Maison Louis Latour - Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Sous le Puits 2022

Bettane & Desseauve

About the estate:

This family-owned estate, founded in 1797, is mainly linked to the Côte de Beaune, where it owns most of its vineyards, with a sumptuous location on the famous Corton hillside as its highlight. Louis-Fabrice, the eleventh generation of Latours, chairs the family board and has complete confidence in his excellent winemakers. The reds have undergone longer fermentation, giving them more body and substance, while the whites are less reduced and more harmoniously oaked than in the past, with a constant search for balance that sometimes leads them to be underestimated in their youth, but they age magnificently. 2017 is in line with the success of 2010 and 2015 for both colors, but we would place more trust in the cuvées from the estate's own vines than in certain purchases, especially the whites, which are too diluted.

Guide Hachette des vins

About the estate:

A family-owned estate founded in 1797 and run by 10 successive generations of Latours. A key player in Burgundy's wine industry and the largest owner of grands crus in the Côte-d'Or (28 hectares of its 48-hectare vineyard). The grapes are vinified in Aloxe-Corton, the family's birthplace, and the estate has its own cooperage.

Robert Parker - Wine Advocate

Jancis Robinson

James Suckling

About wine:

This beautiful Puligny-Montrachet Premier Cru has a subtle nose of bergamot and orange zest with hints of wild herbs. The generous yet concentrated palate has excellent tension and leads to a very long, structured finish with serious stony minerality. It comes from a high-altitude site that may well become better known due to climate change. Drink now or keep.

Vert de Vin

About wine:

The wine has a medium-intensity lemon yellow color. The nose offers freshness, tension, and a subtle acidity. It expresses notes of green apple pulp, ripe lemon, crisp apricot, and fresh pineapple. After aeration, aromas of juicy peach, fresh flowers (white lily, acacia, lime blossom, chamomile), hay in the background, honey, as well as a herbaceous touch of crushed peppermint and fresh quince emerge, bringing freshness and originality. The woody and roasted aromas are delicate and well-integrated—the wine expresses notes of fresh hazelnut, roasted hazelnut in the background, vanilla, and brown butter. The palate is fragrant, precise, and complex. On the attack, it expresses noticeable but not exuberant woody notes (toasted wood, fresh wood, toasted hazelnut), vanilla, crushed cardamom, and brown butter. This is followed by the delicious flavors of stone fruits (yellow peach, apricot, yellow plum) and candied citrus fruits (lemon and orange peel, a hint of grapefruit jam), combined with floral notes of acacia and apple blossom, as well as a touch of linden honey and hay. The finish is fragrant, long, slightly bitter and fresh, thanks to a mouthwatering acidity and tangy notes of green apple and fresh quince, which appear on the finish.