Chateau Latour Les Forts De 2018 0.75 L Flasche

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- 95 Punkte, JEB DUNNUCK (052024): A fruit bomb of a wine, the 2018 Les Forts De Latour is just about overflowing with sweet cassis and darker currant-like fruit, as well as complex notes of smoked tobacco, flowery incense, and spice. This plush, full-bodied, sexy effort has sweet tannins, a layered, opulent mouthfeel, and a great finish. This sensational effort is based on 65.6 Cabernet Sauvignon, 34 Merlot, and just a splash of Petit Verdot, and it's as good as most châteaux's Grand Vin. Drink bottles any time over the coming 2+ decades. 2024-2045
- 94 Punkte, VINOUS, Antonio Galloni (022024): The 2018 Les Forts de Latour is surprisingly approachable. It boasts serious concentration because of the warm dry summer and ensuing low yields, yet the intensity of the fruit pretty much covers the tannins, quite unusual for young Forts de Latour. Dark-toned fruit, gravel, incense, licorice and sxorched earth add tot he wine´s distinctive sepia-toned personality. The 2018 turned out beautifully.
- 93 Punkte, DECANTER Georgina Hindle (012024): Richly perfumed on the nose, so aromatic and scented in a heady way
- ripe strawberries and blackcurrants. A bit more subdued than I was expecting with a crushed stone texture to the tannins, less plush
- more serious, straight, determined and all in one line. Ripe and cool black and blue fruits, less jammy than I was expecting but still with clear depth aided by high acidity and touch of spice and tension around the sides. Nicely textured
- a complex glass of wine, definitely not 'easy drinking' right now
- give it a few years and a long decant, but this builds and builds, with a great sense of complexity, terroir and minerality to it. 2025-2038 ;