Chateau Latour a Pomerol 1961
Chateau Latour a Pomerol 1961
In Bond, excludes duty and VAT · 1x75cl
In bond price shown. Duty and VAT quoted on enquiry · 1x75cl
3 bottles available
From one of our suppliers. Usually ready 6 to 8 weeks after your order is confirmed.
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One bottle of Chateau Latour a Pomerol 1961, offered In Bond from one of our suppliers, usually ready 6 to 8 weeks after your order is confirmed. Price per bottle, In Bond UK.
Duty and VAT are payable only if you later withdraw the wine from bond. Transfers between bonded accounts are arranged by our team after purchase.
Price per bottle £4,755.00 In Bond, excludes duty and VATIn bond price. Duty and VAT quoted on enquiry
3 available, 1x75cl
Offered in bond. Duty and VAT are not included and become payable only if the wine is withdrawn from bond. Transfers between bonded accounts are arranged by our team after purchase.
UK duty is charged on a wine's alcohol strength (ABV). Until we have confirmed the ABV of this wine we cannot take a duty-paid order, so a duty-paid basket is sent to us as an enquiry. We reply with a delivered price including duty and VAT.
This wine comes from one of our suppliers and is usually ready 6 to 8 weeks after your order is confirmed.
Offered subject to availability. We confirm every wine with the supplier before your order is finalised, and contact you the same working day if anything has changed.
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- Format
- 1x75cl
- Vintage
- 1961
- Producer
- Chateau Latour a Pomerol
- Origin
- Pomerol, France
- Type
- Red
- Duty status
- In Bond
- Availability
- From our supplier, 6 to 8 weeks
What the critics say
100 WAWine Advocate, Robert Parker, 01-01-1998
Although the 1947 Cheval Blanc is widely considered to be the "wine of the century" among collectors, the 1961 Latour a Pomerol also merits a share of the title. Giving points to a wine such as this makes one think of Shakespeare's reflection that "comparisons are odious." To put it mildly, this wine is "off the charts." If I had only one Bordeaux to drink, the 1961 Latour a Pomerol would have to be at the top of my list. Given its phenomenal richness and amazing precision and balance, it can bring tears to one's eyes. Still a saturated dark purple color with no signs of amber, orange, or rust, the nose offers extraordinarily rich, intense aromas of jammy plums, black currants, licorice, and truffles. Port-like, with remarkable viscosity and thickness, as well as a finish that lasts for more than a minute, this wine is in a class by itself. Even greater than the 1961 Petrus and 1961 Latour (two perfect wines), it is phenomenal. Given its youthfulness (it is the least evolved wine of the vintage), it has the potential to last for another 20-30 years. Last tasted 12/96
Drink 1996 to 2025
98 VMVinous, Neal Martin, 18-06-2024
The 1961 Latour à Pomerol is one of the most feted, elusive and sadly faked bottles of Bordeaux in the 20th century. The provenance of this is as good as you will find anywhere. It had been purchased by legendary English wine writer Edmund Penning-Rowsell, whose collection was auctioned to the generous host who poured it at the table. Essentially, it had spent its entire life in two exemplary cellars. In some ways, it is an outrageous decadent Pomerol whose modern-day equivalent might well be the 1982 Le Pin. Like the one previous bottle I encountered, it boasts an intense cassis, violet and glycerol bouquet that is turned up to "11" yet manages to retain wonderful delineation. The palate is likewise opulent and ravishing, pure and vivacious. There is breathtaking symmetry and wondrous delineation, though I could understand why someone might regard it as a bit ostentatious and lacking a little refinement. I just adore its disregard for convention and its determination to give untrammeled pleasure. Tasted at the Pomerol 1961 dinner in Hong Kong.
Drink 2023 to 2045
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