3 MAGNUMS PER LOT
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CHâTEAU LATOUR--VINTAGE 2005
PAUILLAC, 1ER CRU CLASSé
TASTING NOTE: ONLY 44 OF THE PRODUCTION MADE IT INTO THE DENSE RUBY/PURPLE-HUED 2005 LATOUR, A POWERFUL, BACKWARD, 12,000-CASE BLEND OF 87 CABERNET SAUVIGNON AND 13 PETIT VERDOT AND MERLOT. AS I WROTE LAST YEAR, THIS CLASSIC EFFORT IS BUILT FOR THE AGES, AND IS LARGELY DESTINED TO BE DRUNK BY OUR OFFSPRING RATHER THAN ANYONE OVER THE AGE OF 50 TODAY. COMPLEX AROMAS OF CRUSHED ROCKS, GRAPHITE, BLACK CHERRIES, CREME DE CASSIS, NEW SADDLE LEATHER, AND DRIED MUSHROOMS ARE STILL TIGHTLY WOUND. THE WINE IS FULL-BODIED AND POWERFUL WITH EXCEPTIONALLY HIGH TANNIN COMBINED WITH ZESTY ACIDITY, AND LASER-LIKE FOCUS. IT WILL REQUIRE 15 OR MORE YEARS OF CELLARING. I STILL PREFER THE 2003, BUT ADMINISTRATOR FREDERIC ENGERER SAYS THIS IS MORE LATOUR. ANTICIPATED MATURITY: 2020-2060. 96 POINTS. ROBERT PARKER, WINE ADVOCATE # 176
APR 2008
LATOUR IS ALWAYS THE MOST DIFFICULT MEDOC FIRST-GROWTH TO FIND, LARGELY BECAUSE THE VINEYARD AND PRODUCTION ARE MUCH SMALLER THAN ITS PEERS AND BECAUSE OF THE SEVERE SELECTION ROUTINELY DONE BY OWNER FRANCOIS PINAULT AND ADMINISTRATOR FREDERIC ENGERER.
3 MAGNUMS PER LOT
PAUILLAC, 1ER CRU CLASSé
TASTING NOTE: ONLY 44 OF THE PRODUCTION MADE IT INTO THE DENSE RUBY/PURPLE-HUED 2005 LATOUR, A POWERFUL, BACKWARD, 12,000-CASE BLEND OF 87 CABERNET SAUVIGNON AND 13 PETIT VERDOT AND MERLOT. AS I WROTE LAST YEAR, THIS CLASSIC EFFORT IS BUILT FOR THE AGES, AND IS LARGELY DESTINED TO BE DRUNK BY OUR OFFSPRING RATHER THAN ANYONE OVER THE AGE OF 50 TODAY. COMPLEX AROMAS OF CRUSHED ROCKS, GRAPHITE, BLACK CHERRIES, CREME DE CASSIS, NEW SADDLE LEATHER, AND DRIED MUSHROOMS ARE STILL TIGHTLY WOUND. THE WINE IS FULL-BODIED AND POWERFUL WITH EXCEPTIONALLY HIGH TANNIN COMBINED WITH ZESTY ACIDITY, AND LASER-LIKE FOCUS. IT WILL REQUIRE 15 OR MORE YEARS OF CELLARING. I STILL PREFER THE 2003, BUT ADMINISTRATOR FREDERIC ENGERER SAYS THIS IS MORE LATOUR. ANTICIPATED MATURITY: 2020-2060. 96 POINTS. ROBERT PARKER, WINE ADVOCATE # 176
APR 2008
LATOUR IS ALWAYS THE MOST DIFFICULT MEDOC FIRST-GROWTH TO FIND, LARGELY BECAUSE THE VINEYARD AND PRODUCTION ARE MUCH SMALLER THAN ITS PEERS AND BECAUSE OF THE SEVERE SELECTION ROUTINELY DONE BY OWNER FRANCOIS PINAULT AND ADMINISTRATOR FREDERIC ENGERER.
3 MAGNUMS PER LOT