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Lot #242. Les Forts de Latour 1970

Description: Consists of 12 Bottles, 0.75L
Region: France, Bordeaux, Pauillac.
Score: 91 JG.
"The ’70 Forts de Latour is a beautiful bottle of wine that is now fully into its plateau of maturity. The bouquet is deep and classic Pauillac, as it jumps from the glass in a blend of mint, ripe black cherries, plums, tobacco, a bit of espresso, Latour earth tones and a framing of cedary oak. On the palate the wine is full-bodied, deep and complex, with an excellent backbone, fine focus and grip, and just a bit of ripe tannin still perking up the wine on the long finish. This is a great bottle from the heyday of Latour, when the Forts de Latour bottling was clearly the equivalent of a second growth. Superb wine." View From the Cellar, Jul/Aug 2006, Issue #4
Provenance: The Tower Cellar
Notes: 10 base neck, 1 top shoulder, 1 high shoulder, lightly bin soiled, lightly corroded, glue stained, 5 lightly wrinkled, lightly scuffed, lightly bin soiled labels.
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Lot Location: Orange County
Estimate: $1,700

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