BC Collector - Latour-Giraud Nov 6

TRIALTO | November 6th 2024

Truly Great White Burgundy

Weighty and textured, but with tremendous cut and minerality. The wines from Latour-Giraud age beautifully. After 10 to 12 years, these wines show loads of life ahead. But you don't have to wait a decade! They are wines to buy a case of and visit over a half decade or longer.

Old vines from a thoughtful and contentious producer! What more can you ask for?

LATOUR-GIRAUD Puligny-Montrachet 1er cru Champs Canet 2022		$270.40* * Suggested retail price

	Product code	530843
	Format	6x750ml
	Listing type	Speculative
	Country	France
	Regulated designation	Appellation origine controlée (AOC)
	Region	Burgundy
	Subregion	Côte de Beaune
	Appellation	Puligny-Montrachet
	Classification	1er cru
	Varietal(s)	Chardonnay
	Colour	White

- 95 Points -

Burghound.com, June 2024

Ripe and beautifully layered aromas of pear and apple compote, a broad array of floral elements, spice, especially anise and citrus confit are trimmed in admirably subtle wood influence. There is outstanding volume to the concentrated, powerful and serious yet wonderfully refined medium weight plus flavors that coat the palate with sappy dry extract on the tension-filled, complex and strikingly persistent finale. This is a big but perfectly balanced Champs Canet and once again, a wine that is well-worth a special search to find. In a word, terrific.

Puligny-Montrachet 1er cru Champs Canet 2022

LATOUR-GIRAUD
Meursault 1er cru Genevrières 2022

Burgundy, France

530814 | 6x750ml | CDK

$236.99*
* Suggested retail price

- 94 Points -

Burghound.com, June 2024

(from 40+ year old vines from a huge 2.5 ha parcel in Genevrières Dessus). Firm reduction masks all the aromas except an interesting hint of exotic tea. There is again both good vibrancy and freshness to the finer still, but not denser, medium weight flavors that are almost delicate yet certainly don’t lack for punch as the strikingly long finale is almost painfully intense. This is bone-dry but not especially austere and overall, one very classy wine. Buy it if you can find it.

LATOUR-GIRAUD
Meursault 1er cru Charmes 2022

Burgundy, France

530819 | 6x750ml | Spec

$223.61*
* Suggested retail price

- 93 Points -

Burghound.com, June 2024

Like the Bouchères, this is also relatively firmly reduced. On the palate though there is both excellent freshness and verve suffusing the finer and sleeker middleweight flavors that exude evident minerality on the impressively complex, long and impeccably well-balanced finale. This is excellent and a wine that should easily repay a decade plus of keeping. Highly recommended particularly for those who enjoy cellaring their whites.

LATOUR-GIRAUD
Meursault Cuvee Charles Maxime 2022

Burgundy, France

530822 | 12x750ml | CDK

$146.99*
* Suggested retail price

- 90 Points -

Burghound.com, June 2024

(from the Domaine founders of Charles Giraud and Maxime Latour – the fruit derives from multiple lieux-dits that include Les Corbins, Le Cromin, Les Chevalières, Les Crotots, Les Vireuils, Les Pelles, Le Limozin and Les Malpoiriers). Here too whiffs of petrol and phenolic character add breadth to the aromas of essence of pear, orange peel and acacia blossom. The dense, sappy and beautifully textured medium weight flavors possess excellent depth and persistence on the balanced finale. This offers excellent quality for its level and is warmly recommended.

LATOUR-GIRAUD
Pommard Cuvée Carmen 2022

Burgundy, France

530846 | 6x750ml | Spec

$117.04*
* Suggested retail price

- 89 Points -

Burghound.com, April 2024

(from Les Vignots). Ripe and pretty aromas include those of mostly red berries and earth nuances. There is both good vibrancy and detail to the attractively textured middleweight flavors that exude a subtle minerality on the mildly austere and impeccably well-balanced finale. This is firm enough to repay up to a decade of cellaring, which is just as well as it could use better overall depth. Worth considering, especially since this is a bit finer than usual.

About LATOUR-GIRAUD

The Latour-Giraud estate has been established in the village of Meursault for many generations. The estate owns an impressive range of Premier Cru and Villages vineyards between 20 and 50+ years old. Latour-Giraud specializes in white burgundy, which accounts for 80% of their production.