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  • 2005
  • 750ml
  • France
  • Bordeaux
  • Medoc
  • Pauillac
  • Bordeaux Red Blend
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  • First Growth
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Lot 19

2005 Chateau Latour Grand Vin Pauillac - 1 bottle(s)-750ml

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This lot is comprised of 1 bottle(s) of 2005 Chateau Latour Grand Vin Pauillac - 750ml. Estimate for this lot is between $900 - $1300 with a buy it now of $1100. The wine in this lot belongs to collection 10232.

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This Ontario collector was one of IronGate.Wine’s very first storage clients. He purchased directly through the LCBO and local agents over the years, and many of the bottles have not left our temperature and humidity controlled, subterranean vault since they arrived
The tasting note for 2005 Chateau Latour Grand Vin Pauillac is from Robert Parker and the score is 98+ - 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.