Les Forts de Latour Pauillac 1996 2025 L'Assemblage Part 1 You get the polish of

You get the polish of a serious Napa Cabernet program without the estate bottle's demand for patience

The bouquet reveals spices

stainless steel fermentation

planting an estate in Marlborough's Wairau Valley

sparkling profile

Les Forts de Latour Pauillac 1996 2025 L'Assemblage Part 1 You get the polish ofNow hitting its stride: at thirty years old, the 1996 Les Forts de Latour the second wine of Chteau Latour is moving into the long plateau of mature Pauillac. 1996 was a classical, structured Left Bank vintage that favored Cabernet, and Forts de Latour shows that pedigree: once tightly wound and tannic, it has now mellowed into a firm but silken framework supporting cassis, cedar, tobacco, leather, and the umami complexity that comes only with age. A