Touch of Brett on first open that subsided. Floral on the nose cherry and leather. Starting to get tertiary so aging faster than the 2005 pontet canet I had the other night. Not as expressive as I would have wanted.
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While this shows finesse and structure, it was way too long to open. I was hoping for more secondary notes after 17 years but alas none were found. Revisit in 10-15 year from now. A bit of a waste opening this now unless you decant for hours
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The Four Seasons Tasting 2006 Bordeaux First Growths (Aubergine Restaurant): 86 CS, 12 Merlot, 1 CF, 1 PV. With a deep garnet colour, the bouquet is intense and absorbing with undergrowth, black fruits, graphite, and pencil. Very pure and precise with mineral undertones, the palate reveals layers of complexity with blueberry, blackberry and black raspberry interwoven with pencil shavings. This is offset by a fine, penetrating acidity, making this full-bodied wine remarkably approachable. It backed up with super fine, resolved tannins. As it opens up, the density of fruit is exceptional, and the finish is tremendous.
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Beautiful dark earthy nose with some plum. On the palate dark berries, violets, coffee and graphite. Some nice wet moss in the background. Medium+ body with a medium+ acidity - quite high for a Latour. Very concentrated structure but not overdone. Intensive tannins - needs a proper decanting. Beautiful long and juicy finish. All in all an amazing complex and elegant Bordeaux blend which has at least 10-20 great years ahead. (IG)
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Dinner at Red House. Tasted blind. Just popped and poured! No other prep whatsoever. Drank over 2 hours. Drank in Gabriel Standart. Appearance is clear, deep intensity, ruby colour. Legs. Nose is clean, medium+ intensity, with aromas of very fragrant cedarwood, smooth integrated vanilla, cassis, blackcurrant, redcurrant, earth, dark florals. Smells expensive. Developing. On the palate, dry, high acidity, medium alcohol (13%), fine gossamer high tannins, full body. Medium+ flavour intensity, with flavours of cassis, sweet cedarwood, blackcurrant, blackberry, ripe bell pepper, black cherry liqueur with more air. Very long finish. Outstanding quality. First Growth feels for sure. Elegant and some florals so I was thinking Chateau Margaux 2005 maybe. Surprised to see Chateau Latour. Good long life ahead, but clearly very enjoyable now already. On pop and pour wow!
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Beautiful wine with a noble pedigree but I found this vintage a tad cooked and evolved compared to older perhaps better years where the fruit remained powerful and vibrant.
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From a somewhat hurried sample. Plums, red fruit and pencil lead or graphite. Fine but lots of unresolved tannin. High acidity. Very firm and far from ready to drink. Sorry to sa, but this didn't impress in any way. Not sure how long the bottle had been open though. Could have been a pour right from a newly opened one.
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One Years Work, One Nights Tasting (Morrell Wine): Initially, the nose was very closed on the 2006 Latour. With time in the glass, it began to reveal deep, dark red fruits, complicated by graphite minerality, sweet Indian spices, hints of lavender and pretty lifting floral tones. On the palate, I found silky, verging-on-velvety textures, contrasted by youthfully austere tart dark red fruits, laced with minerals and grippy tannin, as a twang of vibrant acid added verve. The finish was long, resonating of dark red fruits with savory herbs, minerals and lingering fine tannin.
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Fabulous nose which unwinds slowly in the glass (very thoughtfully decanted about 6 hours prior by our host at the chateau). Resplendent; layers and layers of cassis and mineral, touch of walnut and a lily. Beautifully integrated oak. Real resonance and depth. Love it. Bravo Latour. I think this will drink surprisingly early for Latour - if it were going to truly shut down quite tightly, I suspect it might have done so already. We shall see. In about 10 years, this should be more giving, so figure on drinking ~2028 on.
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Joanne Bordeaux Trip 2018 (Bordeaux): The nose was dark, earthy and slightly animal in nature. Dark red berries, exotic spice, violet florals, menthol, graphite, and minerals all came together to form a truly seductive display.. It was deep, silky and generous on the palate as mounting tannin slowly firmed up the experience, with dark intense berry, inner floral tones and savory minerals. The finish was grippy, long and remarkably balanced with lingering dark red fruits.
