2006 Les Forts de Latour
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Perfumed nose with some fruit but also bitter chocolate. Grippy, young, not yet developing complexity and still lots of fresh dark fruit, ever so slightly cloying finish.
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Tasted at Bordeaux Index's annual 10-Year On tasting in London. The 2006 Les Forts de Latour has a much more precise and lively bouquet than the Le Petit Mouton: blackberry, briary and vanilla emerging from the glass, suggesting that it needs another couple of years to reach its peak. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannin, commendable depth of fruit and tangible mineralité. This is better than some of the Pauillac Grand Vins, such is the detail and energy on the finish. Superb. Tasted January 2016.
Tasted blind. Dark crimson. Very solid and a little cheesy as well as being very chewy. Bit stolid. Worthy but not much fun. (JR)
About the producer
One of Bordeaux’s five First Growths, as classified in 1855, Ch. Latour is among the most famous addresses in Pauillac and the world. The estate is renowned for its long-ageing, powerful and structured wines.