2018 Latour a Pomerol
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The 2018 Latour à Pomerol was a difficult wine to judge out of barrel last year. Now in bottle, I am still not convinced by the nose, which is missing the focus and harmony that I know this cru can deliver in spades. There are lots of tobacco and earthy notes, but it needs more fruit. The palate is medium-bodied with chewy tannins, rather rustic and big-boned in style, leading to a slightly austere finish. It just misses the charm of its peers.
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James Suckling
Antonio Galloni, Vinous
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All Merlot from a tiny parcel on the upper plateau, the 2018 Château Latour A Pomerol is one of the more concentrated, structured wines in the Moueix stable. It offers a powerful, medium to full-bodied, concentrated style that has some oak to integrate, terrific black and blue fruits, notes of chocolate, saddle leather, and earthy tobacco, building tannins, and a great finish. It comes together beautifully with time in the glass and is a serious, age-worthy Pomerol that will benefit from 4-5 years of bottle age and keep for two decades.
The 2018 Latour à Pomerol is effusive and racy right out of the glass. Crushed raspberry, cherry jam, mocha, new leather, spice and cedar fill out the layers. Ripeness is decidedly pushed in the 2018. The tannins are a bit firm, so a few years in the cellar seems prudent. Latour à Pomerol walks on the wild side in 2018. I liked this quite a bit more in barrel.