March 25, 2024 - A delicious start to a delicious evening at pixca. Elegant fruit with a solid silky backbone
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November 12, 2022 - On the powerful concentrated side. Black cherry profile, but subtle spice notes mixed with underbrush. Still rather primary on the palate though mostly integrated at this point. Faint oak notes seem in balance to the fruit
February 12, 2022 - PnP’ed and it took a few minutes for the funk to dissipate. Medium garnet in the glass, the wine had pronounced aromas of redcurrant, raspberry, orange peel, rose, cedar, and forest floor. Palate was more earthy and savory, with flavors of wet leaves and mushroom. Medium+ acidity and tannins, full bodied, and a finish that’s slightly hot. It didn’t evolve much over the course of 3 hours, so it’s probably hitting its stride now.
December 24, 2021 - This wine is medium crimson red in hue with very little lightening on rim. The nose and palate are dominated by cherry and strawberry notes with a bit of earth and black pepper on the palate, but it’s definitely still fruit forward. This wine is dry with higher acidity than expected, medium well-integrated tannins, and a nice long finish. Excellent wine that paired perfectly with our Christmas Eve dinner of scallops.
December 12, 2021 - Still fairly primary--cranberries, cherries, orange rind, black tea, and some oak spice. Oak is a bit more prominent on the palate. Light-bodied, and not overly complex or textured. Not sure that this is a long-ager, but wouldn't bet on this going downhill in the next 5-10 years.
February 10, 2018 - 2012 Louis Latour Corton-Clos du Roi (France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Corton Grand Cru),for dinner 2/28/2018, with John and Elizabeth Edminsters, at Greenfire Bistro; Coravin, Riedel Burgundy. 14 pabv $79/750 mldwl, WineBid; Louis Latour; San Raphael, CA.ssBroadly sheety with very few tears; Dense in color with 5 mm fading. Lavender-dusted cherry juice color. Good value in this price range.
Weedy sweet cherry with firm high-floral overtones. Sweet but bitter cherry, balanced into fine dense tannin, medium somewhat neutral finish. Tried with rare goose breast (cold confit d'oie) and Franconian potatoes. Neutralizes the nose; bitters and then sweetens the confit and potatoes, and thrusts the rest of the sensations onto the finish so it becomes longer and less neutral. Excellent 'wash-down' match; advantage for high-end Latour reds are that they are made, even at their price range, as very good food wines if they are not over-analyzed but knocked back. Also good with Piave Veccio Oro del Tempo, a hard, Reggiano-like northeastern Italian cheese.
Anyone else ever notice the gulpability with food of their house style?
A medium-to-full-bodied, richly colored wine of somewhat punchy expressiveness; 91/100.
May 16, 2016 - Master class and dinner at Maison Louis Latour (Château Corton-Grancey in Corton, actually tasted on 23 March 2016): This second out of four in this 2012 series has a more full bodied palate than the Clos de la Vigne, with a more "roasted fruit" aspect, plus cassis and dark cherry notes, and a touch of cinnamon. The tannins are ripe and soft, yet there is a hint of heat on the long finish.