1990 Latour, Pauillac forward and quaffable beauty is

forward and quaffable beauty is the 2013 Merlot from the Columbia Valley

*Editors' Choice* A complex and complete wine with everything in place

flavor-wise and structurally is largely confirmed over and over again by the high-quality producers in both Napa and Sonoma

purple fruits and leather

chocolate and currant follow through to a full-bodied palate

1990 Latour, Pauillac forward and quaffable beauty isThis 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