WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 854; underperforming the average for the sub-region in 2010 which is 879. The average score for Les Forts de Latour is 865, making this a below average effort for the producer.
When people talk about wines from Les Forts de Latour they use words like Fruit, Rich, Purple, Black, Ripe, Sweet, Full, Tannins, Deep, Ruby, Cassis, Cedar, Fine, Dark, Round. The 2010 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 2010 but no other wine from Les Forts de Latour: Pourri, Vanillary, Perfumes, Sophisticated, Marmalade, Faint, Mint, Stupendous, Splendid, Firmer. The wine has significantly lower levels of alcohol than this producer normally outputs (12.5% vs 13.07%); it has significantly lower levels of alcohol for the region in 2010 (12.5% vs 13.46%). The wine will be ready to drink in 1 years (in 2017) and should be consumed within the next 14 years (by 2030). It normally takes wines from Les Forts de Latour around 8 years to be ready to start drinking, and 13 further years to decline.
It represents good value compared to Château Haut-Brion 2010, Château La Mission-Haut-Brion 2005, Château Cheval Blanc 2005, Château Haut-Brion 2010, Château Palmer 2005; but better value alternatives would be Château Giscours 2005, Château Cos d’Estournel 2010, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2005, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2005, Les Forts de Latour 2009.
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Prices & Deals for Les Forts de Latour 2010
| Date |
Currency |
Price |
| 2016-01-16 |
gbp |
232 |
| 2016-01-05 |
gbp |
116 |
| 2015-08-18 |
gbp |
129 |