2016 Latour-Giraud Meursault Cuvée Charles Maxime

Latour-Giraud

France / Burgundy / Latour-Giraud

Domaine Latour-Giraud has always aspired to produce a village Meursault of particularly high quality, representative of the region and unifying various soil profiles. To mark this out as a special wine, this has been baptised with the name of the family's two grandfathers: Charles (Giraud) and Maxime (Latour).
The domaine owns three hectares of village-designated vineyards across seven climats in Meursault: the Limozin, the Crotots and the Pelles Dessous (just under the Genevrières and the Poruzots); the Vireuils below (at the top of the side near Auxey-Duresses); the Clos du Cromin; the Corbins; and the Malpoiriers at the north end of Meursault, near Volnay. This Meursault conveys the elegance and prettiness of this appellation, with roundness, softness, freshness and nuances of hazelnuts - all typical features of Meursault in all its finesse.

September, 2017

Stephen Tanzer

Vinous Media

87-89 points

Medium yellow. Ripe scents and flavors of apricot, nuts and honey. Salty, rich, dry wine with surprisingly brisk acidity. Finishes tactile and fresh.

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About Latour-Giraud

It was a memorable tasting in Meursault in the European spring of 2018. Jean-Pierre Latour stood back and left the whites to press their irresistible case: aromatically enticing, seductive, resonant and mineral-inflected. Jean-Pierre's oldest known ancestor living from the vine was Jean Latour-Boillot, born about 1680, while the Giraud family were distillers in Meursault. The two domaines were united in 1958 with a marriage between the two families. These days production of the 10-hectare domaine is a little over 80% white, with the majority of vines across five premiers crus of Meursault: Les Genevrières, Les Charmes, Les Perrières, Les Bouchères and Le Poruzot. days production of the 10-hectare domaine is a little over 80% white, with the majority of vines across five premiers crus of Meursault: Les Genevrières, Les Charmes, Les Perrières, Les Bouchères and Le Poruzot.

About

Jean-Pierre Latour first got his hands dirty in the cellar back in 1983, then took the helm in '93. It’s really since the mid-2000s that he feels he’s nailed this style of white Burgundy - which he defines, justifiably, as “richness, purity and elegance, so that the wines finish fresh”. The whites are whole-bunch pressed, receiving a first racking at the end of August, when Jean-Pierre looks at the quality of lees to take forward. Bâtonnage is often part of the equation, but close observation of the vintage dictate frequency and duration. The wines are raised in oak for 11 to 12 months, with about 20% new oak for Bourgogne and village, and 25% for the premiers crus. Lovely reds from Pommard and Volnay are further evidence of Jean-Pierre’s sureness of touch.