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Latour Martillac Rouge 2019 75cl

Grand Cru Classé | Graves, Pessac-Léognan | Bordeaux | France
CHF 31.35
Critics scores
90 Wine Spectator
This compact yet accessible wine is juicy, offering a solid burst of steeped plum and black currant fruit laced with black licorice and ending with a tarry note. Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Petit Verdot. Drink now through 2029. 12,500 cases made, 2,000 cases imported. — JM
Producer
Château Latour-Martillac
Designated a Graves Classed Growth in 1953, Château Latour-Martillac owes its name to the tower in the courtyard, the vestige of a fortress built in the 12th century by the ancestors of the famous winegrower and philosopher, Montesquieu. Located on an outstanding rise of Pyrenean gravel, this estate caught the eye of Édouard Kressmann, a Bordeaux négociant, as early as 1871. He was particularly impressed with the quality of the white wines. His elder son, Alfred, finally bought the estate in 1930. He expanded the red wine vineyard and, in 1934, designed with his son, Jean, the label with gold and sand-colored diagonal stripes that is still used today. Today, Jean Kressmann's sons, Tristan and Loïc, assisted by the best consulting oenologists in Bordeaux, perpetuate the family tradition in order to extract the quintessence of the superb Graves terroir. Thanks to their elegant structure and balance, the red and white wines of Latour-Martillac are widely recognized as among the most reliable in Pessac-Léognan.