The dense ruby/purple-colored 1996 Les Forts de Latour is exceedingly tannic, with cassis and mushroom-like notes in the aromatics. This full-bodied wine is impressively constituted and one of the finest Forts de Latours of the last two decades. - WA

Rating for France-Bordeaux-Pauillac: 96 (good year)<br/><br/>Drinkability: too young, let it sit<br/>