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Type: Red Wine
Country: France
Region: Bordeaux
Code: FORT060
"The second wine, from vineyards outside of their famous walled l’enclos, the 2012 Les Forts de Latour is a beautiful, elegant wine with a dense purple color, notes of sweet black cherries and blackcurrants, subtle background minerality and no evidence of oak. This medium to full-bodied, beautifully constructed and layered Les Forts de Latour should drink nicely for 15 or more years." Score: 90 Robert Parker, RobertParker.com (218), April 2015

Specification

Producer

Château Latour

Château Latour is a French wine estate, rated as a First Growth under the 1855 Bordeaux Classification, owned by Groupe Artemis. Latour lies at the very south-eastern tip of the commune of Pauillac in the Médoc region to the north-west of Bordeaux, at its border with Saint-Julien, and only a few hundred metres from the banks of the Gironde estuary.

Tasting Notes

"The best second wine from a first growth in 2012, reflecting the quality of Latour itself, this is not a big, buxom Pauillac by any means, but its charms are considerable, with lovely focus and freshness, refined tannins and hints of graphite, minerality and blackcurrant. Long and well balanced." Score: 94 Tim Atkin MW, timatkin.com, April 2013

Food Matches

The finest cuts of beef, lamb or venison, or a simple but well thought-out cheese board.

Vinification

50%-60% new barrels

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