2019 Pauillac de Château Latour, Pauillac, Bordeaux

The 2019 Le Pauillac de Château Latour is another impressive rendition of this bottling from Latour. Offering up notes of sweet berry fruit, plums, spices and pencil shavings, it’s medium to full-bodied, rich and fleshy, with a ripe core of fruit, lively acids and powdery tannins. This year, it includes some declassified lots from Les Forts de Latour. I'm sure it will show even better when it's released in a few years.Drink 2025 - 2045William Kelley, Wine Advocate (April 2022)

Evident ripeness to the fruits here, giving pretty high open berry aromatics even at this early stage. This is a frank and gourmet style of Pauillac de Latour and will be an early-to-medium term drinker with excellent potential for getting a taste of one of the few unquestionably good quality 3rd wines of Bordeaux. The hot summer meant there were patches of water stress on the sandier soils outside of the main L'Enclos de Latour, leading to more 3rd wine than usual, and it accounts for 25% of production in 2019, from unusually high yields of 44.7hl/ha. 72IPT.Drink 2023 - 2034+jane_anson_mw, Decanter (May 2020)

Generous, even exuberant for a Latour family wine, this is richly textured, open in its fruit structure (it had been decanted for a few hours before tasting). Touches of marzipane, cassis and brambled blackberry fruits, with plenty of the pencil lead that ensures we know that we are firmly in Pauillac. A chalky texture to the tannins, with the high alcohols coming through in the supple texture of fully ripe fruits. This is powerful and enjoyable. 35% new oak. The hot summer meant there were patches of water stress on the sandier soils outside of the main L'Enclos de Latour, leading to more 3rd wine than usual, and it accounts for 25% of production in 2019, from unusually high yields of 44.7hl/ha.Drink 2024 - 2036jane_anson_mw, janeanson_com (January 2022)

The 2019 Le Pauillac De Château Latour shows beautifully and is unquestionably an outstanding Pauillac. Lots of darker currants, cedarwood, tobacco, and smoked herbs define the nose, and this medium-bodied, velvety textured, balanced 2019 should evolve for two decades.Drink now to 2042jeb_dunnuck, JebDunnuck.com (August 2022)

The 2019 Le Pauillac de Chateau Latour is made from 55.8% Cabernet Sauvignon, 38.8% Merlot, and 5.4% Petit Verdot. Deep garnet-purple in color, it leaps with notions of warm cassis, stewed black cherries, and mulberries, plus wafts of pencil shavings and charcoal. The full-bodied palate is very tight-knit and grainy, with a racy line of freshness and lifted finish.Drink 2024 - 2039Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW, The Wine Independent (May 2023)

The 2019 Pauillac de Latour has a welcome strictness and focus on the nose, a straight-down-the-line Pauillac with graphite and pencil shavings infusing the black fruit. The oak is neatly integrated. The palate is medium-bodied, fresh and taut, with pliant tannins and fine acidity. A graphite infused finish doesn't press down too hard on the accelerator. Not over-ambitious - that's its strength. Difficult to believe this is in fact the third wine! Tasted blind at the Southwold annual tasting.Drink 2025 - 2050Neil Martin, Vinous.com (January 2023)

Tasted blind. Looks very young. Hidden, restrained nose. Cool and densely fruited. Still quite embryonic but should bloom. Lots of concentration. Dry, tannic finish. Did quite well on the group votes!Drink 2030 - 2050jancis_robinson_mw MW, JancisRobinson.com (January 2023)