Les Forts de Latour Pauillac 1996 070226CHILL farmed organically (a serious commitment

farmed organically (a serious commitment in Galicia's rain)

slowest-ripening site: organically farmed

some vines over seventy years old and a few pre-phylloxera survivors past a century

Fresh red fruits—cherry

Les Forts de Latour Pauillac 1996 070226CHILL farmed organically (a serious commitmentNow hitting its stride: at thirty years old, the 1996 Les Forts de Latour the second wine of Chteau Latour is moving into the long plateau of mature Pauillac. 1996 was a classical, structured Left Bank vintage that favored Cabernet, and Forts de Latour shows that pedigree: once tightly wound and tannic, it has now mellowed into a firm but silken framework supporting cassis, cedar, tobacco, leather, and the umami complexity that comes only with age. A