2005 Les Forts de Latour Bordeaux Blend

Bordeaux Blend - 1.5L
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REVIEWS

JS 94 WS 94 NM 93 WA 93 WE 92 JR 91 W&S 91
JS 94

jamessuckling.com, April 2012

Very classy with plenty of raspberry, currant, and licorice character. This is dense and compacted on the palate. Leave it for at least two or three years from now.
WS 94

Wine Spectator, March 2008

Shows blackberry coffee cedar and raisin on the nose turning to licorice and fresh flowers. Full-bodied with refined silky tannins and a long finish. Balanced and juicy. Builds on the palate with currant licorice and...
NM 93

Neal Martin's Wine Journal, February 2015

The Les Forts de La Tour 2005 has a more complex bouquet compared to the Petit Mouton, with blackberries, wild strawberry and floral scents that just blossom in the glass. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannin...
WA 93

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, June 2015

The 2005 Les Forts de Latour is another beautiful wine from this estate. Medium to full-bodied, with a dense ruby/purple color, loads of blackcurrant fruit, earth, and spice, the wine is extremely pure, broad, savory, and...
WE 92

Wine Enthusiast, June 2008

Always the equivalent of many classed growths, Les Forts de Latour is hardly a second wine, deriving from a particular parcel of the Latour vineyard. This 2005 is beautifully balanced, with lively fresh acidity, dense...
JR 91

Jancis Robinson's Purple Pages, July 2009

Very dark with some ruby at the rim. Very dense and polished. On the nose, lightly perfumed. Dry but with a lot more charm and flesh than the 2006. Round and sweet. Very charming. Big and round. Neat and dry finish but...
W&S 91

Wine & Spirits, October 2008

It took four days after this bottle was first opened for the wine to shed the tough, reductive character in the tannin and begin to show the plump claret this will become with time. What initially feels dark, ripe and...

WINE DETAILS

Color & Type Red
Varietal Bordeaux Blend
Country France
Region Bordeaux
Sub-region Pauillac
Vintage 2005
Size 1.5L

Chateau Latour, one of Bordeaux’s oldest and most famous wine producers, is a First Growth in the 1855 Bordeaux Classification. It’s located in Pauillac near the border with Saint-Julien.

Vines have existed on the property since the 14th century, but Chateau Latour first began producing wines of great quality in the early eighteenth century. The estate gradually came to specialize in wine production, with 38 hectares of vines in 1759 and 47 hectares in 1794.

The vineyard currently has 78 hectares in production. The grapes from the 47 hectares surrounding the chateau, known as “L’Enclos”, are used in the production of the Grand Vin. The 30 hectares outside of the Enclos are used for the Forts de Latour and the Pauillac wines. The estate is planted with about 80% Cabernet Sauvignon, 18% Merlot, and 2% Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot on gravelly hilltops and clay subsoil.