【James Suckling 94】
This is very perfumed with blackberry and blueberry aromas, but shows a hot-stone and blanched-almond undertone. Medium-to full-bodied with tight and silky tannins that are extremely polished and beautiful. Love the length and balance to this.
【Wine Advocate 92-94】
The 2016 Latour-Martillac has an understated nose at first, but it unfurls and becomes quite a seductive Pessac-Léognan with ample blackberry and raspberry fruit, and a subtle hint of black olive. I admire the precision here. The palate is medium-bodied with fine, supple tannin overlaid by blackberry and bilberry fruit, sea salt and black pepper. Showing excellent focus and abundant freshness on the finish, this is an assured and sophisticated Latour-Martillac that will give many years of pleasure.
【Wine Enthusiast 93】
A structured wine backed by plenty of black-currant fruits, this is initially austere. Its richness needs time to develop and turn into the classically structured wine that this estate does so well.
【Vinous 92】
The 2016 Latour-Martillac has come together very nicely during its aging. Black cherry, plum,leather, licorice, spice and chocolate give the 2016 much of its racy, extroverted feel. Deep,dark and quite powerful, the 2016 is showing beautifully today. The oak could use a bit moretime to fully come together, but that is a relatively small critique for a wine that delivers somuch pleasure.
【Decanter 92】
This has a fairly high aromatic profile, with a lovely density of brambled blackberry and cassis that's deepened with time in the bottle. There’s a touch of austerity through the mid-palate and the acidity is relatively high, but there's fruit and tannin to back it up. It will age extremely well. Impressive.
【Jeb Dunnuck 91】
The 2016 Château Latour-Martillac is also terrific and has a structured, medium-bodied, firm style that’s going to benefit from cellaring. Blackberries, graphite, new leather, and a kiss of tobacco all emerge from this nicely textured, pure, layered Pessac. Give bottles 4-5 years and enjoy over the following two decades.
【Wine Spectator 90】
Solid, with a juicy yet restrained core of dark currant and blackberry compote flavors that should unwind nicely with modest cellaring thanks to nicely embedded brambly grip and dried tobacco leaf, anise and tar notes that run through the gutsy finish.
Château Latour-Martillac是波爾多 Graves 葡萄酒產區北部Pessac-Léognan產區的葡萄酒莊園，就在波爾多市南部和所謂的加龍河左岸。該莊園生產以赤霞珠為主的混合紅葡萄酒以及以賽美蓉為首的乾白葡萄酒。Latour-Martillac 在 1959 年的 Graves分級中被命名為分級增長，並且是少數幾個同時擁有紅白葡萄酒分級的生產商之一。至少自 19 世紀以來，該物業一直處於葡萄藤下，當時它是較大的 Château La Brède 的一部分。現代莊園名稱來自一座 12 世紀堅固城堡的遺跡，其石頭在 1700 年代後期被用來建造城堡。從 1870 年代開始，Latour-Martillac 由 Edouard Kressmann 和 Kressmann酒商公司管理。他的兒子 Alfred 於 1930 年繼續購買該莊園，此後一直留在 Kressmann 家族。自 1999 年以來，該家族還在Graves 地區的 Cabanac-et-Villagrains 擁有 Château Langlet。
Château Latour-Martillac 擁有 42 公頃（104 英畝）的葡萄藤，其中四分之三種植紅葡萄。赤霞珠佔葡萄藤的大約 60%，還有一些梅洛和少量小維多。賽美蓉佔據了剩餘葡萄園的大部分，緊隨其後的是長相思和一些密斯卡黛爾——該地區白葡萄的經典組合。葡萄園分為兩個部分。莊園上的一座略微升高的山丘，帶有來自加龍河古代運動的礫石土壤，用於赤霞珠和小維多。靠近現代河岸的是一塊仍然是礫石的地塊，底土中含有高濃度的粘土，種植梅洛和白色品種。還有一個 0.65 公頃（1.6 英畝）的小地塊，名為 Grattecap，其歷史可以追溯到 1884 年，主要種植賽美蓉。它完全是手工收穫和馬耕的。Latour-Martillac 於 1986 年開始生產第二款葡萄酒，名為Lagrave-Martillac。
20世紀三十年代初，阿爾弗雷德•克萊斯曼（Alfred Kressmann）和讓•克萊斯曼(Jean Kressmann)兩父子憑藉卓越的藝術才華，為其家族列級酒莊出產的葡萄酒創立了一個酒標。該酒標的設計靈感源自裝飾藝術運動，在當時而言非常時尚，即著名設計—-“金色與茶色橫紋”圖標，沿用至今。很快，大家都對拉圖瑪蒂雅克酒莊出產的葡萄酒贊不絕口。1934年份的拉圖瑪蒂雅克酒莊紅葡萄酒入選“葡萄酒與烈酒慈善會”名錄。並於1936年12月，在英格蘭國王殿下喬治五世的加冕儀式上，拉圖-瑪蒂雅克酒莊葡萄酒入選，成為英格蘭皇室皇家御用葡萄酒之一。
【Pessac Leognan】
Pessac Leognan 作為波爾多的法定子產區，應該算是年紀最輕的一位。從1987年獨立成產區至今不過30年而已，但這個最年輕的產區卻足以傲視群雄。佩薩克-雷奧良（Pessac-Leognan）產區原本是屬於格拉夫（Graves）產區下的兩個酒村：佩薩克酒村（Pessac）和雷奧良酒村（Leognan）。早在1855波爾多列級名莊分級時，四個一級名莊有三個都在梅多克，唯一不在梅多克的那個，就是侯伯王（Haut-Biron，也有稱奧比昂的）。而侯伯王酒莊就在佩薩克酒村。
佩薩克-雷奧良曾經屬於格拉夫產區，因此他們的土質很相近，是黏土（Clay）和礫石（Gravel）的混合體，地勢較為平坦，氣候相對來說也比較溫暖。土壤排水性較好，適合種植赤霞珠。格拉夫與佩薩克-雷奧良產區非常接近，但佩薩克-雷奧良產區卻和梅多克隔了一個波爾多市區。
