"23 barrels including small quantities of declassified 1er Crus Perrières, Bouchères and Porusots which could not be made separately.
Full bright yellow with a little green in the background. A touch of bacon fat here, but very soon it is the pure full fat fruit of Meursault which comes to the fore. A fine volume of dense white fruit, it may not go full butter and hazelnuts, but seekers after a properly classical Meursault will get their money’s worth here. Fine fresh long finish with some ripe greengage and a ripe citrus touch.
Jean-Pierre Latour is my hero this year for two reasons. Firstly, though he has made wines which can compare with those made by his colleagues, he does not feel that they are worthy of the current pricing in Burgundy, and so has declassified most of them – 1er Cru down to village and a Pommard plot offered as Bourgogne Rouge. He wants the quality to be in phase with the appellation on the label. Thank you Jean-Pierre. And secondly because his range of white wines was just about the finest I tasted through the autumn months! The whites and reds are day and night, to employ his words.” - Jasper Morris MW
"Named in honour of the Domaine founders, Charles Giraud and Maxime Latour, the fruit derives from multiple lieux-dits that include Les Corbins, Le Cromin, Les Chevalières, Les Crotots, Les Vireuils, Les Pelles, Le Limozin and Les Malpoiriers and was first introduced in 1987 intentionally being a ‘sum of all the parts’ seeking to put a wine to bottle that represents the best of Meursault." - Jean Pierre Latour
