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| Tradename：Chateau Latour 1989 |
| Item No.：FBPa067 |
| Grape Varieties：Cabernet Sauvignon , Merlot,Cabernet Franc,Petit Verdot |
| Classification：1st Growth 1855 Pauillac |
| Appellation：Pauillac |
| Alcohol：12.5% |
| Specification：750ml |
| Decanting time： |
Original Bottle：1.5 hours |
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Decanter：45 minutes |
| Scores： |
Robert Parker：89
Wine Spectator： 94 |
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| Tasting Note： |
Chateau Taste:
Grand Vin : Dense, with “confit” aromas, almost exotic, concentrated but very opulent, very rich, the wines are still “young and wild” for the moment (tasting : May 2000).
Wine Advocate #129(6/2000) Rating: 89 Points Drink: 2000-2020
This wine was tasted at a vertical tasting held in Charlotte, North Carolina several days before the Christie tasting. The Latour staff spoke far more highly of the 1989 than my experience has shown. It possesses many characteristics that make great vintages of Bordeaux so alluring - softness, overripeness, and sweet fruit. The problem is that there are insufficient quantities of these components. An evolved dark ruby color reveals amber at the edge. The nose offers aromas of caramel, coffee, ripe black cherry and currant fruit, cedar, and spice box. Although medium-bodied, with low acidity, the wine lacks richness in the mid-palate, and is surprisingly abrupt in the finish. It is a very fine, delicious Latour, but it is hard to believe it will attain the weight and flavor dimensions its producers suggest. -Robert Parker
Wine Spectator (2/28/2005) Score: 94
Rich and round wine. Full-bodied, with very good fruit and long velvety tannins. Needs more time. Round and rich. This is always outstanding and underrated by many. '89/'90 Bordeaux non-blind horizontal. Best after 2007. –JS |
| Food Match： |
Western food: Roasted lamb, truffle, cheeses (not to strong as comté...), grilled meat as beef, nice cold soup (vichyssoise), not specially complicated dish.
Chinese food: Roast duck/goose,grilled lamb, roasted suckling pigeon,Spicy shrimps and crabs,dried or smoked meats,braised fish.
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