87% Cabernet Sauvignon, 12% Merlot, 1% Petit Verdot

Robert Parker: 98, Neal Martin: 98, James Suckling: 95/100

Robert Parker: The 2005 Latour (87% Cabernet Sauvignon and the rest Merlot and Petit Verdot) is a spectacular effort from Chateau Latour. It has an inky plum/purple color and a gorgeous nose of graphite, creme de cassis, and floral notes with some forest floor in the background. It is full-bodied, super-concentrated, and for my taste, probably one of the two or three most intense, rich, and complex wines of the entire M̩doc. The wine has great texture, purity and a finish of close to 40 or 45 seconds. The tannins are surprisingly sweet, even in this large-scaled, masculine wine. Drink it over the next 50+ years. Drink 2015-2065.