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Tokyo Visit; 3/22/2018-3/25/2018: By the glass at Enoteca Mille in Tokyo. part of a 2006 FG horizontal. Dark purple. Nose also fairly muted. Altho some vanilla, sweet cinnamon and dark fruit shows. Needs air to open. Medium heat. Palate has rich warmth of fruit. A bit of herbaceousness. Smokey earthiness and hints of cigar box. Med high tannins. This is yummy and my slight favorite out of all. Although i feel 2006 overall isn't that great a vintage..
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Backward. Though complex and balanced it did not show much "finesse" nor elegance. Needs time, but was not impressed on this occasion, while pleased anyhow.
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Der Latour 1996, zuletzt aus dem Keller von Bernd mit der Höchstnote geadelt, musste aufgrund eines schlimmen Korks ohne Bewertung nach Hause gehen, aber Thomas konnte ihn mit einem blutjungen 2006er ausgleichen. Der Wein ist sicher aufgrund des Jahrgangs unterbewertet, aber habe ihn vier Mal die letzten Jahre genießen dürfen, immer mindestens 95+.
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Firm style of Latour with a strictness to the tannins. Full bodied, powerful, tannic, youthful and concentrated, the fruit is fresh, ripe and out in front, but this needs another 10-15 more years before the tannins soften and it becomes fun to drink. My instincts say this will probably always retain its firm style, even when mature. This is not a bad thing, it's just a stylistic preference.
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Spicy cassis, confiture, tobacco, cigar wrapper, oyster shell and cedar wood in the nose. Concentrated, full bodied, fresh and still youthfully tannic. There is more than enough fruit to take over the tannins, instead of the other way around. That being said, if you only have a bottle two laid away, I'd wait another decade before discovering more of the fresh cassis, spice, and sweetness in the wine. The finish, while elegant is still tanninc, but the length is hard to deny at close to 50 seconds.
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First time tasting a first growth. Glass at Gilbert Scott in London. The finesse of the wine is what hit me first. A subtle hint of the leather and horse hair that generally turns me off but here it was so well integrated. Lots of fruit, darkness with some jammy hints. Maybe my run of CA cabs is over. I will be back for more.
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Givetvis på tok för ungt men ändå förvånansvärt tillgängligt. Underbar mörk frukt, blyerts, läder och en aning skogsmark. Detta handlar verkligen om elegans på alla plan, både när det gäller frukten, de silkiga tanninerna och den fina fräscha syran. Detta är "old school" och en jäkligt bra Bordeaux
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Second time to enjoy this wine, again delicious, much too young, still on the primary and secondary notes side, but very well drinkable even at this stage, decanted only for 1 hour but lot of dark berries and cassis, cedar wood, some espresso,dark chocolate , pencil tip. Tannins feel ripe but not harsh, so the drinking window will be in the next 20 years, I do't think it is for the eternity. In my opinion decant it 3-4hours to get an optimum joy. middle+ acidity, long finish 95-96
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had it two times. The first bottle was in 2011. The wine was still very closed but already fresh, dark fruits,raspberry,Vanilla,gooseberry,chocolade but the tannins quite rough.I rated that bottle with 93 points.The last bottle I had was this year in May...very complex with the aromas written above. Everything was well integrated.Typical Bordeaux taste in nose and mouth...earthy, roasted espresso ....long and powerful finish. A great effort by Latour...96 Points with potential to climb to 98 Points
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too Young, enormous potential, ripe fresh Tannins, cassis like new world but the pencil smell Shows it is BX, lost against Grange 2002. very good drinkable for a Baby latourbut. next bottle in 5 years. he Shows his muscles but the power is still not under control
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Another day at Knightsbridge. From the half bottle. Decanted for about an hour before tasting. Dark as expected, great Pauliac nose. The tannins were much softer than expected, and was drinking amazingly well for such a young Latour. Some tasting this wine thought it was missing something in the mid palate, but I found it holding with great length. This may deserve higher rating in years to come, but was a such an approachable Latour at such a young age, it made me pause.
