Latour - 1988 (750ml) Size:750ml and succulence of fruit

and succulence of fruit

I did not expect such a blockbuster effort from this St

the finish dense and unyielding

A glass-coating opaque purple color

and a pungent

Latour - 1988 (750ml) Size:750ml and succulence of fruitThe best showing yet for a wine from this under rated vintage, the dark garnet colored 1988 Latour reveals slight amber at the edge. A bouquet of melted tar, plums, black currants, cedar, and underbrush is followed by a sweet entry, with medium to full body, excellent ripeness, and mature tannin. It is a classic, elegant Latour with more meaty, vegetable like flavors than are found in a riper year, such as 1989 and 1990. The 1988 has just begun to