2020, Les Forts de Latour, PAUILLAC

70% CABERNET SAUVIGNON, 26.5% MERLOT, 3.5% PETIT VERDOT

Love the texture and depth on display from the first moment, a brilliant vintage to track down a bottle of Les Forts de Latour. This is packed with delicious and sappy blackberry, damson and cassis fruit, coupling concentration and elegance. 60% new oak for ageing. Hélène Genin technical director and estate manager.

95 Jane Anson, Inside Bordeaux.

Blue fruits and lead pencil come through here. Medium to full body. Firm and silky tannins and a crisp and citrusy finish. Nice zest. Floral and fruity. Al dente fruit. Needs four or five years to show its excellence. Try after 2028.
96 James Suckling.

The 2020 Les Forts De Latour brings everything up a substantial notch, offering medium to full-bodied aromas and flavours of crème de cassis, lead pencil shavings, liquid violets, and spring flower notes. It shows the fresher, pure, focused style of the vintage, has an incredible floral character, ripe, fine tannins, and great finish. Give it 4-5 years at a minimum, and I suspect it's capable of evolving for decades. Drink between 2027-2052.
94+ Jeb Dunnuck.

The 2020 Les Forts de Latour has a fresh, delineated, precise and focused bouquet of graphite-infused black fruit. The oak is neatly integrated. The palate is medium-bodied with sapid black fruit, fine depth and ample grip. This builds momentum toward a structured finish, with a dash of spice lingering on the aftertaste. Excellent. Tasted blind at the annual Southwold tasting. Drink between 2030-2060.
95 Neal Martin, Vinous.