Big news, folks. And I mean — BIG.
Released today: the 2016 Château Latour, with eight 100-point scores.
A legendary wine, quite possibly the best of our generation.
Neal Martin of Vinous spoke for many when he compared it to the most superlative vintages produced over the last century, including the mythical 1959 and 1982 vintages.
These bottles are so precious that they are being picked up directly from Latour's legendary cellars and air freighted to the United States as we type — so, along with being guaranteed a taste of generational greatness, you are also guaranteed perfect provenance.
Nearly nine years from vintage, this is the first opportunity to add this crown jewel of a collectible to your cellar.
The fact that it’s just now entering its drinking window is the tantalizing cherry on top.
As you sip, “you are overcome,” wrote Martin, reaching for the loftiest poetical registers, “with the sense of a wine running like clockwork, like a Swiss watch — think Piaget. It is bestowed with astonishing length and yet there is a sense of weightlessness and precision that beckons you back for another sip."
Accompanying this monumental release is the 2019 Les Forts de Latour, a second wine that’s second to none. Les Forts has long transcended its status, establishing itself as a First Growth in all but name, and the 2019 vintage only cements that reputation as a total showstopper. As Lisa Perrotti-Brown has written, it "delivers fantastic freshness and energy, with a firm backbone of rounded tannins and bold fruit, finishing with great length and minerality."
Our allocation of both wines is limited, and with total production 20% lower than the previous vintage, we fully expect every bottle to be accounted for in a matter of hours.
Don't let this moment to take part in history pass you by. Secure your wines today!
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