The 2013 Latour a Pomerol is one of the fleshier wines of the vintage. Smoke, tobacco, incense and dark red/black stone fruits all meld together in a wine of distinction and personality. I won't at all be surprised if the Latour a Pomerol ends up being one of the highlights of the vintage. Today it is naturally quite young, but it is impressive just the same. There is plenty to look forward to here.

The 2013 Latour a Pomerol, a blend of 90% Merlot and 10% Cabernet Franc, had a rather sultry, conservative, tertiary bouquet that seems to lack some fruit intensity. In some ways I found a little more aromatic pleasure in the La Grave à Pomerol. The palate is much better: nicely structured with supple tannin, a fine bead of acidity, crisp and crunchy blackberry and raspberry fruit with spice and bay leaf, segueing into a precise finish whose only intention is to give drinking pleasure. Give this a year for the aromatics to awaken and then drink over the next 10-15 years.

Deep ruby. Rather brooding nose hints at spicy plum and black licorice. Clean, fresh and balanced, with spicy blackberry and floral flavors lingering nicely on the back end. The tannins are youthfully chewy but ripe. Though some during the Primeurs found this wine to be too light (it undoubtedly is lighter than usual, but in keeping with the 2013 vintage), I thought was a step up in concentration and density from most Pomerols in 2013.