2016 Les Forts de Latour Pauillac Ex Château March 2022 - 6x75cl
06B6FLATEX6PK _ 2016 - Les Forts de Latour Pauillac Ex Château March 2022 - 6x75cl
  • Colour Red
  • Producer Château Latour
  • Region Pauillac
  • Drinking 2022 - 2040
  • Case size 6x75cl
  • Available Now

2016 - Les Forts de Latour Pauillac Ex Château March 2022 - 6x75cl

  • Colour Red
  • Producer Château Latour
  • Region Pauillac
  • Drinking 2022 - 2040
  • Case size 6x75cl
  • Available Now
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Case price: £1,279.24 Duty Paid inc VAT
Equivalent Bottle Price: £213.20 Duty Paid inc VAT
Case price: £1,050.00 In Bond
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  • Goedhuis, April 2017

    A scent of cassis, with a lift of fresh mint tea. This wine focuses on purity and direction of fruit, a very polished style, commencing generous and full and then a feeling of substance and power slowly builds as the wine lingers in the palate. A noticeable Pauillac core and depth, whilst approachable now, it remains youthful and has a great future ahead of it.

  • Neal Martin, August 2020, Score: 95

    The 2016 Les Forts de Latour offers a pure, seductive bouquet of gorgeous, graphite-tinged black fruit, focused and full of tension. The palate is medium-bodied with fine-grained tannins and good balance and grip. This is a classic, tobacco- and graphite-driven Pauillac with a very persistent finish. There is something regal about this Les Forts de Latour, one of the finest vintages in recent years. Tasted blind at the Southwold tasting.

  • Antonio Galloni, January 2022, Score: 96

    The 2016 Les Forts de Latour is the clear highlight among these new releases from Latour. The first thing that is evident about the 2016 is the pedigree of the vintage. Undisputedly great. Readers will find a potent, dark Forts de Latour endowed with massive concentration and tons of depth. The 2016 won't be ready to drink anytime soon, but it holds tons of promise. Hints of gravel, sage, licorice and pencil shavings linger. The 2016 was impressive a few years ago. It is even better today.

  • Wine Advocate, November 2018, Score: 95

    Very deep garnet-purple colored, the 2016 Les Forts de Latour opens with cinnamon stick, cloves and star anise scents with hints of crème de cassis, kirsch, wild blueberries and hints of black tea and violets. Medium to full-bodied, it has very firm, grainy tannins and is wonderfully intense with layers of bright fruit and loads of red berry sparks, finishing long and minerally. This is a superb showing for Les Forts and I would not be at all surprised if it far exceeds my conservative drinking window estimation!

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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