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1998 Chateau Latour Premier Cru Classe, Pauillac

Colour: Red
Vintage: 1998
Region: Bordeaux, Pauillac
% Alcohol: 13.00
964 WL
96 DR
92 JL
1998 Chateau Latour Premier Cru Classe, Pauillac

1998 Chateau Latour Premier Cru Classe, Pauillac

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1998 Chateau Latour Premier Cru Classe, Pauillac

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1998 Chateau Latour Premier Cru Classe, Pauillac

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£4,310 12 pack case(s) available

1998 Chateau Latour Premier Cru Classe, Pauillac

Size
Cs (12)
Cs (6)
Cs (3)
Loose
Price
Per
Region: Bordeaux
964 WL
BTL
1
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£4,310
12
 
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Tasting Notes and Scores

964 WL

Quality 948 | Brand 998 | Economics 941 | buzz brand
Quality: Predicted life of 18 years, one of the longest drinking windows in its peer group for the 1998 vintage, which averages 9 years Brand: Strong restaurant presence, featuring on 52 of the world's top wine lists, including Napa Wine Bar & Kitchen Economics: #2 most active wine at auction, its top 5 vintages having seen 4,896 75cl equivalent bottles traded in the past year Production: Lower production than its peer group average of 151,058 bottles

- www.wine-lister.com June 2017

Wine Lister

96 DR

As with many of the wines from 1998 that I have tasted recently, the Latour was surprisingly open and approachable. Today the wine has a smoky, almost roasted nose with black plum and fig fruit, hints of smoke, leather, and an undercurrent of ground coffee. The texture is surprisingly open and soft but not falling apart. It is drinking well today and doubtless will hold for another 10 to 15 years but is probably not one for long-term ageing. The spring and the growing season were hot and dry, and although there was rain at harvest the grapes were able to resist rot and dilution due to their thick skins. Drinking Window: 2022 - 2042
Tasted by: Charles Curtis MW (at Atlanta, 01 Mar 2022)
Part of Château Latour: 1990-2010 vertical tasting

Decanter

92 JL

Medium/full bodied, better on the nose, with its tobacco, blackberry, cassis, spice box, tobacco, cedar chest and oceanic nose, than on the palate, as it lacks the generosity, depth and breed found in the best vintages. Still, there is a classy air to the character, and the ability for further development, which might turn out a little bit better with another decade in the cellar. Tasted Jan 2017

Jeff Leve

92 NM

The 1998 Latour was in fact the first vintage I ever tasted en primeur at the château. It was an early vintage after budburst on 20 March and the picking began on 20 September until 5 October, the Grand Vin a blend of 72% Cabernet Sauvignon, 23% Merlot (compared to around 9% these days), 4% Cabernet Franc 1% Petit Verdot. It has an open-knit bouquet with notes of black fruit, iron, undergrowth and autumn leaves. You cannot help noticing its rusticity compared to present-day Latour. The palate is medium-bodied, well balanced, a tang of soy marking the entry, brambly red berry fruit and an almost Graves-like, tertiary, slightly short finish. It is a mid-weight Latour, one that I cannot envisage improving further but it will cruise at this level for the next decade. Tasted at the château.

Drinking Window: 2018 - 2035

Neal Martin, Vinous (February 2018)

Neal Martin

90 RP

Not a blockbuster, the 1998 possesses a dark garnet/purple color in addition to a complex bouquet of underbrush, cedar, walnuts, and licorice-tinged black currants. Although medium to full-bodied and moderately tannic, it lacks the expansiveness in the mid-palate necessary to be truly great. Moreover, the tannin is slightly aggressive, although that is hardly unusual in such a young Latour. Anticipated maturity: 2009-2030.

Robert Parker (Wine Advocate #134, Apr 2001)

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