LE PAUILLAC 3rd wine of Chateau Latour - Pauillac 2018 Bottle - NO DISCOUNT

Description

An absolute bargain from the Latour stable, this is generous and expressive in the opulent 2018 vintage. Rich and brambly, with ripe black berry fruit aromas and sweet spice. There's a chocolatey, velvet texture and fresh blackberry, blackcurrant and black plum flavours.

JAMES SUCKLING Score: 94 Points
13 Apr, 2023 – This is already very complex with tobacco, blackberries and hints of cedar. It’s medium-bodied with firm and layered tannins. Juicy and so delicious. It can age, too. Delightful now, but better after 2025.

DECANTER 90 points
Drinking Window: 2023 - 2036 - Still knitted down but this has flexible tannins with a real whoosh of freshness underneath. There is a feeling of sinew through the wine, and it shows both character and finesse. There is balance and depth to the brambly fruits, and altogether showing better than it did en primeur, likely to be released in 2023. A yield of 24hl/ha with 21% of production going into this wine. - Tasted by: Jane Anson, Part of Anson: Lafleur 2018 and the battle against climate change.

THE WINE ADVOCATE RP 89
Drink Date: 2023 - 2040 - A fleshy, generous rendition of this bottling, the 2018 Le Pauillac de Château Latour offers up aromas of rich berries, cherries and loamy soil, followed by a medium to full-bodied, layered palate with a sweet core of fruit and powdery structuring tannins. - Reviewed by: William Kelley