The Iron Chevsky Wine Blog

Last year Araujo was acquired by the Artemis Group, the owners of Chateau Latour. With that, Araujo joined Opus One and Dominus , two others among Napa Valley's greatest wineries closely tied to Bordeaux's greatest estates (Chateau Mouton-Rothschild and Chateau Petrus, respectively). More info on the acquisition can be found  here  and  here . Four years since my last visit , I headed over to Calistoga to talk about the changes, and to taste the wines. The long time director of wine-making Francoise Peschon is no longer there, but her colleague winemaker Nigel Kinsman is still consulting. Largely a new team has been assembled with Frederic Engerer (Latour's president) and Helene Mingot as the Technical Director. Michel Rolland is gone, the Araujos moved on and aren't involved anymore. While the 2011 vintage was made entirely by the old team, the 2012 was the first vintage with the partial influence of the new ownership coming in at the blending phase. Arau...

How old is the oldest wine you've ever had? Serious collectors will eschew a 40 year old wine as nothing extraordinary, but for a semi-regular joe, this is quite a rare museum item. So, what's so special about old wine and what did 1970 Les Forts de Latour taste like? Read the rest of this article on Corkd.com .