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Latour à Pomerol 2016

RegionBordeaux
Subregion France > Bordeaux > Right Bank > Pomerol
ColourRed
TypeStill
Grape VarietyMerlot

This 8 hectare property has been managed by the JP Moueix family for 50 years and makes typically smooth and polished Pomerol from 96% Merlot, 4% Cabernet Franc.

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A juicy and refined wine with deep fruit, firm and silky tannins and a fresh finish. Medium-bodied and edgy and bright. Doesn’t possess the power of the 2015 but outstanding.

93/94
James Suckling, JamesSuckling.com, March 2017

Blended of 96% Merlot and 4% Cabernet Franc, the medium garnet-purple colored 2016 Latour à Pomerol is a little reticent to begin, unfolding slowly to give glimpses of warm redcurrants, fresh plums and kirsch scents plus wafts of tar, garrigue and forest floor. Medium-bodied, the palate is tightly wound, offering great freshness and a firm frame of grainy tannins, finishing long and earthy. Drink 2019 - 2039.

94
Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW, Wine Advocate (Interim), November 2018

Plush and pumped up, stretching out with those elongated tannins and fresh acidities. Totally gorgeous cassis, blackberry, coffee, peppery spice, slate and tar. It's muscular and ripped, but with a wonderfully rich, textured quality to the tannins. Very much a physical experience, you are pushing through these flavours one at a time. 96% Merlot and 4% Cabernet Franc.

Drinking Window 2027 - 2045

94
Jane Anson, Decanter.com, April 2017

Dark crimson. Relatively light nose with some floral hints. Sprightly with notable acidity. Polished and racy with very marked tannins. For the moment it's all potential rather than reality.
Drink 2028-2044

17
Jancis Robinson MW, JancisRobinson.com, April 2017

The 2016 Château Latour a Pomerol (96% Merlot and 4% Cabernet Franc) is a beautiful, classic, downright sexy Pomerol. Plenty of black cherries, currants, chocolate, and earthy tobacco notes all emerge from this medium-bodied, plump, rounded beauty that has impeccable balance, ripe, present tannins, loads of sweet fruit, and a great finish. It's a beauty. Drink 2021-2041.

93
Jeb Dunnuck, JebDunnuck.com, March 2019

Ripe black plums the fruit is fleshy and rich the mid palate supple with fine integrated tannins. Bright in the middle bramble freshness but under this there is the richness of ripe black plum and cherry. 2025-36

89/92
Derek Smedley MW, DerekSmedleyMW.co.uk, April 2017

Latour à Pomerol has a reputation for producing meaty, backward wines, but the opposite is the case here. So fresh and smooth that you could sup it from the barrel as it matures, this is a fresh, floral, grassy delight with fine tannins and stylish oak integration. 2022-30

95
Tim Atkin MW, timatkin.com, April 2017
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The 2016 Latour a Pomerol is a blend of 96% Merlot and 4% Cabernet Franc this year. I found the nose a little disjointed compared to others, maybe just a touch of leanness here, although it does meld together with aeration and develops attractive mineral/limestone scents that complement the bright red fruit. The palate is medium-bodied with gritty tannin on the entry, plenty of tobacco and cedar notes lending it a Left Bank-like personality, a touch rigid towards the finish. Not a bad Latour-à-Pomerol, but to be honest I have tasted better in recent vintages, including the 2014 and 2015.
Drink Date 2021 - 2038

90/92
Neal Martin, Wine Advocate (230), April 2017
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