Latourn.
/ləˈtʊə/ A red Bordeaux wine from the Haut-Médoc district of France.
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claret?1533
Bordeauxc1570
Haut-Brion1663
terse1671
Margaux1705
Lafite1707
long cork1759
Médoc1793
loll-shraub1816
comet claret1828
Latour1833
Mouton1833
palus1833
St. Emilion1833
Larose1841
Pauillac1858
Pontet-Canet1860
Pomerol1866
Léoville1875
Mouton-Rothschild1880
1833 C. Redding Hist. Mod. Wines v. 150 Nearly all the Château Lafitte, and indeed most of the other growths of this commune, are consumed in England. It is lighter than Château Latour.
1920 G. Saintsbury Notes on Cellar-bk. iv. 48 I think the best Latour rather better.
1931 S. Jameson Richer Dust iv. 79 Nicholas watched his scout pouring claret into Hugh's glass... A Latour of '93.
1935 Punch 28 Aug. 238/2 Ah, the Old Latour and the Old Lafite, And the Old Yquem which was not too sweet.
1958 J. W. Lambert in C. Ray Compleat Imbiber II. 200 How, despite one's best endeavours, they echo in the mind, those great names—Lafite, Margaux, Latour, Mouton-Rothschild.
1967 A. Lichine Encycl. Wines & Spirits 321 Full-bodied and hard when young, Latour develops into something firm, rich, and noble.
1973 Country Life 19 Apr. 1052/2 Similar bottles of '66 of Lafite and Latour brought £360 and £300 respectively.
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