This lot is comprised of 3 bottle(s) of Vertical Chateau Latour Grand Vin Pauillac 1994-1996 - 750ml. Estimate for this lot is between $2200 - $3100 with a reserve of $1600. The wine in this lot belongs to collection 11830. Detailed lot - 1 bottle of 1994 Chateau Latour Grand Vin Pauillac (750ml), 1 bottle of 1995 Chateau Latour Grand Vin Pauillac (750ml), 1 bottle of 1996 Chateau Latour Grand Vin Pauillac (750ml).
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Inspired by friends, he began collecting wine in 1990, focusing on Bordeaux and Tuscan vintages starting with1986 and 1988. To deepen his expertise, he completed formal training, subscribed to trade journals, and built an extensive reference library. He regularly attended private tastings and SAQ Courrier vinicole dinners, culminating in an SAQ trip to Bordeaux where he visited and tasted legendary Premier Grands Crus. He also put an unused wine cellar in his home to work housing his growing collection. The vast majority of this collection was purchased from the SAQ, LCBO Vintages, and a few bottles were sourced in Florida at ABC liquor. All bottles in his collection have been strictly stored in a dark, temperature- and humidity-controlled basement cellar using regularly maintained Transtherm and EuroCave units. To preserve their condition during transport to Iron Gate in Calgary, the bottles were packed in insulated styrofoam boxes to guard against light and shock.
1994 Chateau Latour Grand Vin Pauillac from this lot has the following scores - The Wine Advocate 94 points, John Kapon Vintage Tastings 93 points, John Kapon - Vintage Tastings 93 points, Vinous 92 points, Jean-Marc Quarin 92 points, CellarTracker 92 points, Jeff Leve The Wine Cellar Insider 92 points. This is the tasting note for 1994 Chateau Latour Grand Vin Pauillac from Robert Parker - Drunk from magnum, the 1994 Latour is showing brilliantly, bursting with aromas of dark fruits, English walnuts, cigar wrapper, loamy soil and woodsmoke. Medium to full-bodied, deep and fleshy, it's layered and concentrated, with sweet tannins, succulent acids and a long, sapid finish. The wine of the vintage in Bordeaux, I just wish I owned a case. 1995 Chateau Latour Grand Vin Pauillac from this lot has the following scores - Decanter 97 points, The Wine Advocate 96 points, Jeff Leve The Wine Cellar Insider 96 points, John Kapon Vintage Tastings 95 points, John Kapon - Vintage Tastings 95 points. This is the tasting note for 1995 Chateau Latour Grand Vin Pauillac from Robert Parker - A beauty, the opaque dense purple-colored 1995 exhibits jammy cassis, vanillin, and minerals in its fragrant but still youthful aromatics. Medium to full-bodied, with exceptional purity, superb concentration, and a long, intense, ripe, 40-second finish, this is a magnificent example of Latour. As the wine sat in the glass, scents of roasted espresso and toasty new oak emerged. This classic will require considerable cellaring.. 1996 Chateau Latour Grand Vin Pauillac from this lot has the following scores - The Wine Advocate 100 points. This is the tasting note for 1996 Chateau Latour Grand Vin Pauillac from Robert Parker - with a score of 95+ points. From my cellar, the 1996 Latour is still a very youthful, tightly wound wine, unfurling in the glass with notions of blackcurrants, loamy soil, cigar wrapper and English walnuts. Medium to full-bodied, deep and concentrated, it's built around by ripe, increasingly melting tannins and a bright spine of acidity, concluding with a long, penetrating finish. Given this Latour's ruby-black hue and impeccable structure, it still has a long future ahead of it. Today, it really begins to expatiate after four hours in a decanter.
