Louis Latour Meursault Blagny 1er Cru Burgundy

Intro to Louis Latour Meursault Blagny 1er Cru Burgundy –

Louis Latour Meursault Blagny 1er Cru Burgundy is a classic with elegance and balance and great fruit flavours.

Full tasting note and wine making –

Louis Latour Meursault Blagny 1er Cru Burgundy has an intense aroma and palate with complex notes of anise, apple and pear. It is an extremely elegant wine well-balanced between fullness and persistence.

It is exclusively produced by Maison Louis Latour, the Premier Cru vineyard of Château de Blagny is located high on the hillside overlooking the villages of Meursault and Puligny-Montrachet. The wine is made from fruit from 30 year old vines and is traditionally vinified and matured in small French oak barrels where it also undergoes malolactic fermentation, and displays all the attributes of a classic white Burgundy showing opulence and a mineral freshness coupled with rich flavours that develop overtime. It ages for 8 to 10 months in barrels that are made in the Louis Latour cooperage.

The producer –

The Latour family have long been established in Burgundy’s wine trade. They began as vine growers in the village of Aloxe-Corton as early as 1768 and went on to establish today’s business, Maison Louis Latour, in 1797. Today they are one of the region’s most famous names creating wines from their own 50 hectare domaine in the Côte d’Or and from grapes and wines purchased through the negociant arm of the business.
The company has been in family ownership for 11 generations and is now led by the 7th Louis Latour. He is ably supported by Chief winemaker Jean Charles Thomas, and Denis Fetzmann and Boris Champy who run the Domaine.
Back in the 19th Century barrels were not only used as they are today, to age and ferment wine, but they were also the only way in which to ship wine. Bottles were usually too fragile and their weight increased transportation costs excessively. Barrel making has been a time honoured tradition at Maison Louis Latour for more than half a century. It continues today with over 2000 barrels being made each year, half of which are exported to other wineries worldwide. The oak originates from the Alliers and Vosges forests of Northern France and ages outside for 30 months before being used to make a barrel. Barrels are made by craftsmen with staves being placed together and carefully shaped, by hand, info a barrel form before being toasted over an open fire. Chestnut hoops are traditionally placed around the barrel to protect it.

Maison Louis Latour owns almost fifty hectares of grand cru, premier cru and communal vineyards in Aloxe-Corton, Gevrey-Chambertin, Puligny-Montrachet, Vosne Romanée, Pernand-Vergelesses, Savigny-lès-Beaune, Pommard, Volnay and Beaune. Their Domaine represents the largest single holding of Grand Cru vineyards in the Côte d’Or.

Maison Louis Latour’s Domaine wines are produced at Château Corton Grancey in the village of Aloxe-Corton using traditional techniques and almost entirely made by hand.  The Domaine is managed by Christophe Deola.

Louis Latour’s other wines are made at the Clos Chameroy on the outskirts of Beaune under the watchful eye of Jean Charles Thomas. Here in their state of the art winery vinification takes place; blending centuries of tradition with beneficial modern innovations. During the harvest Louis Latour’s third winery in Pommard handles the red grapes from the Côte de Beaune vineyards.

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