Les Forts de Latour 2000

The 2000 Les Forts de Latour has a very perfumed and floral bouquet, beautifully defined, precise and precocious; hints of eucalyptus emerge with time. The palate is well balanced and intense, delivering black fruit laced with mint and tar. The concentrated finish gently grips the mouth. This is only just beginning to show what it can do. 2021 - 2050

The 2000 Les Forts de Latour is a seriously endowed wine with notes of black walnuts, black currants, crushed rock, tobacco and spice box. Full-bodied, luscious but still in need of another 2-3 years to hit full maturity, it certainly can evolve for another 15 or more years, and looks to be slightly richer and longer-lived than I originally predicted. My original ratings appear to have been dead on the money for both of these efforts from Chateau Latour.

The nose is rich and black fruited the palate has depth a mix of black cherry and cassis. Firm at the start but sweet and ripe in the middle the fruit backed by dark chocolate richness. The finish is long fragrant with a hint of maturity. 2015-27

The 2000 Forts de Latour (a blend of 60% Cabernet Sauvignon and 40% merlot) elicited a big "wow" from me. Potentially one of the finest Forts de Latour ever made (clearlly on a qualitative par with the 1982), it is extremely concentrated, powerful, dense, and not dissimilar from its big brother. This sensational second wine should be at its best in 8 years and drink well for 25.