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2009 Les Forts de Latour
Red Bordeaux Blend
- France
- Bordeaux
- Médoc
- Pauillac
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Community Tasting Notes 46
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Purple Tooth wrote: 94 points
May 6, 2024 - This is so rich and delicious. I remember tasting this around 2013 and thought to myself, nah…this is too Californiaesque…that was true. But tasing this a decade later it seems that this wine never quit. It just evolved and maintained its rich fruit and developed some charcoaled complexity. Really a lush and powerful example of the fruity side of Bordeaux with latour pedigree and power. This is ready with no danger of dimming anytime soon. Drink or hold
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Zweder Likes this wine: 96 points
April 24, 2024 - HWS Bordeaux 2009 vs 2010 (By me): WOW, what a wine! Complex and intriguing bouquet with a lot of dark berries, graphite and beautifully dosed oak. Same on the palate, concentrated and powerful, savory and animals, firm acidity and tannin and a great length. Already great complexity and finesse but that will continue to develop for the better over the next 10+ years. Truly a very great wine! 95 - 96
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zorglub123 wrote: 92 points
August 19, 2023 - Nez d’abord sur l’iode et le graphite, puis Bergamote et fruits noirs. Attaque splendide de velouté, presque sucrée sans l’être vraiment. Grande matière, belle tension. Du fond, de la race. Vraiment très beau.
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GuanYu Likes this wine: 95 points
November 17, 2022 - Unripe blackcurrant, blackberry, crème de cassis, cedar, liquorice and spice. It was quite difficult to discern this second wine from the first wine Chateau Latour. Wine was dense and still youthful. Enjoyable to drink now and at least three decades of aging potential.
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ajburgess88 wrote: 95 points
April 6, 2022 - A fabulous wine, just coming into its window. Amazing floral nose bursting from the glass. The length goes on and on and. Lots of drinking pleasure here
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By Neal Martin
A Test Of Greatness: 2009 Bordeaux Ten Years On (March 2019), 3/1/2019 (link)(Latour Les Forts De Latour Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Neal Martin
A Test Of Greatness: 2009 Bordeaux Ten Years On (March 2019), 3/1/2019 (link)(Latour Les Forts De Latour Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
2/14/2019 (link)(Ch Latour, Les Forts de Latour Pauillac Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Jane Anson
Bordeaux 2009 10 years on, 2/7/2019 (link)(Château Latour, Forts de Latour, Pauillac, Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By James Suckling
2/7/2019 (link)(Les Forts de Latour Pauillac, France) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
2/7/2019 (link)(Ch Latour, Les Forts de Latour Pauillac Red) Subscribe to see review text.
View From the Cellar
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By John Gilman
Sep/Oct 2017, Issue #71, Château Latour Bordeaux’s Longest-Lived First Growth(Les Forts de Latour (barrel sample)) Subscribe to see review text.
Vinous
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By Antonio Galloni
Cellar Favorite: Château Latour – New Releases (Jul 2016), 7/1/2016 (link)(Latour Les Forts De Latour) Subscribe to see review text.
JancisRobinson.com
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
4/15/2016 (link)(Ch Latour, Les Forts De Latour Pauillac Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Chris Kissack
April 2016, 4/1/2016 (link)(Château Latour Les Forts de Latour Pauillac Red) Subscribe to see review text.
JancisRobinson.com
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
1/17/2013 (link)(Ch Latour, Les Forts de Latour Pauillac Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
3/31/2011 (link)(Ch Latour, Les Forts de Latour Pauillac Red) Subscribe to see review text.
The World of Fine Wine
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June 2010, Issue #28 (link)
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By Ian D'Agata
May/June 2010, IWC Issue #150 (link)(Chateau Latour Les Forts de Latour Pauillac) Subscribe to see review text.
JancisRobinson.com
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
3/31/2010 (link)(Ch Latour, Les Forts de Latour Pauillac Red) Subscribe to see review text.
View From the Cellar
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By John Gilman
Mar/Apr 2010, Issue #26, The 2009 Bordeaux Vintage- Futures’ Glory?(Forts de Latour) Subscribe to see review text.
Winedoctor
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By Chris Kissack
March 2010 (link)(Les Forts de Latour Pauillac) Subscribe to see review text.
Wine Definition
- Vintage 2009
- Type Red
- Producer Les Forts de Latour
- Varietal Red Bordeaux Blend
- Designation n/a
- Vineyard n/a
- Country France
- Region Bordeaux
- SubRegion Médoc
- Appellation Pauillac
- UPC Codes 3277034940306, 3277034948296, 3364420066587, 3550871200698, 3700266208734, 400002014911, 840877180746
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 410 (9%)
- In Cellars 3,491 (73%)
- Consumed 878 (18%)
Food Pairing
Community Recommendations
Lamb, Asian Pork Ribs, Beef, Beef Dishes, Brie Cheese, Camembert Cheese, Game, Poultry, Roast Beef, Wild mushroom feastWho Likes This Wine
100% Like It 17 votes
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- SubRegionMédoc
- AppellationPauillac
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