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From 375mL. Rich but elegant, with good weight but great refinement to the tannins. Pencil lead and dark fruits. A bit of a burnt sugar note to the finish but not enough to detract much. Very young. Nice.
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Okhuysen tasting on Taste of Amsterdam 2006 Grand Cru Classé: Rated 96-97. But I think it will be a slighly better wine than the Mouton '06, therefore 97. Coffee, Blackberry, cherry, plum, black currant, tabacco, cedar, black tea... You only can sniff this wine for hours.... A severe wine that needs years and years in the cellar to show it's real class. A little shut down at the moment but what a lenght and depth! Unbelievable.
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Proeverij Bordeaux - 1er Grand Cru Classés 2006 (Taste of Amsterdam): Donkerrood/paars van kleur. Het aroma van zwart fruit, chocolade en natte bladeren komt je tegemoet. Mega-geconcentreerd, rokerig. Drogende tannines in een lange afdronk. Prachtig in balans met frisse zuren. Deze wijn is nog piepjong, een wijn voor de eeuwigheid!
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2006 Blind Tasting - Chateau Reignac v. Bordeaux First Growths (Wine Discount Center - Highland Park): 2nd Place of the tasting. Big nose. Huge fruit, tobacco, leather and spice. Nice robust clean pure aromas of dark chocolate, mocha and medium dark roast espresso. Touches of rock and wet gravel. A little bit of a waxy nose - plums, somewhat of a green streak too. Dark pepper spice. Strong complex and masculine. On the back end there is some pencil shaving and graphite flavors. Big backbone. This is a brooding wine though less dark and "black" than other Latour vintages. Cellar for at least ten years.
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Light color, reticent nose giving up some chalk and dark currant but not much else. Nice red and dark fruit and more chalkiness on the front palate, narrow mid-palate with decent acidity, and a medium length finish with round tannin.
I was not that impressed with this wine, and I expect that some of that is down to the vintage. Has some potential for aging, but just *some*.
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Red fruit on the nose, framboise currant, fruits cuites Very balanced very elegant and VERY long 97-98 Compared back to back, the same day (Latour, Margaux and Mouton-Rothschild) this one beats them all
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4/2/2024 - jimyeni Likes this wine: 95 Points
Touch of Brett on first open that subsided. Floral on the nose cherry and leather. Starting to get tertiary so aging faster than the 2005 pontet canet I had the other night. Not as expressive as I would have wanted.
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12/25/2023 - mimik Likes this wine: 92 Points
While this shows finesse and structure, it was way too long to open. I was hoping for more secondary notes after 17 years but alas none were found. Revisit in 10-15 year from now. A bit of a waste opening this now unless you decant for hours
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4/22/2022 - rikipedia Likes this wine: 97 Points
The Four Seasons Tasting 2006 Bordeaux First Growths (Aubergine Restaurant): 86 CS, 12 Merlot, 1 CF, 1 PV. With a deep garnet colour, the bouquet is intense and absorbing with undergrowth, black fruits, graphite, and pencil. Very pure and precise with mineral undertones, the palate reveals layers of complexity with blueberry, blackberry and black raspberry interwoven with pencil shavings. This is offset by a fine, penetrating acidity, making this full-bodied wine remarkably approachable. It backed up with super fine, resolved tannins. As it opens up, the density of fruit is exceptional, and the finish is tremendous.
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5/3/2021 - paulewh Likes this wine:
Still has a way to go. Decanted 3 hours before drinking, was hitting its straps at 5 hours. Keep.
