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View From the Cellar · John Gilman
“Since 1962, the wines at Latour à Pomerol have been utterly classic examples of the commune, with pure, succulent and plummy fruit, coupled to lovely soil tones, often a nice dollop of chocolate, plenty of cigar-oriented nuances, and with enough bottle age, loads of black truffles in the personality of the wines.
It is probably right up there with estates such as Château l'Evangile, Château La Conseillante and Château Certan de May, to place it in its proper context of top domaines in the commune.”
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Artisan.wine · Pomerol, Bordeaux · A Father's Day Allocation
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Pétrus' Secret Sibling · The Same Family. The Same Soil. A Tenth of the Price.
The greatest right-bank value of 2017 is perfectly-aged for Father's Day.
The 2017 Château Latour à Pomerol library is pure velvet. VM 94, WA 93+, WS 93, JS 93, WE 93. Farmed by the Moueix family (the Pomerol dynasty behind Château Pétrus) since 1962. 100% Merlot. Only 2,000 cases made for the entire planet. Now drinking beautifully. 24 bottles left at $134.97.
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Dear Wine Lover,
Most serious Bordeaux collectors have heard of Château Pétrus. Many have heard of Le Pin, of Trésor-tier sibling Trôtanoy, of cult Pomerols like Hosanna and L'Eglise Clinet. Far fewer realize that the same hands behind Pétrus and Trôtanoy — the Jean-Pierre Moueix family, the dynasty that has quietly run Pomerol from a discreet office in Libourne for nearly a century — also farm a 7.5-hectare plot on the Pomerol plateau called Château Latour à Pomerol.
They have done so since 1962. Sixty-three vintages. Same family. Same vineyard team. Same uncompromising winemaking standards as Pétrus itself. The estate was originally acquired in 1917 by Madame Loubat — the same person who owned Pétrus — and the entire vineyard is just steps from Pétrus on the Pomerol plateau, planted on the same diversity of gravel, clay, and loam soils that produce the most famous Merlot in the world.
The 2017 vintage of Latour à Pomerol just hit a sweet spot virtually every other top Pomerol of the vintage has not: it is drinking right now. Wine Advocate's review window opens 2022. Wine Spectator says 2022 through 2038. Vinous: 2025 through 2047. Five major critics scored it 93 to 94. And the scarcity is real: only 2,000 cases were made for the entire planet — twenty-four bottles of which remain in our cellar.
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The Pomerol Pricing Reality
A side-by-side at the 2017 vintage.
Approximate current US market for the 2017 vintage of each Pomerol estate, sourced from Wine-Searcher comps. Same vintage. Same commune. Same DNA.
| Estate · 2017 Vintage |
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| Château l'Eglise Clinet |
$300+ |
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★ Our Allocation · 24 Bottles
Château Latour à Pomerol
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$134.97
Artisan.wine
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Per Online US average for the 2017 vintage at retail.
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The Bottle
Plum, chocolate, cigar, black truffle. The full Pomerol register.
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2017 Latour à Pomerol · VM 94 / WA 93+ / WS 93 / JS 93
⚠ Last 24 Bottles
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Pomerol Plateau · J.P. Moueix Since 1962 · 2,000 Cases Worldwide
2017 Château Latour à Pomerol
100% Merlot · gravel + clay + loam from steps off the Pomerol church · manual harvest, leaf-thinning and green-harvest per the J.P. Moueix protocol · concrete-vat fermentation, oak barrel aging
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94Vinous
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93+Advocate
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93Spectator
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93Suckling
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93Enthusiast
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92Decanter
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91Dunnuck
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94 Points · Vinous · Antonio Galloni · Drink 2025–2047
"The 2017 Latour à Pomerol is a gorgeous wine that is at once deep and yet also super-expressive in its bouquet. Sweet tobacco, dried herbs, mint, pepper and spice give the 2017 striking aromatic presence to play off a core of ripe red cherry fruit. Medium in body yet wonderfully deep and fleshy, the 2017 has so much to offer."
