The 2003 Chateau Latour 2015 Ex-Chateau Release is a Bordeaux Blend from Pauillac, Bordeaux, France. This red wine, produced by Chateau Latour, is known for its exceptional quality and complexity. The wine has an alcohol content of 13.0% and is sealed with a cork closure.
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate awarded this wine a perfect score of 100, highlighting its opulence and richness. Parker describes it as "the sexiest Latour ever made," with "creme de cassis and camphor as well as hints of blackberries and chocolate." He praises its "dense, thick and unctuously textured" profile, noting it as the most sumptuous since the 1982 or 1961 vintages, and suggests it can be enjoyed over the next two decades.
Wine Spectator also gave this wine high praise, with a score of 98. The reviewer, JS, noted its "intense aromas of blackberry, licorice, currant and mineral," and complimented its "very well-integrated tannins and a long, long finish." The review compares it favorably to the 1996 vintage but states it is "even better."
Jancis Robinson scored the wine 96 points, calling it the "favourite wine of the tasting" and describing it as "rich and complex, broad and dense with wonderful completeness." Robinson emphasizes that the wine is "beautifully clean-cut" and has a "great, complex undertow."
Wine Enthusiast echoed this sentiment with a score of 98, praising the wine's "sense of completeness, of restrained power and of levels of complexity which the other first growths rarely achieve."
James Suckling awarded the wine 99 points, noting its "fascinating nose of fresh flowers, currants, and sandalwood," and appreciated its "seamless core of fruit that goes on and on," describing it as "a powerful and rich wine with so much class and finesse for such a hot vintage."
Jeff Leve also scored the wine 99 points, describing it as having "truffle, smoke, cigar box, cassis, cedar wood and wet earth" in the nose, and praising its "fleshy, rich, plush, round and mouth-filling" profile.
Finally, The Wine Independent gave the wine another perfect score of 100, noting its blend of 81.5% Cabernet Sauvignon, 18% Merlot, and 0.5% Petit Verdot. They described it as having "crème de cassis, stewed plums, licorice, and mocha scents," with a "medium-bodied palate" that delivers "surprising elegance and jaw-dropping poise."
Overall, the 2003 Chateau Latour 2015 Ex-Chateau Release is a highly acclaimed wine that has received excellent reviews for its complexity, richness, and exceptional quality.