Eric Egan

9.0

Pretty pleased that I pinned this as a merlot dominant 2010 Left Bank Cru Bourgeois, though I guessed La Tour Carnet. A very competently made wine. Lovely, if slightly straight-forward nose of blackcurrent with a touch of soft oak and blackcurrent leaves. Drinking very well right now. — 7 years ago

JKT

8.9

Older vintage with lots of sediment. Nose of ripe fruit and palates of balanced acids and structure and hints of prunes. 65% Merlot and rest cab. Long finish. Interesting wine. Bordeaux tasting at chateau with Lee family. — 9 years ago

Peter van den Besselaar

8.9

Vintage 2015 / there is an army of interesting 'petit vins' in France, that makes you happy when you taste them. This sauvignon blanc offers nice citrus smell, impeccable balance with lively acidity. Much better than mediocre Sancerre! We drank it with melon/ham and broadbeans/halibut. It's a terrific impuls for a good mood. — 9 years ago

Leslie Stone

9.0

Very good Bordeaux superior.
Wine tour Chateau Haut Breton Larigaudiere.
Easy to drink — 9 years ago

Tim Herrmann

9.7

Continuing my tour of sociando-mallet, straight out of the bottle this was complex but closed down. A few hours later it was aromatic and showed expressive blackcurrant, cherry, green olive, and spice notes, a weighty texture that adds some nice richness but is balanced by plenty of acidity, and resolved soft tannins. Although simple, the pairing was revelatory: with roasted chicken the fresh dark cherry notes became much more intense, focused, and refreshing--enough so that I will purposely repeat this pairing in the future. — 10 years ago

John Hubbell

9.0

Perfect right now. Pencil lead ect. Nice bordeaux. Drink up — 10 years ago

Heather Dyarmett

9.6

Rob and Gina's French — 11 years ago

Jim Takada

9.5

Awesome place to wine and dine. — 12 years ago

with Gordon

joyce luk

9.0

Black fruit on the nose. Silky n smooth with mild tannins. Very easy to drink. Not too fruity though. Both Ed n i like it :) — 7 years ago

Edgar Raven

8.9

Fruity, smooth, slightly Porty; really bursting with flavour — 8 years ago

Angelo Casagrande

8.9

Nose of candied fruit and menthol cigarette ( before lighting),; some flint,; bright, lively purple; soft and balanced. Would be good with light dishes, but nice to just sip by itself. — 9 years ago

Elizabeth Criner

9.0

Great wine from the 2005 Bordeaux vintage. — 9 years ago

James Lowe

9.0

50% Cab Sauv 45% Merlot 5% Petit Verdol
100% Delicious — 9 years ago

Jeroen Koenen

9.1

Although this showes some of the rustic roughness that I consider typical for the vintage, the palate has succulent fresh fruit, vivacity and tension. Lovely classic Bdx. Peak drinking, me thinks. — 10 years ago

Oscar Díaz Maldonado

9.7

Light but excepcional taste. — 11 years ago

Claude Bolduc

9.5

Very mellow Médoc. Delicious... — 12 years ago

Howard Yang

9.1

Special bottling from Chateau La Tour Carnet for its 2005 Vintage, dark purple burgundy in color, smell of red fruit, plum, and raspberry. Decanted for two hours before pouring, taste of sour cherry and black berry. Still taste lots of fruit, fine tannin with smooth finish, full body with a medium to long finish. — 12 years ago

Michael Genn

9.3

Nice acidity, a little tight though. Would love to taste again after it's had more time. Very awesome to try it at the end of the Chateau tour! — 8 years ago

Patrick Murphy

8.9

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Oaky, dark, intense, younger, second wine.

Very focused smell, deep dark black fruits, currants, cranberry.

Strong tannins, scrapy.

Best with seared steak, complex sauces. — 9 years ago

Keith Levenberg

9.4

This is showing very impressively, all the more so considering the very unimpressive 2001 I had recently after loving both vintages on release. It is in the heavyweight class no doubt and has only budged a little bit since release, with the structure more assertive and some of the baby fat gone and showing its bones. Visually it still has the deep, dark inky color of a wine barely past release so I was actually surprised not to find it more obviously fruit-gobbed on the palate. It's a packed and stacked wine to be sure, but the stuffing isn't about fruit so much as tarry Graves asphalt and gravel. The fruit it does show is red-complexioned, which is surprising since these are all blueberry and blackberry on release. Time in the decanter fills in a lot of the empty spaces and makes it positively voluptuous - still with a thick coat of tannin but soft and refined in texture. Not quite cashmere but not rough either. This is vastly richer, denser, and fresher than the 2001 was. It is at a point where it's probably fair to put to rest any doubts about ageability - it's stuffed but in proportion and fresh without being primary. But this and the 2001 were also the last SHLs I enjoyed on release - by 2005 the style seemed to have gone over the top. If the 2005 tastes like this in 5 years I'll have to eat some crow. That said, there's no doubt this is sort of a slutty style of Graves, not a wine for those looking for elegance or subtlety, although if it can keep developing at this rate the old "tour de force" cliche may actually fit just fine. — 9 years ago

verarev

10

Очень ароматное — 9 years ago

Chris MacLean

9.2

A great gift from Chris G that we enjoyed together in 2003! — 10 years ago

Palmer Emmitt

Owner/Winemaker Judge Palmer

10

Best wine I tasted at the Grand Tour (including Haut-Brion, Ornellaia, et al.) — 11 years ago

Divine Wine

9.4

wonderful!!! and I was thinking this was just another simple bordeaux.... — 12 years ago