2018 Louis Latour Corton-Perrières Grand Cru

A classic Côte de Beaune Grand Cru red Burgundy with layers of ripe fruits and spices, showing great potential for aging.

Producer

Louis Latour

Region

Aloxe-Corton, Côte de Beaune, Bourgogne

Country

France

Varietal

Pinot Noir

Varietal Composition

100% Pinot Noir

Specifications

2018

Vintage

2042

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ABV

Vinification

Grapes are hand harvested from 40 year old vines, fermented in open vats, before aging for 10-12 months in French oak barrels (35% new)

Occasional wine note

Another brilliant classic red Burgundy from a Côte de Beaune Grand Cru vineyard. Layers of ripe red and blue fruits, baking spices, with hints of earthy flavors and aromas. Fantastic now, but likely a lot better a decade from now.

What experts say about this wine

100

James Suckling

Dried strawberries with dried flowers and crushed stones on the nose. So enticing and fascinating. Full-bodied with a compact, tight palate of ripe yet cool and fine fruit. Complex finish of dried spice, such as nutmeg, together with fruit and light earth. A beauty already. Better after 2023.

100

Wine Spectator

Seductive aromas of rose, blueberry and boysenberry highlight this well-defined, incisive red. It has latent power and builds to a long, expansive, mineral-tinged finish. Fine purity and structure. Best from 2024 through 2043.

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