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2005 Château Latour-Martillac

Red Bordeaux Blend

  • France
  • Bordeaux
  • Graves
  • Pessac-Léognan
Drink between 2014 - 2023 (Edit)
CT89.3 98 reviews

Community Tasting Notes 79

  • TS wrote: 89 points

    March 3, 2024 - A bit diappointing. Not developing as positively as i hoped.

  • Chrysostomus Likes this wine: 93 points

    May 3, 2023 - Perfect spot between primary and tertiary aromas. Black/red color, very dense. Black fruits on the nose, very fresh, pepper, star anis. On the palate there is also a fresh, dark expression with tension and grippy, but very fine tannins. A "structure" wine which seems to be in a phase of loosing its fruit, but not in a bad way. Perfect structure, very balanced and fresh. Could effortless last for another 10+ years but is easy to drink now. Very good...

  • RolandFranz Likes this wine: 90 points

    April 24, 2023 - Robe rouge intense à peine marquée par l’âge. Le nez est fin sur la mûre, une touche de cacao et de cèdre, légèrement vanillé. En bouche on trouve un Pessac dans une version assez intense, musclée, poivrée et fruitée, mais toujours en finesse. Assez chaleureux quand même. La finale est assez linéaire et longue dans un style épuré et salivant.

  • Eudemis Likes this wine:

    November 28, 2022 - 13% alcohol. CS 65%, M 32%, PV 3%. Very good cork with no wine penetration. Decanted a short hour ahead. The colour is dark and impenetrable with very limited thinning at the edge of the rim.
    The nose is very appealing with fresh fruit (mostly blackcurrant) mingling with inky flavours, all in a sightly subdued mode. In the mouth, the feel is of an even less evolved wine with lots of energy, good fruit and good grip; the tannins are beginning to resolve, and the overall feel is smooth and classy.
    This is already very enjoyable, but my feeling is that the best is yet to come.
    Compared with the SHL 02 that I had yesterday, the contrast could not be higher. The LM shows much fewer traces of oak and much less evolution (taking into account the 3 year age gap). In a line up, the contrast would be nearly unbearable, and one or the other would come across as the clear winner, but in fact I like them both and isn't it great that we can enjoy the variety of styles still available from Bordeaux?
    High potential here.
    PS: finishing the bottle the next day, the oak comes across more prominently without actually compromising the overall balance. Not the first time that I find the perception of oak to depend on the circumstances.

  • TS Likes this wine: 91 points

    September 23, 2022 - Nice, but I would have expected more of a 2005. Still course tannins I do not believe will soften much in the future (90).
    SEcond day after using vacuum pump and 2 hour decanting; slightly better, which is promising for extended cellaring.

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  • By Antonio Galloni
    2005 Bordeaux: Here and Now (Apr 2021), 4/1/2021 (link)

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  • By Jancis Robinson, MW
    2/23/2017 (link)

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  • By Chris Kissack
    November 2009 (link)

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  • By Jancis Robinson, MW
    2/18/2009 (link)

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  • By Julia Harding, MW
    7/15/2008 (link)

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View From the Cellar

  • By John Gilman
    Jan/Feb 2008, Issue #13, The 2005 Bordeaux Vintage: A Snapshot of a Few Communes

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JancisRobinson.com

  • By Julia Harding, MW
    12/6/2007 (link)

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Winedoctor

  • By Chris Kissack
    October 2007 (link)

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JancisRobinson.com

  • By Jancis Robinson, MW
    8/10/2007 (link)

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  • By Jancis Robinson, MW
    8/10/2007 (link)

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Vinous

  • By Stephen Tanzer
    May/June 2006, IWC Issue #126 (link)

    (Chateau Latour Martillac Pessac Leognan) Subscribe to see review text.

JancisRobinson.com

  • By Jancis Robinson, MW
    4/14/2006 (link)

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RJonWine.com

  • By Richard Jennings
    1/18/2008 (link) 81 points

    (Château Latour-Martillac) Dark red violet color; oaky tobacco nose; pinched, tart red fruit with short cliff finish

Wine Definition

  • Vintage 2005
  • Type Red
  • Producer Château Latour-Martillac
  • Varietal Red Bordeaux Blend
  • Designation n/a
  • Vineyard n/a
  • Country France
  • Region Bordeaux
  • SubRegion Graves
  • Appellation Pessac-Léognan
  • UPC Codes 3258690046984, 3258691274188, 3258691274201, 3412950588922, 3453521141702, 3453521148152, 3468178671052, 3508691111403, 3508691115401, 3612170010665, 3700188021466, 3700188035241

Community Holdings

  • Pending Delivery 3 (0%)
  • In Cellars 777 (64%)
  • Consumed 442 (36%)

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Beef chilli went well with this, Roast Red Meat, Roasted Cornish game hen, Til entrecote fra Trondheim slaktehus med peppersaus

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