James Suckling 99 Points: “Ripe and very powerful aromas of black licorice, currants and violets. Full-bodied, dense and flavorful with lots of very new, flashy wood. Sexy and gorgeous. Round and polished tannins. Superb wine for the vintage.”
Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate 98 Points: “The 2017 Latour is a blend of 92.1% Cabernet Sauvignon, 7.8% Merlot and 0.1% Petit Verdot with 13.3% alcohol and an IPT of 66. Deep garnet-purple in color, it starts off a little broody before exploding from the glass with powerful scents of ripe blackcurrants, blackberry pie and preserved black cherries plus touches of cedar chest, fenugreek, cumin seed and charcoal with emerging wafts of violets, dark chocolate, star anise and fertile loam. Medium-bodied, this may be one of the most elegant, great Latours ever, revealing layer upon layer of fresh, crunchy black fruits with a vast array of exotic spice and floral nuances, framed by super ripe, super fine-grained tannins, finishing very long with mineral sparks coming through. This is so nuanced and perfumed that I imagine, in 50 years, this wine could be mistaken for a great red Burgundy.”
Jeff Leve – Wine Cellar Insider 98 Points: “Showing a caliginous hue, the wine is concentrated, full bodied, powerful, firm and graceful, coating your palate with layers of ripe, sweet, dark red fruits with salty tannins. Even with all the acidity it is impossible not to enjoy the ample sweet fruits, firm, ripe tannins, complexity and incredible length, with purity of fruit, that lingers. It's a Latour that should be a pleasure to taste between 15-20 years after the vintage, which is fine since you'll probably be waiting until 2027, give or take, until it's released. The wine was made from a blend of 92.1% Cabernet Sauvignon, 7.8% Merlot and 0.1% Petit Verdot , reaching 13% alcohol. The harvest took place starting with the Merlot September 11, finishing with the Cabernet October 4.”
The Wine Independent – Lisa Perrotti-Brown 98 Points: “A blend of 92.1% Cabernet Sauvignon, 7.8% Merlot, and 0.1% Petit Verdot, the 2017 Latour is deep garnet in color. It needs just a bit of convincing to get it to reveal gorgeous notes of warm cassis, black raspberries, and juicy black plums, plus wafts of violets, licorice, and cumin seed with a hint of cedar chest. The medium-bodied palate expands as the nuanced mineral, black fruit, and earthy layers unfurl, beautifully framed by ever-so-plush tannins and amazing tension, finishing long and perfumed. This is such a gorgeous Latour!”
Wine Spectator 98 Points: “A pure, sleek, seamless beauty, featuring a crystal-clear core of cassis, cherry and damson plum fruit racing along, glistening with lilac, iron and wet pebble notes. Shows terrific spine and clarity, with well-buried grip running throughout. Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Petit Verdot. Best from 2025 through 2040.”
The Wine Palate 98 Points “A blend of 92.1% Cabernet Sauvignon, 7.8% Merlot, and 0.1% Petit Verdot, the 2017 Latour has a deep garnet‑purple color. It sashays out with showy notes of warm cassis, mulberries, and Morello cherries, followed by emerging tertiary hints of unsmoked cigars, rose oil, cardamom, and star anise, with a waft of iron ore. The medium‑bodied palate is elegantly styled and mineral‑laced, featuring loads of exotic sparks and velvety tannins, finishing on a lingering anise note. Beautiful!
Decanter- Jane Anson 98 Points: “It's fairly unusual in 2017 to find the bright blue-violet reflections around the rim of the wine that you find in years like 2010 and 2016, but it is here in abundance. Still extremely young, knitted, closed up, holding tight to its cassis and bilberry fruits at this point. This was the first year when they were in full organics, although not certified until 2019. It's a big-framed Latour and you can see that it is going to need a good long while before softening its Pauillac tannins; at least a decade on this showing. Lovely rich deep flavours here with great dollops of black spice. It feels majestic and full of Latour signature of menthol, liquorice, slate and earth. One of the best 2017s tasted. 18 months ageing, building up to 100% new oak.”
