Les Quatre Journaux
⏳ Drinking Window
2025 - 2038
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roasted duck breast, slow-cooked venison, wild mushroom and black truffle risotto
✨ Technical Specifications
Situated in the prestigious Vosne-Romanée appellation, the Romanée-Saint-Vivant Grand Cru 'Les Quatre Journaux' is one of Maison Louis Latour's most legendary red wines. The name 'Quatre Journaux' refers to an ancient Burgundian land measurement; a 'journal' represented the area of vines a single worker could cultivate in one day, making this historic parcel approximately 1.36 hectares. The Latour family acquired this prized plot in stages starting in 1898 from the Marey-Monge family. The terroir here features deep, clay-rich limestone soils that impart an unparalleled aromatic complexity and velvety texture to the Pinot Noir. Vinified traditionally in open wooden vats and aged in 100% new French oak barrels from Latour's own cooperage, this wine is celebrated for its exquisite balance of power and silkiness, offering notes of ripe red berries, underbrush, and delicate spices.
🍾 About the Producer
Founded in 1797 and rooted in Aloxe-Corton since the 17th century, Maison Louis Latour is one of Burgundy's most historic family-owned wine merchants and domaine producers, managed across more than eleven generations. Headquartered in Beaune, the house holds the largest collection of Grand Cru vineyard acreage in the Côte d'Or, notably including legendary holdings on the hill of Corton such as Corton-Charlemagne and Château Corton Grancey. Renowned for operating its own traditional cooperage and pioneering ventures into regions like the Ardèche and Provence, the maison upholds a classic, terroir-focused winemaking philosophy. Its portfolio is globally celebrated for producing impeccably balanced, age-worthy expressions of Pinot Noir and refined, mineral-driven Chardonnay.
🍇 Grape Varieties
Pinot Noir
🍷 Alcohol By Volume (ABV)
13.5%