Maison Louis Latour - Grand Ardèche Chardonnay 2020

Name: Maison Louis Latour - Grand Ardèche Chardonnay 2020
Brand: Maison Louis Latour
Rating: 4 (6 reviews)

IGP Coteaux de l'Ardèche|White wine

Rhône

White

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4/5 (6 customers)

chardonnay

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"A great Chardonnay

With its brioche and floral notes and assertive character, Grand Ardèche is always a success. Produced from the best plots, rigorously selected each year at harvest time, the wine is vinified directly in oak barrels made by Tonnellerie Latour, where it is aged for around 10 months like the great white wines of Burgundy. The very best!

Features

Estate

Maison Louis Latour

Cuvée

Grand Ardèche

Vintage

2020

Designation

IGP Coteaux de l'Ardèche

Region

Rhône

Grape varieties

100% Chardonnay

Terroirs

Clay and chalk soils, plots located in particular in Alba-la-Romaine, vines with an average age of 20 years, vines with an average age of 20 years.

Viticulture

Traditional and meticulous

Harvest

At optimum maturity

Winemaking

Selection of the best plots and grapes, traditional fermentation in oak barrels, 100% malolactic.

Breeding

8 to 10 months in oak barrels, 20% new (Louis Latour cooperage, French oak, medium toast)

Tasting & pairing

Eye

Pale yellow colour with brilliant highlights

Nose

Marked by notes of toasted almond and a floral touch

Mouth

Full-bodied, round and generous, with aromas of toast and vanilla. The wine has good length.

Serve

AT 10-12°C

Drink before

2026

Guard

3-5 years

Food and wine pairing

Ideal as an aperitif, it goes perfectly with sweetbreads "à la Reine", acacia flower fritters, fish with cream and butter, Ardèche goat's cheese, chicken breast with cream...

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Expert opinion

Bettane & Desseauve

Domaine rated (2022 guide) 4*Stars (Top-quality producers, the glories of French winegrowing)

About the domain :

Founded in 1797, this family-run business has strong links with the Côte de Beaune, where it owns most of its vineyards, culminating in a sumptuous site on the famous Corton hillside. Louis-Fabrice, the eleventh generation of Latour, presides over the family board and has every confidence in his excellent winemakers. The reds have had their fermentation times extended, giving them more flesh and body, while the whites are less reduced and more harmoniously oaked than in the past, with a constant quest for balance that sometimes makes them undervalued in their youth, but they age magnificently. 2017 is in line with the success of 2010 and 2015, in both colors, but we'll trust the cuvées from the estate's vines more than certain purchases, especially the overly diluted whites.

Guide Hachette des vins

Domain rated (guide 2022) Award-winning wines (The wines of this producer are regularly awarded by the guide)

About the domain :

An independent family business, founded in 1797 and run successively by 10 generations of Latour. A key player in Burgundy winegrowing and the largest owner of Grands Crus in the Côte-d'Or (28 ha of its 48 hectares of vineyards). The grapes are vinified in Aloxe-Corton, the family's birthplace, and the company has its own cooperage.

Robert Parker - Wine Advocate

Domain rated (guide 2022) Recommended (Wine producer recommended by Robert Parker - The Wine Advocate)

Jancis Robinson

Domain Rated Recommended

James Suckling

Domain Rated Recommended

Customer reviews

Customer rating

4/5

on 6 reviews