John Gilman: One of the great wines on the Right Bank this year and likely to be one of the best vintages at this estate in several decades. The bouquet is deep, pure, and absolutely classic, soaring from the glass in a blaze of plums, black cherries, dark chocolate, a bit of nuttiness, woodsmoke, soil tones, and a deft touch of vanillin oak. On the palate, the wine is deep, full-bodied, suave, and refreshingly light on its feet for the vintage, with a sappy core of fruit, ripe, fine-grained tannins and excellent length and grip on the velvety and well-balanced finish. Really a lovely vintage for Latour à Pomerol, reminding me quite a bit of the 1982. 2017–50. 17.5/18