71.4% Cabernet Sauvignon, 28.6% Merlot

Neal Martin: 93, James Suckling: 94

Neal Martin: The 2014 Les Forts de Latour has a smudged, quite opulent bouquet with lavish red fruit, leather and undergrowth scents, more forward than I would expect from a wine this youthful. The palate is medium-bodied with soft tannin and a little chewy in the mouth. Like the nose, this Les Forts de Latour feels unusually decadent for the vintage with a sweet finish that needs to muster more reserve and breeding. It is not unlikeable, quite the opposite...... Tasted blind at the annual Southwold tasting.