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Wed, Jun 4, 2025 03:00PM EDT - Thu, Jun 5, 2025 03:00PM EDT
  • 2000
  • 1500ml
  • France
  • Bordeaux
  • Medoc
  • Bordeaux Red Blend
  • Red
Lot 44

2000 Les Forts de Latour Pauillac - 1 bottle(s)-1500ml

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This lot is comprised of 1 bottle(s) of 2000 Les Forts de Latour Pauillac - 1500ml. Estimate for this lot is between $600 - $850 with a BUY IT NOW of $725. The wine in this lot belongs to collection 11629.

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A consignor who was a member of a group of professionals who launched a wine club in Toronto during the mid-1970s. Though his interest in wine was long-standing, his serious collecting didn’t begin until after his retirement in 2008. Following several years of research into proper wine storage and investment, he crossed paths with Warren Porter, which further shaped his approach. Most of the wines were sourced through Iron Gate, while additional selections came from the LCBO's Oakville flagship store and its exclusive Classics catalogue. His collection was housed in custom-built cellars, maintained at optimal temperature and humidity, with each bottle categorized by its purpose: Investment, Maturation, or Inheritance.
2000 Les Forts de Latour Pauillac has following scores - Vinous 95 , Richard Jennings 95, James Suckling 94, Jeannie Cho Lee (formerly Asian Palate) 94. 2000 Les Forts de Latour Pauillac has the score of 92 from Robert Parker and the tasting note -The 2000 Les Forts de Latour is a seriously endowed wine with notes of black walnuts, black currants, crushed rock, tobacco and spice box. Full-bodied, luscious but still in need of another 2-3 years to hit full maturity, it certainly can evolve for another 15 or more years, and looks to be slightly richer and longer-lived than I originally predicted.