Les Forts de Latour
⏳ Drinking Window
2025 - 2045
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roasted rack of lamb, grilled ribeye steak, pan-seared duck breast
✨ Technical Specifications
The 2015 Les Forts de Latour is a triumphant expression of a highly acclaimed Bordeaux vintage, shaped by a hot, dry summer and perfectly timed late-season rains that allowed for ideal phenolic ripeness. Sourced from designated plots outside the historic 'l'Enclos'—including Petit Batailley and Sainte-Anne—as well as select young vines from the estate's core, this wine is crafted with the same uncompromising precision as the Grand Vin. It underwent traditional vinification before aging for 18 months in French oak barrels, 50% of which were new. The result is a wine of immense depth, marrying intense blackcurrant and graphite notes with a refined, muscular tannic structure that epitomizes the gravel-rich soils of Pauillac.
🍾 About the Producer
With a storied heritage dating back to the 14th century, Château Latour stands as one of the world's most revered wine estates, cemented as a Premier Grand Cru Classé in the historic 1855 Bordeaux Classification. Situated on the gravelly banks of the Gironde estuary in the Pauillac appellation of the Médoc, the estate benefits from a distinctive microclimate that moderates extreme temperatures and nurtures its ancient vines. Acquired by François Pinault in 1993, the property embraces biodynamic viticulture and precision vinification across its prized 47-hectare historical heart, the Enclos. Renowned for their extraordinary longevity, structural depth, and intense concentration, Latour's Cabernet Sauvignon-dominant Grand Vin and second wine, Les Forts de Latour, epitomize the pinnacle of classic, age-worthy Bordeaux.
🍇 Grape Varieties
Cabernet Sauvignon (approx 70%), Merlot, Petit Verdot
🍷 Alcohol By Volume (ABV)
13.5%