Inside Bordeaux 98 points: "A seriously pretty Latour, not a phrase often associated with this most concentrated of wines, with real lyricism. Beautifully layered, with muscles that have a cushion of air underneath them. As during En Primeur, its sculpted character highlights the impact of biodynamic farming, but bottle ageing has seen it take on the customary concentrated layers of this Pauillac First Growth. The signature pencil lead, crayon, mint leaf and crushed rocks are here in abundance, along with cassis and bilberry fruit, kissed with rosebud and peony florality, and textured slate tannins that slow things down through the mid palate. A delicious wine, vibrant, balanced, decades ahead of it, even if the soft sculpting of the vintage means it will be ready to drink earlier than 2016 or 2018 on either side. First year in full organics, although not certified until 2019, and the first without Cabernet Franc in the blend. 100% new oak. No frost on the Grand Vin plots, in a year where many parts of Bordeaux were impacted, proof again of what a favoured site this is." Drinking Window 2027 - 2045, Reviewed on 13.03.24 by Jane Anson
VertdeVin 99-100 Points: “The nose is elegant, fine, racy, delicate and offers a beautiful finesse of the grain, an aerial side, a small intensity, deepness, balance as well as a small power/richness full of richness/delicacy. It reveals notes of ripe blackberry, ripe strawberry and small notes of crushed redcurrant associated with fine touches of juicy plum, black cherry, cornflower as well as a hint of lily, crushed cassis, grey pepper, liquorice as well as a very discreet hint of tea and cardamom. The palate is fruity, juicy, gourmand, elegant, beautifully defined, racy and offers a beautiful finesse of the grain, finesse, power, freshness, tension as well as a fine acidulous frame. On the palate this wine expresses notes of fleshy/juicy blackberry, fleshy/juicy strawberry and small notes of cherry associated with small touches of violet, lilac, cassis as well as hints of nutmeg, bergamot, an imperceptible hint of hazelnut, vanilla and sweet spices. Tannins are beautifully fine and racy. A beautiful acidulous persistence.”
Matthew Jukes 19+/20 Points: “This is very dense and tight with a super center palate of dark fruit with blackberries and currants. Full-bodied, so precise and focused. Great length and depth. Superb. Classic great Bordeaux. Wow. Pure cabernet sauvignon.”
Vinous - Antonio Galloni 97 Points: “The 2017 Latour lives in the realm of the totally sublime. Vertical and deep, with soaring intensity, Latour is simply magnificent in 2017. I especially like the energy and aromatic depth of the 2017, but all the elements are just impeccably balanced throughout. Constantly changing in the glass, the 2017 is a mesmerizing Latour that will thrill those lucky enough to own it.”
Vinous – Neal Martin 97 Points: “The 2017 Latour, which was bottled mid-June and mid-July, has a tightly wound bouquet with black fruit, pencil lead and a strong marine influence. This is utterly compelling. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannins, what you may call an "athletic" Latour. There is no "fat" hear, just pure black mineral-infused fruit with quintessential Pauillac notes of graphite and a touch of cedar on the persistent finish. Superb.”
Rene Gabriel’s BDX Total 19/20 Points: “Kunz Fassprobe 18: (92.1% Cabernet Sauvignon, 7.8% Merlot, 0.1% Petit Verdot, 13.3% vol. Alkohol, 30.3% Grand Vin) Dichtes, tiefes, mineralisches Bouquet, schwarzer Cassis, Graphit, schwarze Oliven, fein Trüffel, Rauch. Kraftvoller, samtener, fein opulenter Gaumen mit kräftiger, dichter Frucht, sehr viel feinem Tannin, vielfältiger, dunkler Aromatik, cremiger, dichtverwobener Struktur, sehr langer, aromatischer Abgang mit vielen Rückaromen.”
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