Chateau Latour

by Dovaz, Michel; Broadbent, Michael; Hamani, Laziz

• ISBN13: 9782843231001
• ISBN10: 2843231000
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-05-01
• Publisher: Assouline

Summary

This is the first publication devoted exclusively to Chateau Latour, one of the oldest and most prestigious vineyard estates In France. Leading specialist Michel Dovaz traces the history of the chateau. Its various owners and wines, and leads us through the process of making an exceptional wine; from the harvest of the grapes to the hand wrapping of every bottle of Grand Vin. Included is a unique and detailed analysis of each of the chateau's vintages since 1735. This book is beautifully illustrated with especially

Author Biography

Michel Dovaz is one of France's leading wine experts. He is a wine-taster on the European Grand Jury and has been teaching courses on wine-tasting at the prestigious Academie du Vin in Paris since it was founded in 1973. He is the author of over a dozen books about wine, including Bordeaux, a Legendary Wine (Abbeville Press, 1998) and the highly-esteemed Hachette guide to wines. For the past twenty years, he has contributed to many specialist reviews, notably the Revue du vin de France. Michael Broadbent, Master of Wine, is a Director of Christie's and founder and Chairman of Christie's International Wine Department. Laziz Hamani was born in 1959 in Paris, where he currently lives. Besides his work for magazines and the media, he also pursues his own projects, which have led to a series of personal exhibitions in France and Italy since 1976. He has contributed to several art books published by Assouline.

Table of Contents

Foreword	4	(8)
Michael Broadbent
From the Co-Seigneurie to Sole Ownership or the Triumph of Will	8	(26)
A Family Tradition 1670-1963 or continuity rewarded	34	(50)
The Great Estate Managers or the recognition of skill	84	(70)
Chateau Latour or the aura of a premier CRU	154	(18)
Appendices	172