Dom Vincent Latour, Les Grands Charrons Meursault 2022, [Pre-Arrival]

Jancis Robinson
"Complex and inviting aroma that has both bright citrus fruit and lovely leesy richness. But even with all that there is a nice stone-dust/mineral aspect to it. Lots going on here. Deep, creamy, zesty, the texture rounding out the acidity. 17/20 points. (JH)"

Vinous Reverie Notes
Although the Latour-Labille family has been making wine since 1792, Vincent Latour began turning heads in Burgundy after the release of his 2006 vintage when he was nominated as winemaker of the year by the well-respected local magazine, Bourgogne Aujourd’hui. He has also been recognized several times as the best new/young winemaker in the Cote de Beaune and in the Cote de Nuits as the result of an annual blind tasting hosted by local Vignerons. Vincent is hand-crafting exceptional Meursault from eight hectares of vines. His father used to sell off their grapes, but when Vincent took over from his father in 1998, he decided to bottle all of their production, roughly 4,000 cases. Vincent made some improvements over the years, including using whole cluster fermentation, integrating demi-muids and foudres into the mix, and a longer elevage. A mix of used and new demi-muids, barrels, and foudres are used for aging in order to have better control of the oak influence. Work in the vineyard follows lutte raisonée methods and native yeasts are used for fermentation. After pressing, must goes into 600L barrels or foudres. Les Grands Charrons is a top "climat" of Meursault. The vines are twenty-five to sixty years old. Fermented and aged in demi-muids on the lees (no stirring) for twelve months.