A Merlot-dominated wine, but one that, despite its modern ageing, does not drown in wood. On the contrary, used barrels seem to have been used, as the tannins are of high quality and well contain the fruit bordering on overextraction. Although I'm not a big fan of the right side, I like drinking this as a slutty wine. A crowd pleaser.
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Tasted next to the Pontet Canet 2003 to bridge the waiting time: Latour Martillac is currently one of my favorite wines, as I prefer the classic Bordeaux aging method. By this I mean above all a skillful, restrained use of wood and no overripe, and thus for me arbitrary extraction, which often ends in exaggerated fruity fuzziness. None of this applies to this wine, it is still relatively young, the balance between the tannins, fruit and acidity is not there yet for the lover of mature Bordeaux's, but the assets (especially the precise fruit with the great tannins) promise a lot. You can't taste the 14% alcohol. I have directly reordered another case of Magnum's, as I believe after integrating all the flavor components, he will still increase significantly. The supply of available bottles is visibly decreasing, one should not wait too long with the order. Off the chain qpr.
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Brief tasting note: After 4.5 hours in the air, the fun began: perfumed nose with great ripe but not overripe floral notes, full-bodied, taste typical Paulliac (pencil!), however, the great, ripe (rather atypical) and rich fruit is repeated here in the transition to tertiary aromatics, the tannins still palpable but not dominating and super fitting with nice depth giving, acidity absolutely still there and alive. This was really a stunner. And it can still go for ages. To the filet with porcini mushrooms and truffles an absolute upside. Something like this makes me happy.
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2015 Château Tour Saint-Christophe
12/30/2022 - Nick oakwood Likes this wine: 93 Points
A Merlot-dominated wine, but one that, despite its modern ageing, does not drown in wood. On the contrary, used barrels seem to have been used, as the tannins are of high quality and well contain the fruit bordering on overextraction. Although I'm not a big fan of the right side, I like drinking this as a slutty wine. A crowd pleaser.
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2015 Château Latour-Martillac
12/25/2022 - Nick oakwood Likes this wine: 93 Points
Tasted next to the Pontet Canet 2003 to bridge the waiting time: Latour Martillac is currently one of my favorite wines, as I prefer the classic Bordeaux aging method. By this I mean above all a skillful, restrained use of wood and no overripe, and thus for me arbitrary extraction, which often ends in exaggerated fruity fuzziness. None of this applies to this wine, it is still relatively young, the balance between the tannins, fruit and acidity is not there yet for the lover of mature Bordeaux's, but the assets (especially the precise fruit with the great tannins) promise a lot. You can't taste the 14% alcohol. I have directly reordered another case of Magnum's, as I believe after integrating all the flavor components, he will still increase significantly. The supply of available bottles is visibly decreasing, one should not wait too long with the order.
Off the chain qpr.
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2003 Château Pontet-Canet
12/25/2022 - Nick oakwood Likes this wine: 95 Points
Brief tasting note: After 4.5 hours in the air, the fun began: perfumed nose with great ripe but not overripe floral notes, full-bodied, taste typical Paulliac (pencil!), however, the great, ripe (rather atypical) and rich fruit is repeated here in the transition to tertiary aromatics, the tannins still palpable but not dominating and super fitting with nice depth giving, acidity absolutely still there and alive. This was really a stunner. And it can still go for ages. To the filet with porcini mushrooms and truffles an absolute upside. Something like this makes me happy.
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