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Latour 2007: Ex Chateau Release

Latour 2007
 
Chateau Latour famously withdrew from the en Primeur system in 2012 in favour of releasing wines onto the market only when a vintage is deemed ready by the Chateau. 
 
Today we have the release of the "underrated" 2007 vintage, only offered to a handful of select merchants.  The newly released stock carries the Prooftag Bubble Tag™ seal of traceability and authenticity.  To read more about this click here. 

Ex Chateau stock usually commands a premium of around 10% however the 2007 is released in line with the current market price at £4,050.  A good price for pristine stock that is coming directly from the Chateau.
 
"When I was in Bordeaux last July visiting properties to taste their 1986 and 1996s for forthcoming reports, Frédéric Engerer mentioned that this year the First Growth would be late-releasing their 2007 Château Latour. He kindly invited me to taste a bottle, ensuring that The Wine Advocate readers have the most up to date review. While regarded as an off-vintage of that decade, in fact I have found that many 2007s have matured better than expected, and of course, Château Latour has a proclivity to excel in the more challenging growing seasons - as anyone who has tasted the 1991 or 2002 will attest. That is the case here. While it is not a Latour that troubles the greatest wines from the estate, it does deliver the essence of this aristocratic Pauillac. Frédéric mentioned this being a wine that could serve restaurants looking for a comparatively less expensive Latour, though at the time of writing, I do not know the release price to merchants."  
Neal Martin, The Wine Advocate 
 
Stocks are limited so please let us know ASAP if you would like to place an order.
 
 
Chateau Latour 2007 Ex Chateau Release 
£2,025 per case 6x75cl IB  /  £4,050 per 12 IB
£4,150 per case 6x150cl IB

"The 2007 Latour is the most recent late-release from the First Growth estate that abandoned en primeur after the 2011 vintage. Incidentally, this was the first vintage that Frédéric Engerer made with cellar technical director, Hélène Génin. "It was not an easy wine when it was young," he remarked when pouring the wine. Nevertheless, as it approaches ten years of age, the 2007 is finally entering its drinking plateau. It has a deep, quite lucid, dark garnet color. The nose is fresh and well defined. What I appreciate here is the focus, since 2007 was never a vintage to bestow power or immense complexity. Here, you wallow in lovely aromas of blackberry, bilberry and briary with that hint of black olive that I noticed four years ago when I last tasted it. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannin. It feels attractively saline, fresh and crisp, though not angular. Again, it is the focus and detail that enhances this vibrant Château Latour and its keen line of acidity lends it the freshness to become just about drinkable. The length is moderate, rather than extraordinarily long, though its pencil lead finish takes you straight to Pauillac thereby enhancing typicité. This is a fine Latour from an underrated vintage. Tasted July 2016.  Drink 2017-2037"
92pts Neal Martin, The Wine Advocate, August 2016 
 

Wine offered In Bond (IB) excluding duty and VAT.  For enquiries please email the team

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