1970 Château Latour à Pomerol

This wine has always offered an opulent, rich, concentrated, glorious mouthful of Pomerol. Although there was considerable amber at the edge, this bottle exhibited loads of fruit, as well as a sweet, glycerin-dominated mid-section. With a complex, truffle, coffee, mocha, chocolatey, black-cherry-scented nose, this exotic, fat, ripe Latour a Pomerol remains one of the vintage's great successes. However, do not push your luck; it requires drinking. Wine Advocate.June, 1996

The 1970 Latour à Pomerol is a bottle that I bought in Burgundy for a sum that meant there was no hesitation “popping it into my shopping trolley”. This was less turbid than the Lafleur. Vibrant black fruit, a touch of sous-bois and brine, it is not complex, but there is vivacity after half a century. The palate is a little rustic, yet there is decent depth, and it coheres over 90 minutes. Almost Left Bank in style with cedar and tobacco emerging on the elegant finish, you might think there is more Cabernet in the blend than is planted in the vineyard. This is an unpretentious Pomerol with another decade of pleasure to give.