Louis Latour • Aloxe-Corton, France
Louis Latour’s Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru is a benchmark white Burgundy Chardonnay from extensive, high-slope holdings…Louis Latour’s Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru is a benchmark white Burgundy Chardonnay from extensive, high-slope holdings on the stony limestone soils of the Corton hill in Aloxe-Corton, where a cool but sun‑exposed southeast aspect gives bo…Learn More »
$353
/750ml
2022 Retail Average
95
/100
2022 Pro Rating
Energy surges through the 2022 Louis Latour Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru, where ripe pear, citrus and stone fruit glide over layers of fennel, white flowers and fine-grained oak. The palate feels both dense and luminous, with generous mid-palate weight, a streak of salty, chalk-like tension and a finish that lingers on brioche and subtle spice. This is a powerful, tightly coiled young Corton-Charlemagne that promises even greater nuance with time in bottle.
Lobster poached in butter; Roast turbot with fennel and citrus; Poulet de Bresse with morel cream sauce
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Louis Latour’s Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru is a benchmark white Burgundy Chardonnay from extensive, high-slope holdings on the stony limestone soils of the Corton hill in Aloxe-Corton, where a cool but sun‑exposed southeast aspect gives both ripeness and tension. Vinified and aged entirely in new French oak from the estate’s own cooperage with full malolactic fermentation, it typically marries concentrated, opulent texture and toasty richness with incisive acidity and a distinctly chalky, mineral spine, yielding a powerful, ageworthy expressio…