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. — 9 days 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

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

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.4

2005 vintage. Decanted and tasted immediately and through 3 hours. Great fill/appropriate aging cork. Medium sed. Noticeably dark color. Any trace of the usual Cos baby fat for the first decade+ after release long gone geek. Interesting. This was a lean, mean, street-fighting machine with "minerality" to spare. Intense. Compact. Unsure if it will continue to menace in the next decade of life or retreat into a reclusive, "turtling" period. Best guess? Street-fighter par excellence. Regardless of taking the high or low road, it's not devolving into a drink 'em if you got 'em any time soon scenario. Thanksgiving 11.23.23. — 5 months ago

Stefan Dolhain

9.9

2019 vintage. An extraordinary wine combining power and elegance. Layered and intense, with impressive purity, haute couture tannins, and an incredibly long finish. — a month 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

Kaito Kikuchi

9.4

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

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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)
— 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

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