2024 Latour Martillac Blanc
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Latour-Martillac Blanc is especially expressive this year, with notes of ripe apricot and lemon zest which soar from the glass. There’s a core of intense, generous mango and pineapple fruit. The palate is mouth-coating, rich and dense, countered by a spine of sappy acidity that gently builds through to the finish. The tannins are faint and well-rounded. Blend: 60% Sauvignon Blanc, 40% Semillon
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Yohan Castaing, Wine Advocate
Jane Anson, Inside Bordeaux
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The 2024 Château Latour-Martillac Blanc is based on 55% Sauvignon Blanc and 45% Semillon, showing the racy, bright style of the vintage. Clean citrus, lime, crushed stone, and mint all emerge from this medium-bodied white, which stays bright and racy on the palate, with good purity and high yet integrated acidity.
Jasmine, honeysuckle, apricot and nectarine, citron pressé and tarte au citron. A little blanched almond and also fennel fronds. This is exquisite and, rather like Larrivet Haut-Brion tasted alongside, it has a very vertical, almost hour-glass shape in the mouth. Tactile and dynamic and ultra-refreshing in its sapidity, this is a great success. I love the zestiness of the finish.
About the producer
Owned and managed by the Kressman family, Latour-Martillac is one of the region’s most recognisable estates – with the eponymous tower standing proudly at its entrance. Its 50 hectares of vines produce benchmark Pessac.