Château Latour

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A Tower of Strength

James Suckling
Issue: June 30, 2005

When it comes to Château Latour, owner François Pinault, a self-made and largely self-educated French billionaire, looks forward, not backward. He compares his wine not to historic benchmarks, but to the modern works of art in his extensive collection.