Les Forts de Latour, Pauillac
    Château Latour

    Les Forts de Latour, Pauillac, 2018

    93/100
    Inside Bordeaux
    95/100
    The Wine Independent
    93-95/100
    Vinous
    Available Vintages
    En primeur
    1. 2018

      3x75cl

      EP

      £500.00

    2. 2018

      3x1.5L

      EP

      £1,000.00

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    Critic Reviews

    93/100
    Jane Anson,
    Inside Bordeaux
    In the line up, this is a year older than the Pauillac de Latour, but very clearly deeper and more intense in colour, reflecting the 24hl/h yield after a challenging growing season first with mildew and then with the heat of the summer. The rich texture is immediately apparent, and it needs time to open in the glass, as bottle ageing has tamed the exuberance of En Primeur and given way to a classically muscular expression of the estate character. Those Pauillac tannins are exerting their influence, cradling blackcurrant and damson fruits, cocoa bean, baking spice, graphite, espresso, turmeric and black pepper. A wine that reflects the intensity of the summer, with everything knitted down and austere, I suggest a few more years in bottle before opening to allow more joy to come through, and decant well before serving. 42% of the overall estate production in this wine, 60% new oak.
    drinking window 2025 - 2040
    date of review 03/2024
    95/100
    Lisa Perrotti-Brown,
    The Wine Independent
    A blend of 65.6% Cabernet Sauvignon, 34% Merlot, and 0.4% Petit Verdot, Les Forts de Latour 2018 has a deep garnet-purple color. It storms out of the glass with powerful scents of blackberry pie, boysenberry preserves, and crème de cassis, melding into a background of sandalwood, Indian spices, dusty soil, and licorice, with a hint of dried flowers. The medium to full-bodied palate is powerful and seductive, delivering firm, grainy tannins and seamless freshness to frame the generous flavors of black fruit preserves, finishing long and opulent.
    drinking window 2025 - 2050
    date of review 03/2024
    93-95/100
    Neal Martin,
    Vinous
    The 2018 Les Forts de Latour has an almost penetrating bouquet of precocious black cherries, orange peel and violet aromas that could almost be a cool-climate Napa (and I don’t mean that in a derogatory way). The palate is powerful and multidimensional, almost bowling over the senses like skittles, so your appreciation depends on whether that is something you desire. Either way, it’s a Les Forts de Latour you won’t forget.
    drinking window 2023 - 2050
    date of review 11/2019

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    Specifications

    Country:
    France
    Region:
    Bordeaux
    Appellation:
    Pauillac
    style:
    Red Wine
    Grape Variety:
    Cab Sauvignon Merlot
    abv:
    14%

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