Iron Gate Fine Wine Auction-Gold Club Only
Wed, Jun 4, 2025 03:00PM EDT - Thu, Jun 5, 2025 03:00PM EDT
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Lot 30
1996 Chateau Latour Grand Vin Pauillac - 1 bottle(s)-1500ml
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This lot is comprised of 1 bottle(s) of 1996 Chateau Latour Grand Vin Pauillac - 1500ml. Estimate for this lot is between $2200 - $3000 with a BUY IT NOW of $2600. The wine in this lot belongs to collection 11629.
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A consignor who was a member of a group of professionals who launched a wine club in Toronto during the mid-1970s. Though his interest in wine was long-standing, his serious collecting didn’t begin until after his retirement in 2008. Following several years of research into proper wine storage and investment, he crossed paths with Warren Porter, which further shaped his approach. Most of the wines were sourced through Iron Gate, while additional selections came from the LCBO's Oakville flagship store and its exclusive Classics catalogue. His collection was housed in custom-built cellars, maintained at optimal temperature and humidity, with each bottle categorized by its purpose: Investment, Maturation, or Inheritance.
1996 Chateau Latour Grand Vin Pauillac has following scores - The Wine Advocate 99, Jeannie Cho Lee (formerly Asian Palate) 99, Jeff Leve The Wine Cellar Insider 98, John Kapon Vintage Tastings 98. 1996 Chateau Latour Grand Vin Pauillac has the score of 95+ from Robert Parker and the tasting note -From my cellar, the 1996 Latour is still a very youthful, tightly wound wine, unfurling in the glass with notions of blackcurrants, loamy soil, cigar wrapper and English walnuts. Medium to full-bodied, deep and concentrated, it's built around by ripe, increasingly melting tannins and a bright spine of acidity, concluding with a long, penetrating finish. Given this Latour's ruby-black hue and impeccable structure, it still has a long future ahead of it. Today, it really begins to expatiate after four hours in a decanter.