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10/11/2020 - DrZett wrote: 96 Points
Beautiful dark earthy nose with some plum. On the palate dark berries, violets, coffee and graphite. Some nice wet moss in the background. Medium+ body with a medium+ acidity - quite high for a Latour. Very concentrated structure but not overdone. Intensive tannins - needs a proper decanting. Beautiful long and juicy finish. All in all an amazing complex and elegant Bordeaux blend which has at least 10-20 great years ahead. (IG)
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10/2/2020 - Derek Darth Taster Likes this wine: 96 Points
Dinner at Red House. Tasted blind. Just popped and poured! No other prep whatsoever. Drank over 2 hours. Drank in Gabriel Standart.
Appearance is clear, deep intensity, ruby colour. Legs.
Nose is clean, medium+ intensity, with aromas of very fragrant cedarwood, smooth integrated vanilla, cassis, blackcurrant, redcurrant, earth, dark florals. Smells expensive. Developing.
On the palate, dry, high acidity, medium alcohol (13%), fine gossamer high tannins, full body. Medium+ flavour intensity, with flavours of cassis, sweet cedarwood, blackcurrant, blackberry, ripe bell pepper, black cherry liqueur with more air. Very long finish.
Outstanding quality. First Growth feels for sure. Elegant and some florals so I was thinking Chateau Margaux 2005 maybe. Surprised to see Chateau Latour. Good long life ahead, but clearly very enjoyable now already. On pop and pour wow!
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8/2/2019 - Sailingsimon Likes this wine: 95 Points
Fruit forward still good tannins slight oak taste great pairing with filet mignon. it can wait another 2-3 years in the bottle
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6/14/2019 - pren wrote: 93 Points
尝。微微funky的柔软的气味和初始口感。过会，口感，回味的份量出来了。
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5/19/2019 - Capt Cutlass wrote:
Beautiful wine with a noble pedigree but I found this vintage a tad cooked and evolved compared to older perhaps better years where the fruit remained powerful and vibrant.
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12/18/2018 - Mascarello59 Likes this wine: 93 Points
From a somewhat hurried sample. Plums, red fruit and pencil lead or graphite.
Fine but lots of unresolved tannin. High acidity. Very firm and far from ready to drink. Sorry to sa, but this didn't impress in any way. Not sure how long the bottle had been open though. Could have been a pour right from a newly opened one.
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12/3/2018 - RayOB Likes this wine: 95 Points
Drank at 67PM
Open and beautiful
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11/28/2018 - Collector1855 wrote: flawed
Chateau Latour - 30 year vertical (1983-2010) tasted blind (Switzerland): Sadly corked. The second of three, which makes it a 10% corkage rate at this tasting plus two other off bottles. Not a good ratio.
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10/22/2018 - hongkongtom Likes this wine: 94 Points
still young but should improve
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10/18/2018 - Eric Guido Likes this wine: 97 Points
One Years Work, One Nights Tasting (Morrell Wine): Initially, the nose was very closed on the 2006 Latour. With time in the glass, it began to reveal deep, dark red fruits, complicated by graphite minerality, sweet Indian spices, hints of lavender and pretty lifting floral tones. On the palate, I found silky, verging-on-velvety textures, contrasted by youthfully austere tart dark red fruits, laced with minerals and grippy tannin, as a twang of vibrant acid added verve. The finish was long, resonating of dark red fruits with savory herbs, minerals and lingering fine tannin.
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9/30/2018 - bscotto wrote:
Entered in Error wrong Vintage
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6/23/2018 - englishman's claret wrote: 95 Points
Fabulous nose which unwinds slowly in the glass (very thoughtfully decanted about 6 hours prior by our host at the chateau). Resplendent; layers and layers of cassis and mineral, touch of walnut and a lily. Beautifully integrated oak. Real resonance and depth. Love it. Bravo Latour. I think this will drink surprisingly early for Latour - if it were going to truly shut down quite tightly, I suspect it might have done so already. We shall see. In about 10 years, this should be more giving, so figure on drinking ~2028 on.
