a bit of what I call these days "Soalheiro green
purple fruits and leather
Offered at a significant price reduction to the ‰۪09
forward and quaffable beauty is the 2013 Merlot from the Columbia Valley
1990 Latour, Pauillac a bit of what IThis is one of the more perplexing Latours to evaluate. It has plenty of sweetness as well as a gorgeous, rich fruitiness, but it lacks the firmness one finds in more recent great vintages such as 1996, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, and 2008. There is plenty of sweet, ripe currant fruitiness, abundant glycerin, and full body, but Im still waiting for that extra nuance of complexity to emerge. Its all there, but the wine still seems to be more monolithic