Maison Louis Latour Library White

Tasting notes & discussion 74

Typically $30/bottle from Louis Latour/One Vine
Vintage 2009 from the Saint-Véran AOC
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About Louis Latour
Okay, I would try to write some nice concise description of this place, but this is straight out of Lord of the Rings or something. Look at this:

“Domaine Louis Latour covers 48 hectares of vineyard, from the red Grand Cru of Chambertin and Romanée-Saint-Vivant in the Côte de Nuits to the white Grand Cru of Corton-Charlemagne and Chevalier-Montrachet in the Côte de Beaune.”

This is wine made by elves. I mean, if you’re French or in the European wine-scene this probably makes more sense, but I… Look, the takeaway is that this place produces some real high-brow, high-quality wine. A Grand Cru is a premium vineyard (or the wine it produces), they’re located in Burgundy, and they’ve got the largest holding of Grand Crus there.

Chardonnay’s Counterattack

TASTING NOTES:
“Gold coloured with aromas of muscat and raisins. It is supple in the mouth with notes of brioche and grilled hazelnuts. Nice balance and already very flattering.” (AbV 13%)

BARRELS:
8 - 10 months in stainless steel.

TANGENTIALLY RELATED FACT to help you make conversation over this wine:

Released in 1988, Mobile Suit Gundam: Char’s Counterattack served as the definitive conclusion to the rivalry between pilots Amuro Ray and Char Aznable that began with Mobile Suit Gundam in 1979. Fourteen years later in the setting, Char’s back with Zeon (space-based separatists) trying to force humanity into space by dropping giant asteroids or empty space colonies onto the Earth, and Amuro with the Earth Federation (the big bureaucratic mess running the world and the space colonies) is using a new Gundam (special giant robot) to end the conflict. Despite featuring giant robots, Mobile Suit Gundam has always been more about humanity adapting to living in space and the tensions between an imperialistic Earth-based government and revolutionary space colonists than about the robots themselves.

PAIRS WITH (winery recommended):
Shrimp and mange-tout peas risotto, Bleu de Bresse cheese, Beaufort cheese.

OR (really-going-with-the-theme-option):
The Bawoo.

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