Five Decades of Château Latour Dinner, Tuesday 3rd December 2024
Dinners
Join us for one of our fine dining evenings. A perfect way to find out more about a specific wine region or style, or to simply relax over a more leisurely affair absorbing the knowledge of your expert host over several courses of the finest food and wine.
Food will be prepared in-house by our fantastic team, with Head Chef Stewart Turner at the helm; while our range of wine specialists will guide you through the glass in your hand.
When is a wine ready to drink?
We provide drinking windows for all our wines. Alongside the drinking windows there is a bottle icon and a maturity stage. Bear in mind that the best time to drink a wine does also depend on your taste.
Not ready
These wines are very young. Whilst they're likely to have lots of intense flavours, their acidity or tannins may make them feel austere. Although it isn't "wrong" to drink these wines now, you are likely to miss out on a lot of complexity by not waiting for them to mature.
Ready - youthful
These wines are likely to have plenty of fruit flavours still and, for red wines, the tannins may well be quite noticeable. For those who prefer younger, fruitier wines, or if serving alongside a robust meal, these will be very enjoyable. If you choose to hold onto these wines, the fruit flavours will evolve into more savoury complexity.
Ready - at best
These wines are likely to have a beautiful balance of fruit, spice and savoury flavours. The acidity and tannins will have softened somewhat, and the wines will show plenty of complexity. For many, this is seen as the ideal time to drink and enjoy these wines. If you choose to hold onto these wines, they will become more savoury but not necessarily more complex.
Ready - mature
These wines are likely to have plenty of complexity, but the fruit flavours will have been almost completely replaced by savoury and spice notes. These wines may have a beautiful texture at this stage of maturity. There is lots to enjoy when drinking wines at this stage. Most of these wines will hold in this window for a few years, though at the very end of this drinking window, wines start to lose complexity and decline.
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Description
With a history dating back to the 14th century, Château Latour stands as a crown jewel among the classed growths of the Médoc and, for many, is unrivalled in its grandeur and immense depth. At the heart of its estate lies the renowned Enclos, a vineyard that has remained largely unchanged since the late 18th century and is justifiably considered one of the greatest terroirs in the world.
For this very special evening, attendees will experience an array of spectacular wines from the depths of Latour’s library collection, tasting eight wines spanning five decades. The dinner will commence with two outstanding recent vintages of Les Forts de Latour, the château’s second cuvée, produced from outlying parcels since 1966 and a wine with a collector following all of its own. Following this, guests will enjoy two blockbuster, 100-point vintages crafted under Frédéric Engerer’s stewardship – the 2016 and 2009 – before continuing with the highly acclaimed 2000 and 1995 vintages. We’ll explore even greater maturity with the final course, featuring two structured and age-worthy vintages, 1986 and 1975, showcasing the remarkable longevity of this First Growth estate.
As ever, our talented chef Stewart Turner will prepare a sumptuous four-course dinner to accompany these incredible wines.
Wines to be tasted:
Apéritif: Champagne Jacquesson, Cuvée 742, Extra Brut
2018 Les Forts de Latour, Pauillac
2015 Les Forts de Latour, Pauillac
2016 Château Latour, 1er Cru Classé, Pauillac
2009 Château Latour, 1er Cru Classé, Pauillac
2000 Château Latour, 1er Cru Classé, Pauillac
1995 Château Latour, 1er Cru Classé, Pauillac en jéroboam
1986 Château Latour, 1er Cru Classé, Pauillac en magnum
1975 Château Latour, 1er Cru Classé, Pauillac
Dress code: smart casual
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