Bordeaux Blend

This is a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Carmenere, Petite Verdot and Cabernet Franc from Chile.  Ruby in color with a purple core, mostly opaque and bright.  The nose is dusty with black cherries and the slightest green tobacco.  Juicy, jellied texture.  Medium tannins.  On the palate, tart cherries which give way to black cherry fruit.  Moderate finish.  This took about 30 minutes to open.  it drinks nicely on its own and will work with many foods.  A nice choice for Burgers or Pizza.  Drink over the next five years.  

Always great to try a mature Latour from a great vintage!  Purple in color, opaque and bright.  The nose is deep, young, and complex with cassis, plums, graphite, and blueberries.  Full bodied.  Medium to firm tannins.  Great energy.  On the palate, this is delicious.  Young with cassis, blueberries, slight plums and earthy funk.  Long finish.  This will benefit from cellaring but is great now.  At age 29, it still has twenty to thirty years left.  While a Roast would be classic, it would also be great with a roasted Butternut Squash.