Stephen Tanzer writes in Issue #66 of International Wine Cellar: "For the second consecutive year, Latour is an early candidate for wine of the vintage. Drought stress held down yields in '95, and the château expects to bottle about 10% less grand vin than in the previous year. Tannin levels were high in '95 (as high as the press wine in an average year, according to director Christian Le Sommer), but the tannins are ripe. I continue to find a stalky, raw fruit character to this wine that suggests great Latours of decades past." (05/1996)