best from 2020 through 2040. 14,165 cases made.-James Molesworth, Wine Spectator Dense and complex, this shows layers of dark fruit with aromas of plum, fig and blackcurrant overlaid with spice, leather and earth. It is not as expressive as the 2001 vintage now, but it is more substantial, almost massive. There was rain at Latour on 19th September, which refreshed the grapes, and the team waited until 22nd September to start with the Merlot. The final blend is 77% Cabernet Sauvignon, 16% Merlot, 4% Cabernet Franc and 3% Petit Verdot. It is just beginning to open now and should age gracefully for another 30 or 40 years.-Charles Curtis Mw, Decanter |
| Price: | $ 1495.00 |
| Price in original currency: | None |
Available from Grand Vin Wine Merchants
| Address: |
1003 4th Avenue East Olympia, WA 98506 United States |
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| Telephone (regular): | 360-350-4896 |
First added to 1000 Corks on November 8, 2016.
