Château Latour Pauillac 1er Grand Cru Classé 2010 0,75 L

Produktdetails

Land:: Frankreich
Region:: Bordeaux
Rebsorte:: Cabernet Sauvignon | Merlot | Cabernet Franc | Petit Verdot
Jahrgang:: 2010
Geschmackskategorie:: Herb & vielschichtig
Serviertemperatur:: 16°C
Lagerfähigkeit:: 30 Jahre
Alkohol in Vol.%:: 14
Verkostnotiz:: Verkostnotiz Falstaff:
Tiefe Farbe. Sehr viel Neuholz, Zitronenschale (Coca-Cola), Vanille, reiffruchtig Cassis, Eisen, Himbeer, etwas Minze, Eukalyptus. Wuchtiger Wein mit viel Fleisch, defensiver Viskosität, knapper (aber physiologisch wirkender) Säure, leicht rappig, brennt in der Gaumenmitte ein Feuerwerk ab, wirkt dann aber auch leicht alkoholbetont, offenbart aber auch eine kraftvolle mineralische Festigkeit. Wird sehr viel Zeit benötigen. (Panelwertung: 99,2)

Verkostnotiz Robert Parker:
One of the perfect wines of the vintage, Frederic Engerer challenged me when I tasted the 2010 Latour at the estate, asking, "If you rate the 2009 one hundred, then how can this not be higher?" Well, the scoring system stops at 100, (and has for 34 years,) and will continue for as long as I continue to write about wine. Nevertheless, this blend of 90.5% Cabernet Sauvignon, 9.5% Merlot, and .5% Petit Verdot hit 14.4% natural alcohol and represents a tiny 36% of their entire production. The p H is about 3.6, which is normal compared to the 3.8 pH of the 2009, that wine being slightly lower in alcohol, hence the combination that makes it more flamboyant and accessible. The 2010 is a liquid skyscraper in the mouth, building layers upon layers of extravagant, if not over-the-top richness with its hints of subtle charcoal, truffle, blackberry, cassis, espresso and notes of toast and graphite. Full-bodied, with wonderfully sweet tannin, it is a mind-boggling, prodigious achievement that should hit its prime in about 15 years, and last for 50 to 100. There is no denying the outrage and recriminations over the decision by the Pinault family and their administrator, Frederic Engerer, to pull Latour off the futures market next year. However, you can still buy these 2010s, although the first two wines are not likely to be released until they have more maturity, which makes sense from my perspective. Perhaps Latour may have offended a few loyal customers who were buying wines as futur es, but they are trying to curtail all the interim speculation that occurs with great vintages of their wines (although only God knows what a great vintage of future Latour will bring at seven or eight years after the harvest). As a set of wines, the 2010s may be the Pinaults’ and Engerer’s greatest achievements to date. Of course, I suspect the other first-growth families won’t want to hear that, nor will most of the negociants in Bordeaux, but it’s just the way things are. Frederic Engerer, by no means the most modest of administrators at the first growths, thinks it would be virtually impossible to produce a wine better than this, and he may well be correct. If they gave out Academy Awards for great performances in wine, the Pinaults and Engerer would certainly fetch a few in 2010. P.S. Just so you don’t worry, Engerer offered up the 2009 next to the 2010 to see if I thought it was still a 100-point wine, and yes, ladies and gentlemen, it still is.
Speiseempfehlung:: Rind gebraten, gegrillt | Wild | Käse würzig und reif
Specials:: Ist Rarität
Bewertung:: JG 2010: Falstaff: 95/100 Punkte, Robert Parker: 100/100 Punkte, Wine Spectator: 99/100 Punkte, Wine Enthusiast: 99/100 Punkte

Produkt:: Pauillac
Variante:: 1er Grand Cru Classé
Menge:: 0,750
Einheit:: L
Gebiet:: Pauillac

Zutaten & Nährstoffe

Allergene:: Schwefeldioxid und Sulphite

Rechtliche Hinweise

Hersteller:: Château Latour, Saint-Lambert, 33250 Pauillac, Frankreich