Châ;teau Latour 1999拉圖莊園
Vintage(年份):1999年
Volume(容量):750ML
Classification(等級):AOC
Alcohol percentage(酒精度):13% v/v
Appellation(地理位置):Pauillac
Chateau Classificatiom(級別):一級名莊
Grapes Varieties(葡萄品種):Cabernet Sauvignon 80%, Merlot (18%), Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot (together 2%).
Vineyard area(葡萄園面積):62公頃
Average vine age(平均樹齡):30-40年
Production(產(chǎn)量):132000瓶
The second wine(副牌酒):Les Forts de Latour(拉圖堡)
Taste notes(品嘗記錄):
拉圖堡一般至少需要10到15年才會成熟。成熟后的拉圖堡有極豐富的層次感,酒體豐滿而細(xì)膩。正如一位著名的品酒家所形容的,拉圖堡就猶如低沉雄厚的男低音,醇厚而不刺激,優(yōu)美而富于內(nèi)涵,是月光穿過層層夜幕灑落一片銀色。
Tasted by Mrbuzz on 7/27/2009 & rated 96 points: TN: Burgundy vs. U.S Pinot Noir blind tasting....plus a dozen others!!! (Buzzini House): Edsons blind....I thought Pauillac, maybe Pontet Canet 03? Friggin AMAZING! So plush yet firm with dusty graphite tannin, dark blackberry, currants, cherry fruit....leather, dry French oak spice, deep deep floral spice, creamy vanilla, smoke. I held this is my glass as long as possible. Wish I could drink this everyday! And to think how a great Vintage would be like.......truly amazing stuff!
The history of chateau(酒莊歷史):
位于法國波爾多(Bordeaux)梅多克(Medoc)波依亞克(Pauillac)的拉圖堡(Chateau Latour)是一個早在14世紀(jì)的文獻(xiàn)中就已提到的古老莊園。但當(dāng)時它還不是酒莊,16世紀(jì)時才開墾成為葡萄園。在1855年已被評為法國五大列級名莊之一,其中倍受紅酒愛好者們追捧的產(chǎn)品便是Ch. Latour——拉圖堡。
這座古老的酒園在1670年被法國路易十四的私人秘書戴•;夏凡尼(dE Chanannes)買下。以后一直在法國貴族之間轉(zhuǎn)手。但在1963年,當(dāng)時掌握拉圖堡的三大家族中的Beaumonthe和Cortivron因為不愿每年將紅利分給68位股東,竟把酒園79%的股份賣給了英國的波森與哈維(Pearson and Haarveys of Bristol)兩個集團(tuán)!消息傳來,舉國震驚。不少法國人視其與賣國行為無異!1989年已成為哈維集團(tuán)東主的里昂聯(lián)合集團(tuán)(Alliance Lyonnais)以近2億美元的天價把在波森集團(tuán)手中的股份購回:每公頃單價為14,000,000法郎,換算到每株葡萄樹即值1800法郎,堪稱全球最昂貴的酒園!1993年,法國百貨業(yè)巨子——春天百貨公司(Printemps)的老板Francois Pinault以720,000,000法郎購下拉圖堡的主控權(quán)。
Although viticulture did not come to dominate the landscape of the Médoc until the early 18th Century, once the Dutch engineers had drained the marshland and exposed the gently rolling hills of gravel so suited to the vine, that does not mean there is no history here before that time. Chateau Latour is a prime example, as although the extensive vineyards were not fully established until about 1670, the history of the estate itself dates back to at least the 14th Century.
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