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The December 2019 Auction: Part 2
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Estimate: $7,500
9 Very top shoulder, 1 top shoulder, very lightly scuffed, very lightly corroded, 4 nicked capsules, scuffed, damp stained, 6 lightly mold stained, 4 mold stained, glue stained, bin soiled, 3 lightly torn, 7 nicked labels.
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94JG
"The ’64 Latour is the finest wine made in the Médoc in this vintage, as the grapes were all picked before the rains arrived in October. It has been a few years since I last drank the ’64 Latour, but this is a vintage that I have found immensely satisfying and drinking brilliantly since at least the late 1980s, and the wine shows no signs of slowing down anytime soon. The bouquet is one of the most floral expressions of Latour that I have ever encountered, as the wine offers up notes of sweet cassis, tobacco, cigar ash, a gentle touch of Latour walnut, a lovely base of soil and a pungent topnote of violet that almost recalls a top old vintage of Château Margaux. On the palate the wine is full-bodied and deep, though not the most powerful vintage of Latour from this era, with beautifully focus and balance, modest tannins, a lovely, almost silky palate impression, and lovely length and grip on the very complex and refined finish."
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"The ’64 Latour is the finest wine made in the Médoc in this vintage, as the grapes were all picked before the rains arrived in October. It has been a few years since I last drank the ’64 Latour, but this is a vintage that I have found immensely satisfying and drinking brilliantly since at least the late 1980s, and the wine shows no signs of slowing down anytime soon. The bouquet is one of the most floral expressions of Latour that I have ever encountered, as the wine offers up notes of sweet cassis, tobacco, cigar ash, a gentle touch of Latour walnut, a lovely base of soil and a pungent topnote of violet that almost recalls a top old vintage of Château Margaux. On the palate the wine is full-bodied and deep, though not the most powerful vintage of Latour from this era, with beautifully focus and balance, modest tannins, a lovely, almost silky palate impression, and lovely length and grip on the very complex and refined finish."
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The world's most influential fine-wine producer and the benchmark for Bordeaux, Burgundy, Champagne and the Rhone. Its appellation (AOC) system codifies geography, grape and method, and its wines set the global standard for age-worthiness and terroir expression.
The world's largest fine-wine region, built around blends of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. Divided by the Gironde estuary into the structured Left Bank and the plush, Merlot-led Right Bank, it is the historic benchmark for age-worthy claret and sweet Sauternes.
Home to three of Bordeaux's five First Growths, Pauillac is the Left Bank benchmark for powerful, structured Cabernet Sauvignon. Its wines are famed for cassis, cedar and graphite notes and exceptional aging potential.
Chateau Latour is a First Growth estate in Pauillac, Bordeaux, renowned for powerful, dense and extraordinarily long-lived Cabernet-dominated wines, especially its Grand Vin from the historic l'Enclos vineyard.