| Wine Ratings | Reviewer | Price per bottle (ex-bordeaux) |
| 90-93 | Robert Parker | S$570 or Euros 268 |
| 17.5 | Decanter Magazine | |
| 17.5+ | Jancis Robinson | |
| 89-92 | James Suckling | |
| 90-92 | Neal Martin |
Tasting Notes |
Black-red, full of crunchy, spicy fruit, with great purity and length, not yet showing the power of its 91% Cabernet Sauvignon, still almost a baby and will gain weight and depth in barrel and bottle. Drink 2014-25. 4 stars. Decanter Magazine |
Highest percentage of Cabernet Sauvignon ever. Round and smooth and quite powerful. Very modern and easy - "Peynaud school of extraction", according to Frédéric Engerer. Not flashy! But a bit like malted milk. Very soft as opposed to the usual Latour style. Very round. Represents 2007 but not especially Latour (cf Las Cases) . "We really tried to muscle it up as much as we could", said Engerer (they included 16% press wine, much more than usual). But it's not that fresh. Well made but extremely unusual - a bit like 2003 by Bollinger in that respect. Perhaps it should be called "2007 by Latour", come to think of it? Drink 2014-23. Jancis Robinson |
Very pretty and refined, with wonderful, silky tannin texture and ripeness. Full and harmonious, with lots of fruit at the end. A reserved and subtle wine. James Suckling |
The Latour 2007 includes 15% pressed wine, the most since 1999. Limpid purple/garnet core with pink rim. An attractive nose, thematically following the Les Forts de Latour with a certain femininity with an attractive brightness. Excellent delineation. Builds nicely in the glass when I return to it after ten minutes developing a slight briny note, almost oyster shell quality. The palate is full-bodied, firm robust tannins, not the fruit intensity of previous vintages, again a rather stripped down Latour but still with excellent balance and very focused. Graphite, cedar and smoke towards the finish that is drier finish than usual. A difficult Latour to warm to. Another wine that I will seek to taste closer to bottling. Tasted April 2008. Neal Martin |