Le château Latour est situé au coeur du Médoc viticole et son vignoble s'étend dans sa majorité sur des croupes graveleuses. Le millésime 2005 a été une année exceptionnelle où ce Pauillac possède une belle chair, de la puissance, du fruit et une charmante structure. Ce château Latour 2005 est un nectar complexe avec une dominance de fruits mûrs. Il révèle en fin de bouche des tanins soyeux et racés. Vin de garde exceptionnelle.
Parker : 98+ / 100
R. Gabriel : 19 / 20
Wine Advocate-Parker :
2005 was a very dry, warm and sunny vintage, causing vine stress in some areas of Bordeaux. Harvested from September 26 to October 6, the tannin/IPT levels were very high this year. The 2005 Latour is blended of 87% Cabernet Sauvignon, with the rest Merlot and Petit Verdot. It is the biggest surprise of this tasting--until now, the wine was relatively closed and broody, but today the wine is just starting to reveal its personality--and what a stunner! Medium to deep garnet-purple colored, it opens with provocative floral scents of roses and violets over a core of fresh blackcurrants, chocolate-covered cherries and black raspberries with hints of fertile loam, unsmoked cigars and black tea. Medium to full-bodied, firm, grainy and packed with muscular fruit, it has an epically long, savory finish sparked by floral notes. 12,000 cases were made.
