Les Forts de Latour - 2000 (1.5L) Size:1.5L this is quite a strong

this is quite a strong value at $30

and pressure from storms gently extract the oak flavors without head - a unique process we call ocean-aging

we’ve been making a fruited blend with Camerise berries in small quantities

yet the wine doesn’t seem manipulated or “over-worked

It's full-bodied but very reserved in style with fine tannins and a seductively long finish

Les Forts de Latour - 2000 (1.5L) Size:1.5L this is quite a strongThe 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