Pauillac de Latour | Latour's baby brother

We are delighted to offer Chateau Latour's third wine: Pauillac de Latour. These wines highlight the breeding of the Grand Vin, expressing the expertise of Ch. Latour’s vineyard management and wine making team. They have created wines with all the polish we associate with the estate and a true sense of Pauillac power, but, crucially, a youthful approachability and a price to match.

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

  • Red
  • 2022 - 2040
  • Château Latour
  • 6x75cl
  • Pauillac, Red Bordeaux
  • Available Now
Pricing
£1,050.00 In Bond £1,276.07 Duty Paid inc VAT

  • 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!

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2015 Pauillac de Ch Latour Pauillac - 6x75cl

  • Red
  • 2024 - 2033
  • Château Latour
  • 6x75cl
  • Pauillac, Red Bordeaux
  • Available Now
Pricing
£325.00 In Bond £406.07 Duty Paid inc VAT

  • Goedhuis, February 2022

    A broad and structured wine, showing off the combination of 56% Cabernet Sauvignon, 41% Merlot and 4% Petit Verdot. A combination of fresh currants and bramble fruits, this is polished on the palate with hints of eucalyptus and spice. The initial fresh crispness of fruit recedes as the overall breadth and weight of the wine builds in the palate. Excellent structure and has a feeling of real class.

  • James Suckling, April 2016, Score: 91-92

    This is is very fruity and refined with blackberry and fine tannins. Medium to full body. Clean finish. Third wine of Latour.

  • Matthew Jukes, April 2016, Score: 17+

    (52.4 Cabernet Sauvignon, 41.7 Merlot, 4.1 Petit Verdot) | 13.5% alc. | IPT 65. | 30% of production. In the time-honoured Pauillac de Latour style, this wine is taut, unyielding, firm and it isn’t giving much away. The impression is more of a red-fruited wine than a black style and this is borne out by the significant percentage of Merlot in the blend. It is a finer build than in years past and this serves to lengthen the finish rather than bulk out the mid-palate. The flavour is mildly exotic and aside from the tannins which are admittedly very firm, this seems to be a more tender, cherry-driven wine which will live for a long time and soften into a blushing beauty.

  • Jancis Robinson, April 2016, Score: 16.5

    Deep crimson, colour remarkably similar to the grand vin and Forts. Not much nose. Lots of press wine. Really rather fresh and sweet and Latour-like but a bit awkward and astringent on the finish. Lots of vigour though. Clean as a whistle. Dry finish for the moment. Drink 2022-2029

  • Tim Atkin, May 2016, Score: 92

    Not bad for a third wine! This saw more new oak than usual because of the quality of the grapes. Perfumed cassis and bramble fruit is supported by firmish tannnins and taut acidity. One to tuck away for a while, which is just what Latour does these days. Drink: 2020-28

Need help? Call +44 (0)20 7793 7900 or email wine@goedhuis.com.

Pricing

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Tax status

  • IB: In Bond. These wines have had no UK Duty or VAT paid on them. Wines can be purchased In Bond for storage in Private Reserves or another bonded warehouse, or for export to non-EU countries.

  • DP: Duty Paid. Wines for immediate UK delivery must be purchased Duty Paid. VAT is payable on Duty Paid wines. Wines which have been removed from Bond cannot subsequently be returned to Bond. They must remain Duty Paid but can be purchased as such for storage subject to VAT.

  • EP: En Primeur. These wines are lying in the Domaines’ cellars until shipping. They can only be purchased In Bond. On arrival in the UK these wines can either be stored In Bond in Private Reserves or another bonded warehouse or delivered directly to you. When you decide to take delivery, Duty and VAT at the prevailing rate become payable.