Conrad Green

9.6

This is so fresh but definitely in the drinking window.Some ripe bright fruit. Lemon oil, a touch of stone fruit, limestone. Great acidity and a lovely Pinot heft — 4 days ago

with Tony, David and 3 others

Kayla Morrison

9.3

Dry. Pointed. Earthy. Delicious. — 7 days ago

Conrad Green

9.4

Sweet and spring age but delicious. Nutty, sweet lemon, salinity, gorgeous rich fruit. A good time to drink now. Lovely — a month ago

with Bex, Naoko and 1 other

Andrew Cullimore

9.6

Medium deep ruby core , medium wide ruby garnet rim . Quite slow and fat tears. Quite exotic nose , slightly high toned, lots of ripe spicy blackcurrant , dark cherry , blackberry and underneath a grafite and earthy note , marine scents also . On the palate round, ripe and sweet dark fruits, blackcurrant , blackberry and dark cherry , touches of grafite and cigar box. Surprisingly good , even refreshing acidity , ripe ample tannins; there is great intensity here. Balanced alcohol even though it is quite decadent and rich, lots of glycerin . Very long and succulent but balanced finish with touches of mineral and tobacco. The plumpness and exoticism does come across as pretty atypical for Latour , though it is a real success for the vintage and an undeniably enjoyable wine. Drinking ok now , with a decant of an hour or two but really did improve over the 5 hours we had it open. Will obviously last and improve over the next 20 years and I’m sure go further still . — 3 days ago

Conrad Green

9.6

2012 base vintage. Lovely bright lemon and slate. A peachy, fleshy note. Vivid and clear. Kinda dramatic and showy but with real substance and great acidity. Wow. — 6 days ago

with BOT, Paul and 1 other

Conrad Green

9.5

sweet edges. Flint, lemon and lifted gorgeously pure fruit. Very calm and poised. Not showy, but great stuff — 4 days ago

with Tony, David and 3 others

Andrew McIntyre

9.4

Insane depths of flavour and intensity. Really concentrated...perphaps too much for the casual Champagne drinker? — a month ago

Josh Morgenthau

9.2

Very dry. Hay and pressed flowers. Prickly dry. Some more expressive fruit on day 2, but this is closed as far as I can tell. — 17 days ago

Andrew Cullimore

9.6

Medium lemon straw , very fine persistent perlage . Lovely complex nose , honeysuckle, red berry fruits with a touch of citrus zest, baked brown bread , chalky mineral notes also . On the palate quite broad and rich , more dense red berry fruits , citrus peel , meaty as well , slightly toasty notes , long and very detailed on the finish . Long with great tension and bracing mineral , taut acidity . Surprisingly enjoyable now but will be even better in 10 years and will last a decade more . — 4 days ago

Pooneet K

9.5

One of the best bottles of champagne I’ve ever had. Annual one for Valentine’s Day - 2 left from a case we bought years ago. Getting better each year. Has a bit of a caramel apple mixed with lemon curd thing developing now. Very fine bubbles. Just fantastic. — a month ago