1982 Château Latour (12-bottle case)
1982 Château Latour (12-bottle case)
Vintage: 1982
Classification: Premier Cru | First Growth
Country: France
Region: Bordeaux | Pauillac
Grape Varieties: Cabernet Sauvignon | Merlot
Price: £28,500
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What is now the Château Latour estate has existed since the 14th century. It is first cited in documents in 1331, when it was the Tor à St-Lambert fortress. The eponymous tower (actually a dovecote) was built in about 1625, allegedly from the stones of the old fortress.
The earliest record of winemaking at Latour dates from 1670. By the 18th century it had acquired a high reputation and was drunk by discerning English gentlemen. An October 1723 letter from J. Bruneval, a Bordeaux merchant, to Henry Powell, wine buyer to Prince George (later George II), refers to “four topping growths… La Tour, Lafite, Château Margaux and Pontac”. It was a favourite wine of Thomas Jefferson, US Minister to France 1785-1789.
Latour was classified as Premier Grand Cru in 1855 with the other three wines cited in that 1723 letter. (Pontac is the former name of Château Haut-Brion).
It remained under the control of various interconnected French families until 1963, when a 53.5% stake was sold to a British consortium led by Viscount Cowdray and a further 25.2% to the English merchant Harvey’s of Bristol. In 1993, the French businessman François Pinault, who also owns Christie’s, purchased Latour.
Latour announced in 2012 that it would no longer participate in the annual en primeur release of new wines, thus increasing its scarcity (and price) in the global fine wine market.
Latour is a 76-hectare estate, of which 47 hectares are planted with vines cheek by jowl with the château – the “L’Enclos” vineyard, which runs to the Pauillac/Saint-Julien border and the vines of Château Léoville-Las-Cases.
Condition
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Provenance
Private cellar via UK merchant.
(BAJ)
Currently stored In Bond (IB) at LCB and available ex-Duty and ex-VAT.