2000 Latour

Wine Details
Producer

Latour

Place of Origin

France

Pauillac

Bordeaux

Color

Red

Grape/Blend

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"In 2000 we had great raw material, so we were not afraid to extract a lot," said manager Frederic Engerer. "But in 2002 we had to be very careful. It was especially important to eliminate all the pieces of dead stems on our sorting tables, especially after the destemming. As it turned out, there was a very small proportion of pips [grape seeds, which can give wine a bitter quality when they are crushed] this year so perhaps we could have extracted more." There will be only 105,000 bottles of 2002 Latour, compared to 165,000 from the 2001 vintage. I asked Engerer to compare the young 2002 to the estate's 2000. "The big difference is in aromatic complexity. The 2000 is more opulent, more sympathique The 2002 never ripened as completely, and yet the wine has density and concentration similar to that of the 2000."

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