The 2019 Pauillac is dark, fleshy and seductive, all of which will make it an absolute joy to taste when it is eventually released in another few years' time. Richness and radiance of the vintage is on full display. This is an especially bold, luscious vintage for the Pauillac. I loved it. Drink: 2024-2039.

The 2019 Le Pauillac de Chateau Latour is made from 55.8% Cabernet Sauvignon, 38.8% Merlot, and 5.4% Petit Verdot. Deep garnet-purple in color, it leaps with notions of warm cassis, stewed black cherries, and mulberries, plus wafts of pencil shavings and charcoal. The full-bodied palate is very tight-knit and grainy, with a racy line of freshness and lifted finish.

The 2019 Le Pauillac De Château Latour shows beautifully and is unquestionably an outstanding Pauillac. Lots of darker currants, cedarwood, tobacco, and smoked herbs define the nose, and this medium-bodied, velvety textured, balanced 2019 should evolve for two decades. Drink: 2022-2042.

Evident ripeness to the fruits here, giving pretty high open berry aromatics even at this early stage. This is a frank and gourmet style of Pauillac de Latour and will be an early-to-medium term drinker with excellent potential for getting a taste of one of the few unquestionably good quality 3rd wines of Bordeaux. The hot summer meant there were patches of water stress on the sandier soils outside of the main L'Enclos de Latour, leading to more 3rd wine than usual, and it accounts for 25% of production in 2019, from unusually high yields of 44.7hl/ha. 72IPT. Drinking Window: 2023-2034.

The 2019 Le Pauillac de Château Latour is another impressive rendition of this bottling from Latour. Offering up notes of sweet berry fruit, plums, spices and pencil shavings, it’s medium to full-bodied, rich and fleshy, with a ripe core of fruit, lively acids and powdery tannins. This year, it includes some declassified lots from Les Forts de Latour. I'm sure it will show even better when it's released in a few years. Drink: 2025-2045.