Château Latour 2012 -Pauillac (Red Wine) 1st Growth

Vintage : 2012

Grapes Varieties : 90.2% Cabernet Sauvignon, 9.6% Merlot, 0.4% Petit Verdot

Description :

• Deep in color, with just a hint of lightness around the edge of the glass, the wine is starting to close down. On the palate the wine is full bodied, rich, refined, polished, fresh and long, with a solid essence of fruit, freshness, volume and length. The tannins are refined and there is the structure to age, but this classic, (in all the right ways) requires at least a decade, and probably longer to come around. This is the first vintage for Latour that was not sold En Primeur. It will be interesting to see what the wine is released in about 2012, give or take. 
• Black-red in color, pure fragrance and sophistication, depth and structure, very exciting quality in this vintage.