{"product_id":"chateau-latour-les-forts-de-latour-pauillac-2012-750ml","title":"Château Latour - Les Forts de Latour Pauillac 2012 (750ml)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe color is dark with a beautiful intensity.The nose is fruity, refined, ripe and extremely expressive. On the palate, the wine is rounded and smooth, spicy and very aromatic. It evolves pleasurably towards a delicious finale with fine tannins.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCritical Acclaim\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eJD93\u003cbr\u003e\nJeb Dunnuck\u003cbr\u003e\nThe second wine of Château Latour, the 2012 Les Forts de Latour is a smoking good, rich, concentrated effort that most likely wins the battle of the second wines in the vintage. Crème de cassis, graphite, crushed violets, cedar pencil and tobacco notes all flow to a medium to full-bodied 2012 that has rock solid mid-palate depth and a great finish. It doesn’t come cheap but is a beautiful, classic Les Forts de Latour that will drink nicely for another 10-15 years.\u003cbr\u003e\nRP92\u003cbr\u003e\nRobert Parker's Wine Advocate\u003cbr\u003e\nComposed of 76% Cabernet Sauvignon, 22% Merlot and 2% Petit Verdot, the 2012 Les Forts de Latour has a medium to deep garnet-purple color and nose of redcurrants, black cherries and kirsch with menthol, cigars and dried herbs. Medium to full-bodied, the palate is soft and vibrant with a lively line and an herbal lift on the finish.\u003cbr\u003e\nJS92\u003cbr\u003e\nJames Suckling\u003cbr\u003e\nPerfumed and bright with mineral, currant, raspberry and citrus character. Full body, fine tannins and a crisp finish. Orange peel. Better in 2017.\u003cbr\u003e\nD91\u003cbr\u003e\nDecanter\u003cbr\u003e\nSuperb colour, cassis fruit and the classic graphite grip of top Pauillacs, fragrance, precision and great class.\u003cbr\u003e\nWS91\u003cbr\u003e\nWine Spectator\u003cbr\u003e\nAdmirably rich for the vintage, with solid plum and black currant paste flavors, allied to a decidedly brisk and racy structure and backed by plum pit, iron and singed alder notes through the finish, giving this a rather linear feel overall. Should age well, and will likely always have more cut than breadth. Best from 2017 through 2025.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chateau Latour","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44179997229280,"sku":"118730","price":364.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0649\/9713\/0464\/products\/chateau-latour-les-forts-de-latour-pauillac_1_94d0585a-8c1f-4b4f-b5b0-8c2237405ed8.jpg?v=1694712364","url":"https:\/\/www.mywineconnection.com\/products\/chateau-latour-les-forts-de-latour-pauillac-2012-750ml","provider":"My Wine Connection","version":"1.0","type":"link"}