Domaine Louis Latour Meursault Les Charmes 2007 Bouteille (75cl)
Domaine Louis Latour Meursault 1er Cru Les Charmes 2007 is a white Burgundy wine made 100% from Chardonnay in the Meursault appellation. Classified as a Premier Cru, it comes from the Charmes climat, located south of the village. The vines, with an average age of 35 years, are planted on soils of stony marl and Jurassic limestone. The grapes are harvested by hand; fermentation and malolactic fermentation take place in barrels, followed by 8 to 10 months of aging in French oak, with 50% new oak barrels.
La bouteille proposée
- Size
- Bottle (75cl)
- Label Condition
- Perfect
- Fill Level
- Perfect
- Capsule Condition
- Perfect
Identité du vin
- Couleur
- White
- Pays
- France
- Région
- Bourgogne
- Appellation
- Meursault
- Producteur / Domaine
- Domaine Louis Latour
- Parcelle / Cru
- Charmes (Meursault)
- Millésime
- 2007
Domaine Louis Latour
Domaine Louis Latour is the family-owned vineyard of Maison Louis Latour, situated around Aloxe-Corton on the Corton hill in the Côte-d’Or. It covers 48 hectares, including 27 hectares of grands crus, spread mainly between the Côte de Nuits and the Côte de Beaune. The Maison, founded in 1797, remains a family-run business, headed by Florent Latour since 2023.
- Owner
- Famille Latour
- Maître de chais
- Christophe Deola
- Surface (ha)
- 48.00 ha
Histoire du domaine
The Latour family’s first vineyard acquisitions date back to 1731. The family settled in Aloxe-Corton in 1768, at the foot of the Corton hill, which remains the historic centre of its vineyard. Maison Louis Latour was founded in 1797. It began exporting its wines as early as 1815 and gradually expanded its commercial activities throughout the 19th century. In 1867, the family acquired the Lamarosse Père et Fils wine merchant’s business in Beaune, becoming both a wine merchant and winemaker whilst continuing to operate as a winegrower. In 1891, it acquired the château, the winery and the vineyards of Corton-Grancey, which had been severely affected by phylloxera at the time, and subsequently replanted the affected plots. At the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, the estate expanded its holdings through acquisitions in Corton-Charlemagne, amongst the grands crus of the Côte de Nuits, and then in Chevalier-Montrachet in 1913. The Corton Grancey winery, built in the 1830s and acquired in 1891, remains the site where the wines of Domaine Louis Latour are vinified and matured. The estate has been committed to sustainable agriculture since 1998 and states that it has been ISO 14001 certified since 2003. Following the death of Louis-Fabrice Latour in 2022, Florent Latour took over as head of the estate in 2023. Christophe Deola, estate manager since 2017, oversees the winemaking process.
Charmes (Meursault)
Charmes is a Premier Cru climat of Meursault, located south of the village near the border with Puligny-Montrachet. It encompasses the lieux-dits Les Charmes-Dessus and Les Charmes-Dessous and forms the largest Premier Cru climat in Meursault. Situated in the middle and lower part of the slope, it has a predominantly east to south-east exposure. Sources describe clay-limestone, stony soils resting notably on hard Jurassic limestones and marly limestones.
- Vineyard commune
- Meursault
- Origin of the vineyard name
- The name is thought to refer to former common fields left fallow or to land once planted with hornbeam trees.
- Exposure
- East to south-east
- Soil
- Clay-limestone soils, with a significant presence of limestone stones on the surface.
- Subsoil and geology
- Hard Jurassic limestone and marly limestone.
Le domaine dans cette parcelle
- Indicative vine age
- Average vine age indicated as 35 years by the official technical sheet for the 2023 Meursault 1er Cru "Charmes".
Histoire de la parcelle
Les Charmes-Dessus and Les Charmes-Dessous appear in the historical land registry of Meursault and are documented in particular by the maps from the Napoleonic cadastre preserved in the departmental archives of Côte-d’Or. Their unification under the climat name Charmes was consecrated by the delimitation of the Meursault Premier Cru appellation.
