1990 Chateau Latour, Pauillac 750mL

SKU: 016766

Product Details

Appellation:
Pauillac
Country:
France
Producer:
Chateau Latour
Product:
Wine Imported
Region:
Bordeaux
Size:
750 mL
Varietal:
Cabernet Sauvignon
Vintage:
1990
Wine Type:
Red
UsrKNWWCRBOPISVinous:
98|Medium deep red. Great vibrant nose of red currant, licorice, minerals and tobacco, along with a minty austerity. Thick and large scaled, like an essence of Pauillac. Really explodes in the middle palate. Incredible unfolding peacock tail of a ...
UsrKNWWCRBOPISWineAdvocate:
96|This is a beauty, but not the awesome blockbuster I remembered. There is a roasted, earthy, hot year character with extremely low acidity, fleshy, seductive, opulently textured flavors, and a full bodied finish with considerable amounts of glyc...
UsrKNWWCRBOPISWineSpectator:
100|This is one of my favorite wines ever. Fullbodied, with layers of silky fruit and masses of currant, mineral and berry character. Amazing. Its a wine with perfect structure, perfect strength. Its 1961 Latour in modern clothes. Its hard not to ...
Critic Scores
V
98
WA
96
WS
100
Pairings

Beef

$1,600.00

Critic Scores

100

Wine Spectator

This is one of my favorite wines ever. Fullbodied, with layers of silky fruit and masses of currant, mineral and berry character. Amazing. Its a wine with perfect structure, perfect strength. Its 1961 Latour in modern clothes. Its hard not to drink it now. 89/90 Bordeaux nonblind horizontal. Best after 2008.
96

Wine Advocate

This is a beauty, but not the awesome blockbuster I remembered. There is a roasted, earthy, hot year character with extremely low acidity, fleshy, seductive, opulently textured flavors, and a full bodied finish with considerable amounts of glycerin and tannin. The wine was sweet, accessible, and seductive on the attack, but it closed down in the mouth. Interestingly, when I previously tasted this wine (about six months ago) from a bottle in my cellar, I found it to be impenetrable, needing at least 6 to 10 years of further cellaring. Based on this example from the Chateaus cellar, it could be drunk now. Anticipated maturity 2005 to 2030.
98

Vinous

Medium deep red. Great vibrant nose of red currant, licorice, minerals and tobacco, along with a minty austerity. Thick and large scaled, like an essence of Pauillac. Really explodes in the middle palate. Incredible unfolding peacock tail of a finish. A monumental, powerfully structured wine with great longterm aging potential. Drink 2008 through 2040.