2005 Latour, 1er Cru Classe Pauillac [Fl. bt. Nr. 1, vsdl]

890,00 
1.186,67  / litre
Wine subject to margin/differential taxation (§25a UStG). No tax deduction for export. If you have any questions, please contact us: shop@traditional-wine.de

12,5% Vol.

Red wines

Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc

Robert Parker: 98+/100

Climate-controlled storage


Wine from France
Bottled by: Chateau Latour, Route des Châteaux, 33250 Pauillac, Frankreich
143363
Contains sulfites

1 in stock

98+ / 100 RobertParker.com
2005 was a very dry, warm and sunny vintage, causing vine stress in some areas of Bordeaux. Harvested from September 26 to October 6, the tannin/IPT levels were very high this year. The 2005 Latour is blended of 87% Cabernet Sauvignon, with the rest Merlot and Petit Verdot. It is the biggest surprise of this tasting—until now, the wine was relatively closed and broody, but today the wine is just starting to reveal its personality—and what a stunner! Medium to deep garnet-purple colored, it opens with provocative floral scents of roses and violets over a core of fresh blackcurrants, chocolate-covered cherries and black raspberries with hints of fertile loam, unsmoked cigars and black tea. Medium to full-bodied, firm, grainy and packed with muscular fruit, it has an epically long, savory finish sparked by floral notes. 12,000 cases were made.