Les Forts de Latour (2009)

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Vinee Beschreibung und Bewertung

Zweitwein Chateau Latour

96/100 PP

'2009 had a very hot, dry summer with a little rain in mid to late September. The wines are rich, opulent and generously fruited, approachable when young, though they have the substance to age beautifully. This is no exception. Deep garnet-purple colored, the 2009 Les Forts de Latour is very spicy on the nose, strutting star anise, fenugreek and cumin seed notions over a core of crème de cassis, violets, plum preserves and blueberry compote with a waft of camphor. The palate is full-bodied, rich, opulent and wonderfully velvety in the mouth with a very long, multilayered finish.'
(Lisa Perrotti-Brown, robertparker.com)

95/100 PP

'Possibly the best second wine ever made at Latour (and I love how the 1982 is drinking at age 30), the 2009 Les Forts de Latour is composed of two-thirds Cabernet Sauvignon and the rest Merlot blended with a tiny dollop of Petit Verdot, and finished at 13.5% alcohol. Juicy notes of creme de cassis, licorice, camphor, smoke and crushed rocks are followed by a rich, unctuously textured, thick, juicy, exceptionally pure, long wine. This beauty will be at its finest in several years and should keep for three decades.'
(Robert M. Parker, Jr., robertparker.com)

96/100 vinous

'The 2009 Les Forts de Latour is engaging and quite complex on the nose with blackberry, bilberry, hints of brine and freshly rolled tobacco, all very well delineated and gaining vigor with aeration. The palate is medium-bodied with fine but firm tannin that frame layers of black fruit laced with pencil lead and tobacco, very convincing on the finish that has one of the longest lengths of any Pauillac in this flight. Excellent. Tasted blind at Farr Vintners’ 2009 Bordeaux tasting.'
(Neal Martin, vinous.com)

Premier Cru Classé, Pauillac
Seit Jahrhunderten dominiert Latour die Premier Crus von Süd-Médoc, manche sagen sogar von Bordeaux, durch seine außergewöhnliche Qualität und ununterbrochene Gleichmäßigkeit seiner Weine, deren außerordentliche Vollmundigkeit oft lange Geduld fordert, um ihren vollen Gehalt zu entfalten.
Die kompromisslose Auswahl vor der Verarbeitung wird seinem exklusiven Charakter gerecht – fordernd in den jungen Jahren, aber von einer unvergleichlichen Großzügigkeit in der Reife.

'Chateau Latour bleibt einer der konzentriertesten, gehaltvollsten, tanninstärksten und körperreichsten Weine der Welt.
(Robert M. Parker , Jr.)