Two bottles Les Forts de Latour
Produced by Château Latour
1999 vintage
Pauillac, Bordeaux/France
Original filling quantity: 0.75 l
Fill level: into neck
Robert Parker (2002): 90/100
René Gabriel (2002): 17/20

This lot comprises two bottles of 1999 vintage Les Forts de Latour, the second wine of Château Latour from the Pauillac appellation in Bordeaux.

The appellation Pauillac produces some of the world’s most highly-prized and expensive red wines. Situated to the northwest of the city of Bordeaux, near the Atlantic coast, its vineyards are located on dried-out swamplands. Vines take root in gravel dunes with subterranean clay lens. Here, Cabernet Sauvignon can develop a unique depth of taste and power, so the grape variety therefore makes up a large percentage of the Pauillac cuvées. The tannin-rich, powerful, concentrated wines require longer bottle-ageing in order to differentiate and reveal their taste. The Classification of 1855 put the vineyards of the Lafite-Rothschild and Latour estates ahead of the pack, awarding them Premier cru status. Mouton-Rothschild has also belonged to the club since 1973. In second place are the Deuxième crus of Pichon-Longueville-Baron and Pichon-Longueville-Comtesse de Lalande. For decades, however, experts have judged them as being at least on a par with their Premier cru counterparts. This is also the case for numerous other top wines from this appellation.

The 1999 vintage Les Forts de Latour was rated 90 points by Robert Parker in 2002. The wine was rated 17 of 20 points by René Gabriel also in 2002.

The fill levels are excellent (into neck). The labels and capsules are in perfect condition.

Château Latour

Château Latour is one of the most famous wine estates in the world. It is one of just four wine estates to achieve Premier Cru (first growth) status in the Bordeaux Bordeaux Wine Official Classification of 1855. Wine has been produced here since the 14th century and Michael de Montaigne mentioned it as early as the 16th century. The wines from the estate were also known to Thomas Jefferson, for example, who counted it as one of his favourite wines. Today, the estate is owned by French billionaire François Pinault.

Latour has an acreage of 78 hectares, on which Cabernet Sauvignon (80 %), Merlot (18 %), Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot (2 % in total) are grown. The grapes for the Grand Cru are grown on 47 hectares known as L’Enclos. Alongside this wine, Château Latour also produces a second wine, Les Forts de Latour.

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