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The April 2016 Internet-Only Auction Part 3
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Estimate: $90
Base neck, lightly adhesive stained capsule, very lightly mold stained and heavily glue stained label, price sticker partially covering label.
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"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."
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"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."
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The world's most influential fine-wine producer and the benchmark for Bordeaux, Burgundy, Champagne and the Rhone. Its appellation (AOC) system codifies geography, grape and method, and its wines set the global standard for age-worthiness and terroir expression.
The world's largest fine-wine region, built around blends of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. Divided by the Gironde estuary into the structured Left Bank and the plush, Merlot-led Right Bank, it is the historic benchmark for age-worthy claret and sweet Sauternes.
Home to three of Bordeaux's five First Growths, Pauillac is the Left Bank benchmark for powerful, structured Cabernet Sauvignon. Its wines are famed for cassis, cedar and graphite notes and exceptional aging potential.