Latour 1951

Chateau Latour 1951 is a highly sought-after and legendary wine that offers an elegant, refined, and complex palate of dark fruit, leather, tobacco, and spices. The firm and well-integrated tannins provide a smooth and silky texture, and the nose offers aromas of ripe fruit, cedar, and graphite. With a harmonious balance between fruit and tannins, the finishing taste is long and persistent, and the wine has remarkable aging potential. The vibrant ruby-red hue of this deep and intense wine is characteristic of the finest Bordeaux wines and exemplifies the very best of Bordeaux winemaking.

Antonio Galloni - 91 Points

"The 1951 Latour shows bricking commensurate with its age and does not possess a powerful nose, but my immediate reaction was one of complete surprise, perhaps even astonishment. Maybe there’s a scintilla of greenness, but far less than expected, and who cares when it offers so much lovely tobacco and red plum laced with tobacco and cedar? Surely the palate would be more representative of an appalling growing season. No – not at all. There was dark berry fruit laced with sous-bois and tobacco, touches of soy surfacing with aeration. I was gobsmacked by the almost velvety texture, not unlike, say, a 1959. It just goes to show that you should never write off any bottle, irrespective of vintage reputation."