2005 Château Latour-Martillac

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  3/3/2024 - TS wrote: 89 Points

  A bit diappointing. Not developing as positively as i hoped.

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  5/3/2023 - Chrysostomus Likes this wine: 93 Points

  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...

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  4/24/2023 - RolandFranz Likes this wine: 90 Points

  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.

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  11/28/2022 - Eudemis Likes this wine:

  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.

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  9/23/2022 - TS Likes this wine: 91 Points

  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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