*Editors' Choice* A complex and complete wine with everything in place
accented by grapefruit granita and smoky mineral flavors
beautifully sweet purity
forward and quaffable beauty is the 2013 Merlot from the Columbia Valley
chocolate and currant follow through to a full-bodied palate
1990 Latour, Pauillac *Editors' Choice* A complex andThis 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