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6/20/2018 - Eric Guido Likes this wine: 97 Points
Joanne Bordeaux Trip 2018 (Bordeaux): The nose was dark, earthy and slightly animal in nature. Dark red berries, exotic spice, violet florals, menthol, graphite, and minerals all came together to form a truly seductive display.. It was deep, silky and generous on the palate as mounting tannin slowly firmed up the experience, with dark intense berry, inner floral tones and savory minerals. The finish was grippy, long and remarkably balanced with lingering dark red fruits.
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3/25/2018 - mye Likes this wine: 92 Points
Tokyo Visit; 3/22/2018-3/25/2018: By the glass at Enoteca Mille in Tokyo. part of a 2006 FG horizontal.
Dark purple. Nose also fairly muted. Altho some vanilla, sweet cinnamon and dark fruit shows. Needs air to open. Medium heat.
Palate has rich warmth of fruit. A bit of herbaceousness. Smokey earthiness and hints of cigar box. Med high tannins. This is yummy and my slight favorite out of all. Although i feel 2006 overall isn't that great a vintage..
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2/8/2018 - Vinum Deorum wrote: 93 Points
Backward. Though complex and balanced it did not show much "finesse" nor elegance. Needs time, but was not impressed on this occasion, while pleased anyhow.
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11/11/2017 - steinersing wrote: 95 Points
EO: lovely dark fruit, violets, coffee, smooth
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7/15/2017 - aquacongas Likes this wine: 95 Points
Der Latour 1996, zuletzt aus dem Keller von Bernd mit der Höchstnote geadelt, musste aufgrund eines schlimmen Korks ohne Bewertung nach Hause gehen, aber Thomas konnte ihn mit einem blutjungen 2006er ausgleichen. Der Wein ist sicher aufgrund des Jahrgangs unterbewertet, aber habe ihn vier Mal die letzten Jahre genießen dürfen, immer mindestens 95+.
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7/7/2017 - Jeff Leve wrote: 96 Points
Firm style of Latour with a strictness to the tannins. Full bodied, powerful, tannic, youthful and concentrated, the fruit is fresh, ripe and out in front, but this needs another 10-15 more years before the tannins soften and it becomes fun to drink. My instincts say this will probably always retain its firm style, even when mature. This is not a bad thing, it's just a stylistic preference.
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5/25/2016 - Jeff Leve wrote: 96 Points
Spicy cassis, confiture, tobacco, cigar wrapper, oyster shell and cedar wood in the nose. Concentrated, full bodied, fresh and still youthfully tannic. There is more than enough fruit to take over the tannins, instead of the other way around. That being said, if you only have a bottle two laid away, I'd wait another decade before discovering more of the fresh cassis, spice, and sweetness in the wine. The finish, while elegant is still tanninc, but the length is hard to deny at close to 50 seconds.
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9/28/2015 - conga523 wrote: 96 Points
First time tasting a first growth. Glass at Gilbert Scott in London. The finesse of the wine is what hit me first. A subtle hint of the leather and horse hair that generally turns me off but here it was so well integrated. Lots of fruit, darkness with some jammy hints. Maybe my run of CA cabs is over. I will be back for more.
