Château Latour - Pauillac 1990

Un hiver particulièrement chaud entraîne un débourrement très précoce, noté le 1er mars sur les Merlots. Un printemps irrégulier retarde un peu cette avancée, mais la mi-floraison est notée le 25 mai, avec 15 jours d'avance sur la normale.
Début juillet la charge du vignoble est sévèrement contrôlée par les traditionnelles "vendanges vertes". Tout l'été est très sec et fait particulièrement souffrir la vigne. Mais grâce aux couches argileuses souterraines de "L'Enclos", l'évolution de la maturité se fait dans des conditions idéales.
Les vendanges sont très étalées, du 10 septembre au 2 octobre, pour tirer le meilleur parti de l'ensemble des parcelles. Quelques pluies le 22 et 23 septembre permettent d'achever la maturation du Cabernet Sauvignon.

Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar

98 / 100

byStephen Tanzerthe10/27/2009

Medium-deep red. Great vibrant nose of redcurrant, licorice, minerals and tobacco, along with a minty austerity. Thick and large-scaled, like an essence of Pauillac. Really explodes in the middle palate. Incredible unfolding peacock tail of a finish. A monumental, powerfully structured wine with great long-term aging potential. Drink 2008 through 2040.

Wine Spectator

100 / 100

byJames Sucklingthe2/28/2005

This is one of my favorite wines ever. Full-bodied, with layers of silky fruit and masses of currant, mineral and berry character. Amazing. It's a wine with perfect structure, perfect strength. It's 1961 Latour in modern clothes. It's hard not to drink it now. '89/'90 Bordeaux non-blind horizontal. Best after 2008.

Wine Advocate

96 / 100

byRobert Parkerthe6/30/2000

This is a beauty, but not the awesome blockbuster I remembered. There is a roasted, earthy, hot year character with extremely low acidity, fleshy, seductive, opulently-textured flavors, and a full-bodied finish with considerable amounts of glycerin and tannin. The wine was sweet, accessible, and seductive on the attack, but it closed down in the mouth. Interestingly, when I previously tasted this wine (about six months ago) from a bottle in my cellar, I found it to be impenetrable, needing at least 6-10 years of further cellaring. Based on this example from the Chateau's cellar, it could be drunk now. In any event, it will last 25-30 years, but is it the immortal classic many observers, including myself, thought it was? Anticipated maturity: 2005-2030.

Wine Advocate

98 / 100

byRobert Parkerthe2/28/1997

Neither the 1989 or 1990 wines has budged in quality or development since I first tasted them in cask. There is no doubting the 1990 Latour is a potential candidate for the wine of the vintage. Remarkably youthful, with a deep purple color, and full-bodied, powerful, massive richness, everything is held together by high levels of tannin. Fortunately, the tannin is sweet and ripe, making evaluation easy. The finish, which lasts for 35-40 seconds, reveals layers of flavor as well as impressive purity. This backward 1990 requires another 7-10 of cellaring. It is a wine for drinking between 2005-2035.
At a subsequent blind tasting, I had the 1990 side by side with the 1982 Latour. The 1982 was even more concentrated and layered than the 1990!

Wine Advocate

98 / 100

byRobert Parkerthe10/30/1994

Tasted 6 Times Since Bottling With Consistent Notes
Unquestionably the 1990 is the finest, most archetypical Latour since the 1982 and 1970. This monumental wine signals a return to the more forceful, opaquely colored, powerful, brute-like strength style for which Latour was famous during most of this century. The flirtation, intentional or otherwise, with a lighter style of wine is not apparent in this blockbuster. The 1990 exhibits tight but highly promising aromas of minerals, roasted nuts, and super-ripe, rich cassis fruit. It is an exceptionally powerful wine, with massive intensity, plenty of glycerin, as well as extraordinary extract and mouth-searing tannins that explode on the palate. Along with Margaux and Petrus, Latour is a strong favorite for the wine of the vintage! A triumph! Anticipated maturity: 2000-2035.

Wine Advocate

98 / 100

byRobert Parkerthe8/31/1993

The phenomenally concentrated, highly extracted 1990 exhibits a tight but highly promising bouquet of minerals, roasted nuts, and super-ripe, rich cassis fruit. It is an exceptionally powerful wine, with massive intensity, plenty of glycerin, as well as extraordinary extract and mouth-searing tannins. An explosively rich Latour, it may develop along the lines of the 1970. Along with Montrose, Margaux, and Petrus, Latour is a strong favorite for the wine of the vintage! A triumph! Anticipated maturity: 2000-2035. Last tasted, 8/93.

Wine Advocate

98 / 100

byRobert Parkerthe2/28/1993

Unquestionably the 1990 is the finest, most archetypical Latour since the 1982 and 1970. This monumental wine signals a return to the more forceful, opaquely colored, powerful, brute-like strength style for which Latour was famous during most of this century. The flirtation, intentional or otherwise, with a lighter style of wine is not apparent in this blockbuster. The 1990 exhibits tight but highly promising aromas of minerals, roasted nuts, and super-ripe, rich cassis fruit. It is an exceptionally powerful wine, with massive intensity, plenty of glycerin, as well as extraordinary extract and mouth-searing tannins that explode on the palate. Along with Margaux and Petrus, Latour is a strong favorite for the wine of the vintage! A triumph! Anticipated maturity: 2000-2035.

Wine Advocate

94-98 / 100

byRobert Parkerthe6/30/1992

Unquestionably the 1990 is the finest, most archetypal Latour since 1982. In fact, the 1990 signals a return to the more forceful, opaquely colored, powerful, brute-like strength style for which Latour was famous during most of this century. The flirtation, intentional or otherwise, with a lighter style (still foolishly denied by the administration) that was evident between 1983 and 1989, has apparently been reversed. The 1990 exhibits tight but highly promising aromas of minerals, roasted nuts, and super-ripe, rich cassis fruit. In the mouth, there is a powerful intensity, plenty of glycerin, as well as high extract and mouth-searing tannins. This is potentially the wine of the vintage. A triumph! Anticipated maturity: 2000-2025.

Information:	Details:
Couleur	Rouge
Pays	France
Appellation	Pauillac
Millesime	1990
Contenance	Bouteille (75 cl)
Degré d'alcool	12,5°
Domaine	Château Latour

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Couleur

Rouge

Pays

France

Appellation

Pauillac

Millesime

1990

Contenance

Bouteille (75 cl)

Degré d'alcool

12,5°

Domaine

Château Latour

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