Château Latour 1990 Integrated US import label, slightly damaged otherwise pristine. Level: into-neck double magnum (1) Integrated US import label, slightly damaged otherwise pristine. Level: into-neck jeroboam (1) In original wooden case...

Château Latour 1990
Integrated US import label, slightly damaged otherwise pristine. Level: into-neck double magnum (1)
Integrated US import label, slightly damaged otherwise pristine. Level: into-neck jeroboam (1)
In original wooden case. Slightly raised cork due to high fill. Integrated US import label, pristine. Level: into-neck imperial (1)
Tasting note: This is one of the more perplexing Latours to evaluate. It has plenty of sweetness as well as a gorgeous, rich fruitiness, but it lacks the firmness one finds in more recent great vintages such as 1996, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, and 2008. There is plenty of sweet, ripe currant fruitiness, abundant glycerin, and full body, but I’m still waiting for that extra nuance of complexity to emerge. It’s all there, but the wine still seems to be more monolithic than one would expect in a wine approaching 19 years of age. It is not the sure-fire winner I thought it was in its youth, but then again, I don’t have any reason to doubt that more complexity will emerge. Anticipated maturity: 2016-2035. Robert Parker, Wine Advocate 183, June 2009.
1 double-magnum, 1 jeroboam and 1 imperial per lot