2016 Chateau Latour ‘Les Forts De Latour’, Pauillac, France

First produced in 1966, this is not really a second wine as it is produced from separate parts of the vineyard which contain many old vines, as well as from some vats that are not quite up to the standards of the Grand Vin de Château Latour. Grapes from the vineyard’s young vines do not go into Les Forts de Latour but are used for a generic Pauillac third label. Clearly the equivalent of a top classed growth. Under Frédéric Engerer’s management, Les Forts de Latour has continued to improve in quality and recent vintages have been at “super-second growth” levels.