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Chateau Latour 1947
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Description
Chateau Latour is among the First Growth properties classified in the Bordeaux 1855 Classification. The estate is situated in the southern portion of Pauillac, bordering St. Julien and the Gironde estuary. Latour is considered one of the longest-lasting First Growths, reflecting its high proportion of Cabernet Sauvignon. Chateau Latour has an almost unequaled track record for producing stunning wines that age and evolve for decades, if not generations.
Tasting notes
Reviewed by: Neal Martin
Garnet core with wide amber rim. An open-knit, fleshy nose with notes of creme brulee, black coffee and molasses. Very sweet aromatics. Lovely balance on the palate with fine acidity. Does not quite have the elegance of the 49 but there is more weight on the mid-palate and more persistency. Redcurrant, cherry, even a touch of lemon rind. Quite Burgundian on the finish, elegant and refined. Must have been very tannic in its youth, but is now a graceful old lady. Drink now. Lovely. Tasted December 2004.
Reviewed by: Neal Martin
Tasted at the 1947 dinner at The Square, London. Two bottles of the Latour ’47 were opened together, the first seemingly enervated with molasses and peppermint on the nose, smooth and fleshy on the palate but nowhere near the class of the 1949 opened at the chateau two years earlier. (89) The second bottle is far superior, immediately demonstrating much more vigour and tension on the captivating nose with Szechuan pepper, peppermint, dried dandelion and tangerine all vying for attention. It seems effervescent and shimmering, akin to the ’59. The palate is exotic and sumptuous with plenty of sweet red berries and spice, although it cannot discard its intrinsic sense of aristocracy and conservatism at the heart of every great Latour. The finish is long and sensual, almost like a Right Bank 1947 than one of the stars of the Left Bank. Voted by many as wine of the night, it personally was not mine, but it remains a truly great First Growth. Tasted April 2013.
Reviewed by: Robert M. Parker, Jr.
I never had much luck with this wine (from my birth year), but a bottle tasted in late March was the finest I have ever had. Although fragile, with considerable amber to its color, it offers a nose of smoked herbs, caramel, and sweet roasted fruit. The palate impression of sweet fruit and abundant glycerin make it a delicious, alluring Latour. The wine dried out in the glass, becoming more marked by acidity and tannin after 10-15 minutes. While still impressive, it needs to be drunk up.
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