Les Forts de Latour Pauillac 1996 campaign-feature The Macallan

The Macallan

soulful introductions

Jesus Velasquez and Patricia Greer planted the two-acre site in 1997 and farm it organically

get creative with cocktails or drink on the rocks

Chaumees tends to wear its aromatics on its sleeve — more openly floral and perfumed

Les Forts de Latour Pauillac 1996 campaign-feature The MacallanNow 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