2009 Les Forts de Latour, Pauillac

Name: 2009 Les Forts de Latour, Pauillac
SKU: 1114480
Price: 274.99 USD
Availability: OutOfStock
Rating: 94.83333333333331 (7 reviews)

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James Suckling

Reviewed February 2019

Deep and dark with a ton of smoke and earth, the cassis fruit very much in the background, this is a concentrated and complex wine. Powerful yet racy palate with an elegant mineral finish.

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Professional Reviews

Vinous

Review Date: 03/2019

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. (NM)

Wine Advocate

Review Date: 03/2019

The deep garnet colored 2009 Les Forts de Latour springs forth with minted chocolate, blackberry pie, sweaty leather and cast iron pan notes with hints of bay leaves and unsmoked cigars. Medium to full-bodied and laden with muscular black fruit preserves and savory layers, it has a firm, grainy frame and lovely freshness, finishing with a minty kick. (LPB)

Wine Enthusiast

Review Date: 02/2012

Mint aromas hint at the wood, but more important is the massive Merlot fruit that is an essential element in the blend. The result is a wine that blends richness and power with an initially severe character. Slowly it opens to reveal opulent blackberry jam flavors, immensely ripe. (RV)

Staff Reviews

Ralph Sands

Great second wine with charged up dark raspberry and sweet Bing cherry fruit. Zesty and fresh.

Notes

95 points Robert Parker for Wine Advocate: "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." (12/2011)

Details

Type	Red Wine
Varietal	Cabernet Sauvignon and Blends
Origin	Pauillac, Bordeaux, France
Bottle Size	750 mL
Alcohol Content	13.5%
SKU	1114480