fredag 25. april 2025

Primeur 2024 Pauillac, including Château Latour


Very few got to taste Château Latour during primeur this vintage, due to the very limited production last year. Hardly any in trade, but also quite a few wine critics were left out. So you might not see these wines tasted from all sources. 

 

2024 Château Batailley

Ruby. Some herbs, blackberries, anise, spices, liquorice nose, leaner. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, red fruits, herbs, leaner, some dark fruits, bit short. 87-89

 

2024 Château Bellegrave

Ruby. Blackberries, dark fruits, anise, spices, fruit forward nose. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, red fruits, anise, juicy, some spices, refreshing, good length. 88-90

 

2024 Château Clerc Milon

Ruby. Blackberries, anise, dark fruits, nuanced, blueberries, nuanced nose. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, red fruits, dark berries, detailed, nuanced, elegant, fruit forward, bit firm finish. 92-94

 

2024 Pastourelle de Clerc Milon

Ruby. Red and dark fruits, anise, spices, fruit forward nose, fresh nose. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, red berries, anise, dark fruits, some spices, nuanced, juicy, elegant. 88-90

 

2024 Château Croizet-Bages

Ruby. Cassis, blackberries, anise, dark fruits nose. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, anise, dark fruits, spices, leaner finish, some herbs. 88-90

 

2024 Château d'Armailhac

Ruby. Blackberries, anise, dark fruits, cassis, nuanced, detailed, seductive nose. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, blackberries, anise, refreshing, energetic, detailed, lovely. 92-94

 

2024 Château Duhart-Milon

Ruby. Cassis, blackberries, dark fruits, anise, spices, liquorice, fruit forward nose.  Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, dark and red fruits, anise, nuanced, juicy, elegant texture, long.  91-93

 

2024 Château Fonbadet

Ruby. Red berries, dark fruits, some spices, fruit forward nose. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, red berries, dark fruits, spices, juicy if leaner, good length. 88-90

 

2024 Château Grand-Puy Ducasse

Ruby. Cassis, dark fruits, anise, spices, liquorice, fruit forward nose, lifted. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, detailed, juicy, nuanced, lovely fruit and balance, long finish.  92-94

 

2024 Château Grand Puy Lacoste

Ruby. Cassis, blackberries, dark fruits, blueberries, nuanced, scented, dark fruits, blueberries nose. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, dark fruits, juicy, energetic, detailed, nuanced, layered, long. 38hl yield. 92-94

 

2024 Lacoste-Borie

Ruby. Blackberries, anise, dark fruits, anise, spices, nuanced nose, fruit forward. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, blackberries, anise, dark fruits, anise, juicy, nuanced, detailed, long. 89-91

 

2024 Château Haut-Bages Libéral

Ruby. Blackberries, dark fruits, anise, spices, liquorice, fruit forward nose, scented. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, detailed, spices, minerals, quite bright expression, nuanced, long. Saline. 93-95

 

2024 Château Haut-Batailley

Ruby. Red and dark fruits, anise, spices, liquorice, fruit forward, nuanced nose. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, blackberries, anise, spices, juicy, fruit forward, elegant, refreshing, long. 91-93

 

2024 Château Lafite Rothschild

Ruby. Cassis, dark fruits, blueberries, nuanced, detailed, nuanced, layered, intense, fruit forward nose.Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, cassis, dark fruits, anise, juicy, detailed, fruit forward, intense, juicy, elegant, long and layered.  94-96

 

2024 Carruades de Lafite

Ruby. Blackberries, anise, dark fruits, blueberries, fruit driven and nuanced nose.  Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, detailed, nuanced,  scented, fruit forward, detailed, elegant texture, lovely balance, long finish. 92-94

 

2024 Château Latour

Ruby. Scented, dark fruits, anise, spices, liquorice, detailed, lifted, forward, elegant nose, layered. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, detailed, nuanced, elegant, bright, layered, nuanced, juicy, bright, detailed, elegant texture, lovely fruit concentration, long. 11 hl yield in average at Latour. 94-96

 

2024 Les Forts de Latour

Ruby. Dark fruits, anise, spices, liquorice, fruit forward nose, detailed. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, dark fruits, anise, spices, liquorice, nuanced, juicy, refreshing, detailed and elegant, long. 92-94

 

2024 Pauillac

Ruby. Cassis, blackberries, anise, dark fruits, spices nose, blueberries. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, blackberries, dark fruits, spices, nuanced, elegant, refreshing if lighter.  89-91

 

2024 Château Lynch-Bages

Ruby. Dark fruits, liquorice, blackberries, nuanced, fruit forward, intense and deeper nose, especally for the vintage. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, blackberries, dark fruits, anise, juicy, spuces, leaner finish, long.  93-95

 

2024 Château Lynch Moussas

Ruby. Dark fruits, anise, spices, blackberries, fruit forward nose, nuanced. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, red and darker fruits, leaner, herbs, good length. 88-90

 

2024 Château Mouton Rothschild

Ruby. Cassis, blackberries, detailed, dark fruits, nuanced, intense nose, layered. Seductive. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, blackberries, anise, dark fruits, detailed, nuanced, creamy, elegant fruit and body, layered, long. 31 to 38 hl yields accross the estates.  94-96

 

2024 Le Petit Mouton de Mouton Rothschild

Ruby. Blackberries, anise, dark fruits, liquorice, fruit forward nose, detailed, elegant. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, blackberries, juicy, dark fruits, nuanced, elegant, refreshing, long. 91-93

 

2024 Château Pauillac

Ruby. Anise, red berries, some spices, herbs, leaner nose. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, red berries, leaner, juicy, elegant texture, good length. 88-90

 

2024 Château Pedesclaux

Ruby. Red berries, anise, some spices and blackberries nose. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, red and dark fruits, anise, spices, juicy, long. 90-92

 

2024 Fleur de Pedesclaux

Ruby. Blackberries, anise, dark fruits, red berries, nuanced if lighter nose. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, red berries, anise, leaner, some herbs. 86-88

 

2024 Château Pibran

Ruby. Ruby. Blackberries, anise, vanilla, spices, fruit forward nose. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, dark fruits, anise, spices, red berries, good length. 89-91

 

2024 Château Pichon Longueville Baron

Ruby. Blackberries, anise, dark fruits, blueberries, nuanced, scented, elegant nose. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, cassis, blackberries, anise, juicy, elegant and detailed, 20 hl yield, around 50% of the production went into the first wine.  93-95

 

2024 Les Griffons de Pichon Baron

Ruby. Dark fruits, anise, spices, nuanced, blackberries, fruit forward nose. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, red berries, anise, leaner, dark fruits, spices, long.  90-92

 

2024 Les Tourelles de Longueville

Ruby. Dark fruits, blackberries, fruit forward nose, nuanced, , leane rnose, scented. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, red berries, anise, spices, leaner, elegant texture, leaner.  89-91

 

2024 Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande

Ruby. Cassis, blackberries, anise, dark fruits, blueberries, nuanced, fruit forward nose, layered. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, blackberries, anise, detailed, dark fruits, nuanced, juicy, intense, nuanced, long finish.93-95

 

2024 Reserve de la Comtesse

Ruby. Blackberries, anise, blueberries, nuanced, fruit forward nose, detailed. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, blackberries, dark fruits, anise, spices, juicy, nuanced, elegant and long. 90-92

 

2024 Château Pontet-Canet

Ruby. Cassis, blackberries, dark fruits, some spices, fruit forward nose, nuanced, scented nose. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, blackberries, anise, spices, dark fruits, nuanced, leaner bodied, some spices, long finish. Elegant. 92-94

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