This is very dense and tight with a super center palate of dark fruit with blackberries and currants. Full-bodied, so precise and focused. Great length and depth. Superb. Classic great Bordeaux. Wow. Pure cabernet sauvignon. - jamessuckling.com, April 2018

The 2017 Latour is very deep purple-black in color and sings of crème de cassis, warm plums, blackberry pie and cinnamon stick with hints of sandalwood, violets, star anise, baker’s chocolate and a touch of beef drippings. Medium-bodied, firm, grainy and very structured with taut, sustained mid-palate fruit, it gives loads of black fruit and spice layers and a very long, mineral-tinged finish. - Lisa Perrotti-Brown, robertparker.com, April 2018

A wine that needs no introduction. The property removed themselves from the En Primeur system following the 2011 release. Tightly coiled and backwards, giving very little up on the nose. A mere haunting of blackcurrant and gravel, graphite. Supple and lithe with restrained power and balance. Great persistence. It's a classic Latour, austere, long and upright - and stacked with latent energy. - April 2018

The 2017 Latour is bright and bursting with energy, with tremendous aromatic presence that is a leitmotiv of both the vintage and the three wines at Latour this year. In 2017, the Grand Vin is especially focused in both feel and style. Beams of salinity give the 2017 a striking backbone of structure. The 2017 reminds me of the 2014, but with a bit more mid-palate pliancy. Put it more simply, the 2017 is just superb.
Vinous.com, May 2018

The 2017 Latour has a backward bouquet compared to the Les Forts de Latour, very well defined but it needs coaxing from the glass. Eventually it clicks into fifth gear, offering subtle iris and wild hedgerow aromas, just a touch of mint developing with time. The palate is medium-bodied with firm but fine tannin that provides this Grand Vin with real backbone, also a sense of symmetry. It might not possess the flair or quite the enthralling precision of the 2016, but it is a quintessential Latour in many ways with a very long persistence on the finish. - vinous.com, May 2018

Black core with purple rim. Subdued but inviting nose, with an attractive dustiness to the restrained, pure black fruit. Tannins are so dry but so not drying, paper-fine finesse. Great refinement and purity with no attempt to seduce at the moment. Coming back to this after the 2006, it seems so fruity. Dark-red fruit and even a touch of violets. Really opened up in the last 20 minutes. So fragrant now. Deep and long. Excellent balance and refinement. Freshness does not come from the acidity, suggests technical director Hélène Génin (pH is 3.75). Incredibly long. - Julia Harding, jancisrobinson.com, April 2018