A memorable New Year's Eve dinner: From 75cl, perfect cork, P+P. Dark but translucent. This was delightful shortly after pouring, and improved further in the glass. Beautiful blackcurrant and lead-pencil scent; super-clean, medium-bodied entry with just a touch of 2004 brusqueness under its smooth texture, but no green tannins; seamlessly silky mid-palate; decently long clean, moreish finish. This does exactly what it says on the label: a text-book Pauillac with no hard edges, perhaps a bit one-dimensional, but so very delicious. 15-20 years after the vintage seems an excellent time to open Pauillac de Latour in less-than-stellar vintages, as I previously found with the 2002. Now-2025? 90P
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Aged much more elegantly than I was expecting given other tasting notes. Garnet colour, leather and some light spice on the nose. Medium finish. Slight acidity. I would say this can drink easily for another couple of years, shame this is my last bottle and I won't be able to test the theory.
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2hr double decant still about right. Some strange fruit salad notes in this bottle (see my previous CT notes). The young vines used really show. Functional but at least has character.
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Exactly as predicted 2yrs ago, this has significantly improved. Maybe even better in 2 more years, but this will not make old bones. A decent Paulliac table wine - correct if not complex, and now integrated. Best with 2hr decant at the moment.
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12/31/2021 - honest bob wrote: 90 Points
A memorable New Year's Eve dinner: From 75cl, perfect cork, P+P. Dark but translucent. This was delightful shortly after pouring, and improved further in the glass. Beautiful blackcurrant and lead-pencil scent; super-clean, medium-bodied entry with just a touch of 2004 brusqueness under its smooth texture, but no green tannins; seamlessly silky mid-palate; decently long clean, moreish finish. This does exactly what it says on the label: a text-book Pauillac with no hard edges, perhaps a bit one-dimensional, but so very delicious. 15-20 years after the vintage seems an excellent time to open Pauillac de Latour in less-than-stellar vintages, as I previously found with the 2002. Now-2025? 90P
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5/5/2020 - Hooters Likes this wine: 89 Points
Aged much more elegantly than I was expecting given other tasting notes. Garnet colour, leather and some light spice on the nose. Medium finish. Slight acidity. I would say this can drink easily for another couple of years, shame this is my last bottle and I won't be able to test the theory.
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12/15/2018 - Hanibal Likes this wine: 91 Points
Still young. After 1h in decanter it was open with leather tobacco some spices. Cork looked like it was bottled 2 years ago.
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5/5/2014 - JulianSkeels wrote: 88 Points
2hr double decant still about right. Some strange fruit salad notes in this bottle (see my previous CT notes). The young vines used really show. Functional but at least has character.
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12/28/2013 - JulianSkeels wrote: 89 Points
Exactly as predicted 2yrs ago, this has significantly improved. Maybe even better in 2 more years, but this will not make old bones. A decent Paulliac table wine - correct if not complex, and now integrated. Best with 2hr decant at the moment.
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