Château La Tour Carnet Haut-Médoc Red Bordeaux Blend 2005

Ratings on Delectable

Peter van den Besselaar Delectable Pro

Vintage 2005 | 3 hours decant | brown rim, beautiful barnyard nose, spices like clove, Scottish pipe tobacco, even some cherries. Taste is velvety, supple, no need to cellar this wine longer, good acidity, vibrant. Classic Haut Medoc that delivers | paired with Chaams Hoen chicken roulade and green asparagus, and cheddar cheese.

Vintage 2005 | 3 hours decant | brown rim, beautiful barnyard nose, spices like clove, Scottish pipe tobacco, even some cherries. Taste is velvety, supple, no need to cellar this wine longer, good acidity, vibrant. Classic Haut Medoc that delivers | paired with Chaams Hoen chicken roulade and green asparagus, and cheddar cheese.

9.2

Richard Sohn

Smoke, vanilla. Tight with low acid and soft tannins.

Smoke, vanilla. Tight with low acid and soft tannins.

8.7

JKT

First taste!? Mature with a bit of bricking but still nice solid color and bouquet of mature red fruits and earth. Velvety and enticing on palate. Excellent with Evan’s Shanghainese pork belly. 51/43/4/2 Merlot/Cab/CabFranc/Petit Verdot on label from Bernard Magrez touting same attention as his Pape Clement, and long history dating back to 1120. Importer label says 37/55/6/2 instead! (Oldest in Medoc, 1400 by house of Foix loyal to King of England. 1486 Camet new owner. 1500s by Michel de Montaigne.)

First taste!? Mature with a bit of bricking but still nice solid color and bouquet of mature red fruits and earth. Velvety and enticing on palate. Excellent with Evan’s Shanghainese pork belly. 51/43/4/2 Merlot/Cab/CabFranc/Petit Verdot on label from Bernard Magrez touting same attention as his Pape Clement, and long history dating back to 1120. Importer label says 37/55/6/2 instead! (Oldest in Medoc, 1400 by house of Foix loyal to King of England. 1486 Camet new owner. 1500s by Michel de Montaigne.)

9.1

Paul T HB

First Steak

First Steak

9.4

romo

51% Merlot, 39% Cab. Two-hour decant is perfect with bison filets and rib-eye. Look, Bordeaux!

51% Merlot, 39% Cab. Two-hour decant is perfect with bison filets and rib-eye. Look, Bordeaux!

9.3

Richard Sohn

Fresh

Fresh

9.2

Jean-Philip Journeault

2005

2005

9.1

Sebastien

Ok little dry

Ok little dry

8.7

Elizabeth Criner

A lovely Bordeaux that benefits from a great vintage.

A lovely Bordeaux that benefits from a great vintage.

8.9

Ray Stafford

Soft nose, berry aromas with pretty soft tannins after 10 years. Nice blend, great vintage.

Soft nose, berry aromas with pretty soft tannins after 10 years. Nice blend, great vintage.

9.0

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