Maison Louis Latour

Maison Louis Latour has the largest holding of Grand Cru in the Côte d'Or with a total of 28.63 hectares (70.7 acres).

[1] Founded in 1797, the Latour family have been wine-growers since the 17th century, slowly building up a unique Domaine of 50 hectares (120 acres).

[2] This club only admits companies that remain family owned, have a history of 200 years' experience and still bear the name of the founder.

Here, Latour owns 10.5 hectares (26 acres) of Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru, one of the most famous white wines of Burgundy, as well as many hectares of Corton Grand Cru reds such as: The Domaine also owns Grand Crus in Chambertin "Cuvée Héritiers Latour", in Romanée-Saint-Vivant "Les Quatre Journaux" and in Chevalier-Montrachet "Les Demoiselles", as well as Premier Crus in Beaune "Aux Cras" and "Vignes Franches", in Pernand-Vergelesses "En Caradeux" and in Pommard "Epenots".

[4] The red wines of Maison Louis Latour are still vinified and aged at the historical Corton Grancey winery, where a system of elevators and traditional rails of chariots allow the transport and winemaking process to be carried out by gravity.

Maison Louis Latour respects Burgundian traditions for the vinification of its red wines from the harvest to the final product.

The cuvée Château Corton Grancey Grand Cru, is only produced in the best years, it was created in order to honor the history of the Domaine.

At the end of the 19th century, the Latour family bought 0.81 hectares in the Chambertin Grand Cru appellation, constituting a single parcel, from top to bottom of the hillside, closer to Latricières-Chambertin than to Clos de Bèze.

In 1913, Domaine Latour bought 0.51 hectare of Chevalier-Montrachet from the widow of Léonce Bocquet, restorer of part of the Château du Clos de Vougeot.

In 1979 Louis Latour decided to explore the valley of the Ardèche River with its clay and limestone-based soils as the ideal location to produce top-quality Chardonnay wines.

Only the ripest grapes are used and fermentation and aging takes place in oak barrels from the Louis Latour cooperage.

Following this, the Domaine decided to create a new cuvée, "the Duet" - a blend of Chardonnay and Viognier (a historical grape variety of the Ardèche).

The vineyards are on the site of a former monastery, 500 meters above sea level, thus benefiting from a southern climate: the days are warm and sunny and the nights remain cool, which is beneficial to Pinot Noir.