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Layered, concentrated and polished, this wine has the kind of genial intensity of Sugar Ray Robinson. With a nose of stones, plum pudding and herbs, this almost beefy ’08 packs an abundance of black currant and black cherry on its full-bodied frame. A lovely balance of framing tannins and juicy acidity complete the profile. Drinking for the next two decades.
- Country: France
- Region: Bordeaux
- Commune/Village: Pomerol
Latour á Pomerol produces sumptuous, meaty, concentrated and full-bodied Pomerols that often require at least 10 years of cellaring. In the context of other top class Pomerols they remain underpriced.
The vines are divided between a number of plots in the Pomerol appellation, the principal being the Grandes-Vignes plot, which surrounds the Pomerol church, and which covers 5 hectares. The remaining plots are further to the west, near the road between Pomerol and Périgueux. The vines cover 8 hectares all told, mostly on soils of sandy clay and gravel, with sand particularly dominant in the vineyards towards the west of the appellation. The vines have an average age of 35 years, and are 90% Merlot and 10% Cabernet Franc. The fruit is harvested by hand, as should be expected, and then fermented in temperature-controlled concrete vats. After malolactic fermentation it then goes into barrique, 50% new each vintage, for 18 months, before it is bottled with filtration. The total output is in the order of 3000 cases, all of which is the grand vin, Latour à Pomerol. There is no second wine.
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