3/5

fruit

4/5

body

3/5

acidity

4/5

tannin

0/5

sweetness

Latour

Forts Latour

2006 {(currentVariant.size?' | ':'')} {( currentVariant.size )}

Various vintages

Pauillac, Medoc, Bordeaux, France

Red

Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot

Drink Now/Cellar

2nd Wine

VN 91 WA 92

The wines were very richly coloured and classy, showing great power and a beautiful liveliness, with a pronounced expression of Cabernet. The fruit is less exuberant, but the Latour character is very present. A wine that will benefit from very long ageing and that will require a long time in the bottle before showing a more integrated structure.

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meat:
Beef, Game, Sausages

cheese:
Blue cheese, Goat cheese

Reviewer: Stephen Tanzer

Deep ruby-red. Black fruits, licorice, minerals, tobacco and iron on the complex nose. The wine's sweetness almost comes as a shock, but the creamy blueberry and blackberry fruit flavors are given lift and clarity by firm acidity and solid underlying minerality. Finishes with sweet tannins and subtle persistence. An unusually accessible young Forts de Latour, and riper than it appeared to be in the early going: as I recall, its supple character is partly attributable to the fact that it includes a good bit of declassified Latour merlot but less Latour press wine than usual.

3/5

fruit

4/5

body

3/5

acidity

4/5

tannin

0/5

sweetness

Pauillac, Medoc, Bordeaux, France

Red

Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot

Drink Now/Cellar

2nd Wine

Blackcurrant leaf / Chocolate / Mint / Powerful / Toasty

meat:
Beef, Game, Sausages

cheese:
Blue cheese, Goat cheese

Reviewer: Stephen Tanzer

Deep ruby-red. Black fruits, licorice, minerals, tobacco and iron on the complex nose. The wine's sweetness almost comes as a shock, but the creamy blueberry and blackberry fruit flavors are given lift and clarity by firm acidity and solid underlying minerality. Finishes with sweet tannins and subtle persistence. An unusually accessible young Forts de Latour, and riper than it appeared to be in the early going: as I recall, its supple character is partly attributable to the fact that it includes a good bit of declassified Latour merlot but less Latour press wine than usual.

Forts Latour

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