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Château Latour 1971

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£ 5 625
Auction dateClassic
29.09.2022 00:00UTC +01:00
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CHRISTIE'S
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United Kingdom, London
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Lot 1 | Château Latour 1971
THE TREASURY, Finest Wines from a Peerless Collection



We are delighted to introduce The Treasury. This impeccable collection has been collated by a wine lover over many years from merchants and auction houses. The cellar features an extensive selection of Bordeaux from top Châteaux, Château Lafite-Rothschild from sensational vintages such as 1986, 2005 and 2010 and Château Mouton-Rothschild from the monumental 1982 and 2000 vintages, with the latter in magnum. Château Haut-Brion is offered in cases from landmark vintages such as 1989 and 2015. Across the Gironde, Petrus and Le Pin are well represented, in wooden cases, from top vintages such as 1995, 2000 and 2009.

Burgundy forms the heart of the collection, with famous Domaines appearing in the catalogue; Domaine de la Romanée Conti, Domaine Comte Georges de Vogüé, Domaine Georges Roumier and Domaine Leroy. Cases of Richebourg 2009 from Domaine Leroy are particular highlights as are cases of Bonnes Mares 1971 from Domaine Comte Georges de Vogüé and Chambolle-Musigny Les Amoureuses 1961, which is a jewel for wine collectors. The offering of wines from Domaine Armand Rousseau is extraordinary, with Chambertin and Chambertin Clos de Bèze forming vertical offerings through astonishing vintages.

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From Spain, vintages of Vega Sicilia, Unico and wines from Viñedos Artadi will excite lovers of wines from the Iberian Peninsula. This marquee auction features the best wines from the most sought after vintages and represents the chance for collectors to delve deep into one of the most treasured cellars to come to auction in recent history.

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CHATEAU LATOUR



Château Latour manages to achieve a rare stylistic balance, in that its wines are internationally known for both their elegance and purity of linear fruit flavour, and for their power, muscularity and heroic longevity. Few wines age with such consummate grace as those of Château Latour. These wines are highly tannic in youth, and are famously distinctive in the way they mature slowly, and on their own terms; stubbornly refusing to succumb to the effects of the natural passing of time. The other great hallmark of Latour is its consistency– the wines are consistently impressive, irrespective of whether the vintage is great, mediocre or even slightly disappointing.

The 47 hectares which surround the Château are called "l'Enclos". Only the grapes from these 47 hectares make it into the "Grand Vin de Château Latour". The soils vary from clayey gravel on a subsoil of marly sediment, gravelly sands with small pebbles and marly clay which suits Merlot. All the soils are characterised by excellent drainage which encourages the vines to develop deep roots in search of nutrients and water.



Frédéric Engerer, the President, along with Technical Director Hélène Génin have ensured that grape selection is paramount, and only grapes from vines that are at least 25 years old are allowed into the Grand Vin. Hand–harvesting and a first sorting are carried out by 200 pickers, before being transported to the winery for the second round of sorting and destemming. The winery contains 66 temperature controlled stainless steel vats which enables the separate vinification of different plots. By December the wine is in new oak barrels, where it remains for about 18 months with rackings about every three months. Blending is completed by March the following year, with fining with egg white, but since 1999 there is no filtration and the wine is retuned to vat for a month prior to bottling.

Château Latour 1971

Pauillac, 1er cru classé

Slightly bin-soiled and glue striped labels. Two badly bin-soiled labels. Levels: top-shoulder or better

12 bottles per lot





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Manufactur:Château Latour
Place of origin:Bordeaux, Pauillac, Western Europe, France, Europe
Category:Wine
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