Vieilles Vignes
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2024
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roasted chicken, grilled sea bass, creamy mushroom pasta
✨ Technical Specifications
Louis Latour's Bourgogne Chardonnay 'Vieilles Vignes' is crafted from older Chardonnay vines, typically over 30 years of age, sourced primarily from selected parcels in the Côte de Beaune. These old vines naturally yield fewer grapes with higher concentration, imparting a richer texture and deeper mineral complexity than standard regional bottlings. Maison Louis Latour, drawing on over two centuries of Burgundian heritage, vinifies this cuvée to balance freshness and structure. The wine undergoes traditional fermentation in temperature-controlled stainless steel tanks, followed by partial malolactic fermentation to introduce a subtle creaminess, resulting in a classic representation of white Burgundy that punches well above its regional classification.
🍾 About the Producer
Established in 1797, Maison Louis Latour stands as one of Burgundy's most historically prominent family-owned négociant-éleveurs and domaine estates, boasting the largest portfolio of Grand Cru vineyards in the Côte d'Or. Anchored on the limestone-rich, south and southeast-facing slopes of the Corton hill, Latour vinifies fruit at the landmark gravity-fed Cuverie Corton Grancey in Aloxe-Corton. Viticulture adheres to rigorous lutte raisonnée principles, integrating biological pest control, in-house composting, and zero synthetic fertilizers alongside an ISO 14001 certification. White vinification emphasizes pure, mineral-driven expression through temperature-controlled stainless steel fermentation and judicious aging in French oak crafted at the house's Savigny-lès-Beaune cooperage, while reds emphasize structured, classic extraction. Beyond iconic Côte d'Or pinnacles such as Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru, Château Corton Grancey, and Romanée-Saint-Vivant 'Les Quatre Journaux', Latour has famously pioneered southern terroir projects in the clay-limestone soils of the Ardèche and the higher altitudes of the Var.
🍇 Grapes
Chardonnay
🍷 ABV
13%