Chateau Latour - Les Forts de Latour 2014

Bewertungen

• 94/100

  James Suckling
  "Glorious aromatics with currants, flowers, stones and light mushrooms. Medium to full body and fine tannins that are long and polished. Super linear, structured and long. Drink in 2019."

• 93/100

  The Wine Advocate
  "The 2014 Les Forts de Latour is a blend of 71.4% Cabernet Sauvignon and 28.6% Merlot. Deep garnet-purple colored, it needs a little coaxing to reveal expanding scents of blackcurrant pastilles, baked plums and boysenberries with suggestions of wood smoke, fragrant earth, cast-iron pan and charcuterie plus a faint waft of black truffles. Medium-bodied, the earthy/savory palate has loads of lively black fruit with a refreshing line and firm, grainy tannins, finishing on a lingering ferrous note."

• 93/100

  Decanter
  "Highly enjoyable, has gorgeous elegance and freshness, and is showing better right now than the 2015 Pauillac de Latour. Extremely fresh, hedgerow and cassis bud backed up by richer seams of liquorice and blackberry. Not yet ready but you can see that with a stiff wind and a good carafe, you could get there in the next few years. Tight black spice uncurls to show carefully-delivered smoked cedar on the finish."

• 93/100

  Jeb Dunnuck
  "The second wine of the estate is the 2014 Les Forts De Latour and this beauty is better than most estate grand vin. Made from 50% Cabernet Sauvignon, 42% Merlot, and the balance Petit Verdot, this straight up classic Pauillac is loaded with notions of red and black currants, lead pencil shavings, roasted coffee, graphite, and Asian spices. Deep, medium to full-bodied, impressively concentrated, and layered, it’s a seriously good wine that’s going to continue drinking beautifully for two to three decades."

• 93/100

  Falstaff
  "Dunkles Rubingranat, violette Reflexe, dezente Randaufhellung, schwarze Beerenfrucht, ein Hauch von Lakritze und Zedernholz, facettenreiches Bukett. Saftig, dunkle Kirschen, straffe Tannine, salzig-mineralischer Touch im Abgang, dunkle Schokolade im Abgang, sicheres Reifepotenzial, würzig-mineralischer Nachhall."

• 93/100

  Wine Enthusiast
  "Packed with the fruit of the vintage, this wine is bright and crisp. Its acidity and pure black-currant flavors are delicious, juicy, the tannins now sitting easily in the background. The wine, which comes from a specific parcel, is developing well and will be released after 2020. It should be drunk from 2023."

• 92/100

  Wine Spectator
  "Offers a core of pure cassis and blackberry fruit, with mouthwatering streaks of graphite and anise. Racy-edged, featuring ample grip buried through the finish. Reveals a violet echo for good measure. Textbook. Best from 2018 through 2030. 9,022 cases made."

• 17/20

  Weinwisser
  "Sattes Purpur-Granat, dicht in der Mitte, lila Schimmer aussen. Recht tiefgründiges Bouquet, zeigt jetzt schon Trüffelkonturen, dunkle Pflaumenhaut sowie etwas Tabak. Dichter Gaumen, fleischig, das Extrakt wirkt kompakt und hat eine blau- bis schwarzbeerige Aromatik. Das Aroma ist nicht besonders druckvoll und trotzdem kommen die wunderschönen Cabernets gut durch, im Nachklang eine feine Note von pikanten Kernen zeigend. Das gibt zwar Rasse, generiert aber auch eine gewisse Tannin-Säureverbindung im Finale."