Alessandro Dalle Carbonare

9.6

Very intense, expressive and pretty nose. It keeps showing well on the palate with a nice long finish. Big wine for the vintage. — 4 days ago

Conrad Green

9.5

What a gorgeous nose. A lush mix of dark brooding fruit with tobacco, plum, dried herbs and a hint of herbs. A hint of band aid. Rounded and delicious. Sappy and intense. Long. — 2 months ago

with Paul

Ron Siegel

9.5

Such a great vintage for Chave that is intense with complex aromas of meat, pepper, sweet & savory spices, licorice & violets. — 4 months ago

Conrad Green

9.7

This is an immaculate bottle. Fresh and intense it could be 30 years old instead of as old as me! Dark plum, black pepper, iodine, deep k minerality. This is spectacular. Long and pure and delicious. — 5 months ago

with Tony and David

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9.8

The 2005 Latour is a huge wine predestined for long-term aging. Noticeably deep in color, it has a showstopping bouquet with intense black fruit, graphite and touches of dried blood and tobacco as it considers moving into its secondary phase. But that's going to be slow coming...it's in no hurry. The palate is medium-bodied and unapologetically classic in style. I notice this bottle is a little grainy in texture, the salinity perhaps heightened as it enters adulthood. The finish has a tangible sense of tension, but it remains backward and swarthy. Immense. Tasted at Woo Cheong Tea House dinner organized by Paulo Pong. (Neal Martin, Vinous, February 2024)
— a month ago

Andrew Cullimore

9.5

Light straw colour . Pretty mineral and focused on the palate . Linear with lemon oil , touch of brioche and white flowers . Quite intense on the palate with real focus , very fresh acidity but with enough body to cover . This tastes very young really and probably needs more time to be at peak . Wait another 5 years perhaps and will probably last another 10-15 — 3 months ago

Kaito Kikuchi

9.4

Intense aroma of jammy fruit, very smooth — 4 months ago

Conrad Green

9.2

Quite dense and intense. A touch of sweet on the edge of inky fruit. Very good — 2 months ago

with Paul

Christopher Duong

9.6

Intense dark fruit, leather, good balance, smooth tannins — 2 months ago

Conrad Green

9.7

Gorgeous and vivacious. Lemon, slate, wonderful intensity. Open and improving in the glass. Perfect balance. Intense. Wow — 4 months ago

with Bex and Lindsay