The Château Latour of Pauillac of Bordeaux

Château Latour - Grand Vin Pauillac (Premier Grand Cru Classé)
The winery offers 7 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.5.
This estate is part of the Groupe Artemis.
It is ranked in the top 1 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Pauillac in the region of Bordeaux
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The Château Latour is one of the largest wineries in the world. It offers 7 wines for sale in of Pauillac to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Latour wines

Looking for the best Château Latour wines in Pauillac among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Château Latour wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Château Latour wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Château Latour

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Latour

How Château Latour wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of picadillo, daniel's algerian couscous or venison stew to be prepared the day before.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château Latour

On the nose the red wine of Château Latour. often reveals types of flavors of iron, non oak or bay leaf and sometimes also flavors of black olive, balsamic or black plum. In the mouth the red wine of Château Latour. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château Latour

  • 1948With an average score of 4.80/5
  • 1942With an average score of 4.80/5
  • 1959With an average score of 4.80/5
  • 1982With an average score of 4.78/5
  • 1961With an average score of 4.71/5
  • 1940With an average score of 4.70/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Château Latour.

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Merlot
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Petit Verdot

Discovering the wine region of Pauillac

The wine region of Pauillac is located in the region of Médoc of Bordeaux of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Château Latour or the Château Lafite Rothschild produce mainly wines red, pink and other. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Pauillac are Cabernet-Sauvignon, Merlot and Cabernet franc, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Pauillac often reveals types of flavors of iron, milk chocolate or apricot and sometimes also flavors of coconut, toasted bread or tomatoes.

In the mouth of Pauillac is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins. We currently count 151 estates and châteaux in the of Pauillac, producing 248 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Pauillac go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison).

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château Latour

Planning a wine route in the of Pauillac? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Château Latour.

Discover the grape variety: Merlot

Merlot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Bordeaux). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small to medium sized bunches, and medium sized grapes. Merlot noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Armagnac, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Beaujolais, Provence & Corsica, Savoie & Bugey.

News about Château Latour and wines from the region

Rare Lafite 1887 magnum tops £22,000 in Sotheby’s auction

A magnum of Lafite Rothschild 1887 sold for £22,500 ($28,300) at a Sotheby’s auction of ‘vinous treasures’ spanning nearly 200 years. The wine, held in storage with Octavian group in Wiltshire, had a pre-sale high estimate of £18,000. A single bottle of Château d’Yquem 1831 sold for £27,500 (pre-sale high estimate: £20,000). Another bottle of Yquem, from the 1896 vintage, sold for £15,000, tripling its pre-sale high estimate. ‘An extraordinary wine from a very great Sauternes vintage,’ said Sere ...

New Château Latour 2010 stocks released onto market

New stocks of Château Latour 2010 were released from the Pauillac-based First Growth’s cellars on 13 September. Latour 2010 is regarded as one of the best Bordeaux wines of the 21st century so far, and has received two 100-point Decanter scores in the past three years. It’s also more expensive than many other Latour vintages, but analyst group Wine Lister said it expected buyers to show interest. ‘There is no doubt that this release will see demand, especially for merchants rel ...

Bordeaux wine sales to US see ‘spectacular recovery’

Bordeaux wine sales to the US reached a new record in 2021, jumping 67% to €349m ($390m), the Bordeaux wine council (CIVB) announced this week. A freeze on additional import tariffs and buyers’ thirst for highly-rated recent vintages helped Bordeaux to a ‘spectacular recovery’ in terms of shipments to the US, it said. Exports rose by 24% in volume last year to 247,000 hectolitres, equivalent to 33 million bottles. While reds dominate, the US has also become the biggest market for Bordeaux white ...

The word of the wine: Biodynamic (agriculture)

Organic agriculture is part of a vision of the world linking the plant and all living beings to the cosmos and basing work in the vineyard and the cellar on the cycles of the moon.

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