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9/3/2015 - FamilyLarsson wrote: 95 Points
Givetvis på tok för ungt men ändå förvånansvärt tillgängligt. Underbar mörk frukt, blyerts, läder och en aning skogsmark. Detta handlar verkligen om elegans på alla plan, både när det gäller frukten, de silkiga tanninerna och den fina fräscha syran. Detta är "old school" och en jäkligt bra Bordeaux
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5/25/2015 - aquacongas Likes this wine: 95 Points
Second time to enjoy this wine, again delicious, much too young, still on the primary and secondary notes side, but very well drinkable even at this stage, decanted only for 1 hour but lot of dark berries and cassis, cedar wood, some espresso,dark chocolate , pencil tip. Tannins feel ripe but not harsh, so the drinking window will be in the next 20 years, I do't think it is for the eternity. In my opinion decant it 3-4hours to get an optimum joy. middle+ acidity, long finish 95-96
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8/28/2014 - Tom100 wrote: 96 Points
had it two times. The first bottle was in 2011. The wine was still very closed but already fresh, dark fruits,raspberry,Vanilla,gooseberry,chocolade but the tannins quite rough.I rated that bottle with 93 points.The last bottle I had was this year in May...very complex with the aromas written above. Everything was well integrated.Typical Bordeaux taste in nose and mouth...earthy, roasted espresso ....long and powerful finish. A great effort by Latour...96 Points with potential to climb to 98 Points
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6/1/2014 - aquacongas Likes this wine: 95 Points
too Young, enormous potential, ripe fresh Tannins, cassis like new world but the pencil smell Shows it is BX, lost against Grange 2002. very good drinkable for a Baby latourbut. next bottle in 5 years. he Shows his muscles but the power is still not under control
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5/3/2012 - steinersing wrote: 97 Points
bunch of Latours - short: Rich, elegant, quite opulent - probably my best 2006 I have had
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2/27/2012 - RockfordY wrote: 95 Points
Another day at Knightsbridge. From the half bottle. Decanted for about an hour before tasting. Dark as expected, great Pauliac nose. The tannins were much softer than expected, and was drinking amazingly well for such a young Latour. Some tasting this wine thought it was missing something in the mid palate, but I found it holding with great length. This may deserve higher rating in years to come, but was a such an approachable Latour at such a young age, it made me pause.
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2/25/2012 - psmith wrote: 93 Points
From 375mL. Rich but elegant, with good weight but great refinement to the tannins. Pencil lead and dark fruits. A bit of a burnt sugar note to the finish but not enough to detract much. Very young. Nice.
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9/24/2011 - Kriz wrote: 97 Points
Okhuysen tasting on Taste of Amsterdam 2006 Grand Cru Classé: Rated 96-97. But I think it will be a slighly better wine than the Mouton '06, therefore 97. Coffee, Blackberry, cherry, plum, black currant, tabacco, cedar, black tea... You only can sniff this wine for hours.... A severe wine that needs years and years in the cellar to show it's real class. A little shut down at the moment but what a lenght and depth! Unbelievable.
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9/23/2011 - Strikermax wrote: 97 Points
Proeverij Bordeaux - 1er Grand Cru Classés 2006 (Taste of Amsterdam): Donkerrood/paars van kleur. Het aroma van zwart fruit, chocolade en natte bladeren komt je tegemoet. Mega-geconcentreerd, rokerig. Drogende tannines in een lange afdronk. Prachtig in balans met frisse zuren. Deze wijn is nog piepjong, een wijn voor de eeuwigheid!
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11/5/2010 - beezer6 wrote: 94 Points
2006 Blind Tasting - Chateau Reignac v. Bordeaux First Growths (Wine Discount Center - Highland Park): 2nd Place of the tasting. Big nose. Huge fruit, tobacco, leather and spice. Nice robust clean pure aromas of dark chocolate, mocha and medium dark roast espresso.
Touches of rock and wet gravel. A little bit of a waxy nose - plums, somewhat of a green streak too. Dark pepper spice. Strong complex and masculine.
On the back end there is some pencil shaving and graphite flavors. Big backbone. This is a brooding wine though less dark and "black" than other Latour vintages.
Cellar for at least ten years.
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11/3/2010 - alr6767 wrote:
Tasted blind.
Light color, reticent nose giving up some chalk and dark currant but not much else. Nice red and dark fruit and more chalkiness on the front palate, narrow mid-palate with decent acidity, and a medium length finish with round tannin.
I was not that impressed with this wine, and I expect that some of that is down to the vintage. Has some potential for aging, but just *some*.
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1/20/2010 - leonardo_de_araujo wrote: 97 Points
Red fruit on the nose, framboise currant, fruits cuites
Very balanced very elegant and VERY long
97-98
Compared back to back, the same day (Latour, Margaux and Mouton-Rothschild) this one beats them all
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7/5/2009 - Wil wrote: 90 Points
Minimally expressive on the nose. More straightforward than many of its peers at this tasting, fine finish. Tasted blind.
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