Latoque 2015 Reserve, Languedoc Roussillon

Latoque 2015 Reserve

Does this wine exist?  If it wasn’t for the fact that I found a bottle at a wine & spirits store, I would have to say “no”.

I read about the wine while perusing the PLCB’s website. They listed it as having a 90 point score from the Wine Advocate, being produced by the Les Vignobles Foncalieu winery in France, and being priced at under $11.  The website also showed that the wine was for sale all around the Philly region. That is the kind of wine I want to try. It may be good enough for our wine newsletter. However…..

Here are a few of the reasons it shouldn’t exist.:

1. It’s not listed on the winery’s website.
2. The  90 point review is not in the Wine Advocate’s database.
3. It’s not available in any wine shop anywhere (according to wine-searcher.com)

Here’s the mythical review that the PLCB published:

“Ripe, medium- to full-bodied, nicely concentrated and with ripe tannin, it has real Cabernet character, lots of dark fruits, scorched earth and chocolate aromas and flavors, and a good finish. Drink 2016-2022.”  (88-90) Points Wine Advocate

Here’s what we do know: it’s primarily  Cabernet Sauvignon with a bit of Syrah and  Malbec. It’s also quite delicious and drinks above its mysterious lineage.  Melted chocolate and blackberry and licorice on the nose. A bit of forest floor (sous bois) on the palate backed up with lush full-bodied tannins. The finish edges into bay leaves and black fruit. Very nice indeed.

 

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