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93+ Points · Robert Parker's Wine Advocate · Drink 2022–2047
"Deep garnet-purple in color and composed of 100% Merlot, the 2017 Latour à Pomerol leaps from the glass with expressive scents of baked plums, warm black cherries and boysenberries with wafts of fallen leaves, bouquet garni and fertile loam. Medium-bodied, the palate delivers mouth-coating, muscular black fruits with a firm backbone of rounded tannins and a long, minerally finish."
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93 Points · Wine Spectator · Drink 2022–2038
"Inviting, with incense and warm plum aromas leading the way, followed by velvet-textured blackberry and fig fruit flavors. Ganache, tobacco and warm earth notes fill in through the finish, melding nicely with the fruit. 2,000 cases made."
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$134.97
Per bottle · only 24 left
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Father's Day Last Call · Right Bank Bordeaux
Five more aged right-bank Bordeaux.
Our best buys on aged Saint-Émilion and Pomerol — from a JS 99 Bel-Air Monánge to a 100-point Cheval Blanc.
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Saint-Émilion Grand Cru · 11 in Stock
2018 Château Canon La Gaffelière
VM 97 · WS 96 · JS 96 · WA 95+ · JD 95 · WE 95
Vinous (97): "All the elements are so well-balanced in this super-expressive Saint-Emilion… when it does open, it is dynamite." 55% Merlot / 35% Cabernet Franc / 10% Cab Sauv. Practicing organic.
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Saint-Émilion Grand Cru · 5 in Stock · Cabernet Franc Showcase
2018 Le Dôme Grand Cru
JD 97+ · WA 97 · DM 97 · TWI 97 · WE 97 · VM 96 · JS 94
Wine Advocate (97): "One of the most elegant vintages of Le Dôme that I've tasted — and I love it!" 80% Cabernet Franc / 20% Merlot. Jonathan Maltus — the only Englishman to receive an OBE for winemaking.
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Pomerol · Latour à Pomerol's Sibling · The Moueix Family
2013 Château Trôtanoy
WE 94 · WA 91–94 · TWCI 92–94
Jeff Leve, The Wine Cellar Insider: "Dark ruby in color, the wine combines notes of spicy chocolate, truffle and sweet, ripe plum with silky tannins and supple textures."
Wine Advocate called it "one of the stars and a major sleeper of the vintage." Only 1,000 cases made — half the usual production. Same J.P. Moueix family as Latour à Pomerol; the older sibling now in its drinking window.
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JS 99 · Limestone Plateau · Another Moueix Estate · 5 in Stock
2018 Château Bélair-Monange
JS 99 · JD 98 · TWI 98 · WA 98 · WE 97 · DM 97 · VM 96 · WS 95
Jeb Dunnuck (98): "The finest vintage of this cuvée I've tasted… going to evolve for 30-40 years." Highest point of Saint-Émilion's limestone plateau; ranked the #1 wine of Saint-Émilion by Cocks & Féret in 1850. Acquired by Moueix in 2008.
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★ FOUR PERFECT 100-POINT SCORES · HALF-BOTTLE (375ml)
2019 Château Cheval Blanc · 375ml
WA 100 · VM 100 · JS 100 · TWI 100 · JD 99 · DM 98 · WS 97 · WE 97
Galloni (100): "The 2019 is an eternal Cheval Blanc." Suckling (100): "One of the greatest young Cheval Blancs I have ever tasted." Right Bank royalty. The half-bottle puts a perfect-scored Premier Grand Cru Classé A in Dad's hand at half the size.
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Father's Day · This Sunday
Six aged Right-Bank treasures.
For the dad who knows the difference.
Latour à Pomerol 2017 $134.97 / 24 · Canon La Gaffelière 2018 $169.97 / 11 · Le Dôme 2018 $189.97 / 5 · Trôtanoy 2013 $169.97 · Bélair-Monange 2018 $299.97 / 5 · Cheval Blanc 2019 (375ml) $499.97.
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All my best,
James Tran
Artisan.wine
P.S. The 2017 was a difficult vintage in Bordeaux — spring frost famously cut yields by half across the Right Bank. But Latour à Pomerol's plot on the high plateau came through with full ripeness, and the wine is now showing exactly what Gilman promised: classic plum, chocolate, cigar, the first hints of truffle. A bottle of Pétrus' DNA at 3% of the price. Text 650-880-3553 for a multi-bottle inquiry.
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