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2015 Les Forts de Latour Pauillac - 1x150cl
06B5FLATSM _ 2015 - Les Forts de Latour Pauillac - 1x150cl
  • Colour Red
  • Producer Château Latour
  • Region Pauillac
  • Grape Cab. Sauvignon/ Merlot/ Cab. Franc/ Petit Verdot
  • Case size 1x150cl
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2015 - Les Forts de Latour Pauillac - 1x150cl

  • Colour Red
  • Producer Château Latour
  • Region Pauillac
  • Grape Cab. Sauvignon/ Merlot/ Cab. Franc/ Petit Verdot
  • Case size 1x150cl
  • Available Now
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Case price: £342.91 Duty Paid inc VAT
Equivalent Bottle Price: £342.91 Duty Paid inc VAT
Case price: £280.00 In Bond
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  • Neal Martin, July 2019, Score: 94

    The 2015 Les Forts de Latour has a little more fruit intensity than its peers, offering blackberry, graphite and cedar – all quintessential Pauillac – though it would benefit from a tad more precision. The palate is medium-bodied with fine grip, beautiful balance and polished blackberry and bilberry fruit toward the finish, where a tang of salinity lends tension. This is an outstanding Les Forts de Latour. Tasted blind at the Southwold 2015 Bordeaux tasting.

  • Neal Martin, July 2019, Score: 94

    The 2015 Les Forts de Latour has a little more fruit intensity than its peers, offering blackberry, graphite and cedar – all quintessential Pauillac – though it would benefit from a tad more precision. The palate is medium-bodied with fine grip, beautiful balance and polished blackberry and bilberry fruit toward the finish, where a tang of salinity lends tension. This is an outstanding Les Forts de Latour. Tasted blind at the Southwold 2015 Bordeaux tasting.

  • Neal Martin, April 2016, Score: 92-94

    The 2015 Les Forts de Latour is a blend of 63% Cabernet Sauvignon, 35.6% Merlot, 0.5% Cabernet Franc and 0.9% Petit Verdot, representing 40% of the production. It has a very succinct bouquet, quite understated for Les Forts de Latour with a marine influence filtering through the dark plum and briary fruit. The palate is medium-bodied and beautifully balanced, not huge depth here but harmonious and sensual, fanning out gently with graphite-tinged black fruit that linger long in the mouth. This is a classy Les Forts de Latour that will age gracefully over 20 years or more. Drink: 2022 - 2045

  • James Suckling, April 2016, Score: 93-94

    Very fruity and lifted with bright and floral aromas and flavors. Full and velvety. Gorgeous finish. Very pure and focused. Pretty Les Forts.

  • Matthew Jukes, April 2016, Score: 17.5++

    (63 Cabernet Sauvignon, 35.6 Merlot, 0.5 Cabernet Franc, 0.9 Petit Verdot) | 13.3% alc. | IPT 66. | 40% of production. This is a tight, sour Les Forts with stunning tension between the Cabernet Sauvignon and the Merlot, augmented by a dusting of spice coming from the Cabernet Franc and the Petit Verdot. The tannins are very focussed and sharp and this leads me to believe that this will be a particularly long-lived Les Forts but, like its Pauillac third wine sibling, it is more red than black. The oak is again exotic and perfumed and the length is considerable, but it is more related to its diminutive sibling rather than its noble father.

  • Jancis Robinson, April 2016, Score: 17+

    Dark crimson. Very sumptuous nose. Massive sweetness on the front palate and then Pauillac stoniness. A real charmer. Lots of vigour and punch. Complete and very dry. Needs lots of time. Drink 2025-2040

  • Tim Atkin, May 2016, Score: 93

    Showing much more power and concentration than the 2014 at this stage, Latour’s second wine is quite closed at the moment: dense, brooding and compact with excellent underlying fruit and acidity. It just needs time to come together. Drink: 2022-32

Producer

Château Latour

It is a common misconception that Château Latour was named after its cream-coloured tower - a 17th century edifice that served as a dovecote. The original tower that gave its name to this exemplary property was built in the 15th century as a watchtower to fend off invading pirates during the Hundred Years War. Unfortunately, it has long been eroded away. Château Latour's vines are planted on the gravel soil of Paulliac, mos...Read more

It is a common misconception that Château Latour was named after its cream-coloured tower - a 17th century edifice that served as a dovecote. The original tower that gave its name to this exemplary property was built in the 15th century as a watchtower to fend off invading pirates during the Hundred Years War. Unfortunately, it has long been eroded away. Château Latour's vines are planted on the gravel soil of Paulliac, most of them stand 12 to 16 metres above the Gironde Estuary. It can be considered the King of the First Growths, having the extraordinary power, structure and presence.Read less

Region

Pauillac

Due south of St Estèphe lies the appellation of Pauillac, the king of Left Bank communes. It is home to three first growths as well as a plethora of other classified growths. Pauillac's renowned well-draining, gravelly soils enable its dominant grape Cabernet Sauvignon to reach fantastic heights of complexity and concentration. As a result, Pauilac's wines tend to be full-bodied with compact tannins and good freshness. Its aromatics are often what one associates with classic Bordeaux: pencil shavings, black currant and occasional mint. Some of the most famous châteaux of the commune are Latour, Mouton Rothschild, Lafite Rothschild, Pichon Baron, Pichon Lalande and Lynch Bages.

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