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Maison Louis Latour - Grand Ardèche Chardonnay 2018

IGP Coteaux de l'Ardèche|White wine

3.6/5 (51 customers)

Chardonnay

brioche

success

“A great Chardonnay”

With its brioche and floral notes and bold character, the Grand Ardèche is always a hit. Made from the finest plots, rigorously selected each year at harvest time, the wine is vinified directly in oak barrels crafted by Tonnellerie Latour, where it is aged for about 10 months, much like the great white wines of Burgundy. Truly exceptional!

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Estate

Maison Louis Latour

Vintage

Grand Ardèche

Vintage

2018

Designation

IGP Coteaux de l'Ardèche

Region

Rhône

Grape varieties

100% Chardonnay

Terroirs

Clay and chalk soils, plots located primarily in Alba-la-Romaine, vines averaging 20 years old

Viticulture

Traditional and refined

Grape Harvest

Partially mechanical

Winemaking

Selection of the finest vineyards and grapes, traditional fermentation in oak barrels, 100% malolactic fermentation

Livestock farming

8 to 10 months in oak barrels, 20% of which are new (Louis Latour cooperage, French oak, medium toast)

Alcohol content

13%

Eye

A pale yellow color with bright highlights

Nose

Intense notes of toast, vanilla, and acacia blossom

Palate

Round and full-bodied, with a finish of fresh almonds. Lovely length

Serve

At 10-12°C

Drink before

2025

Guard

3-5 years

Food and wine pairings

Perfect as an aperitif, it pairs beautifully with veal sweetbreads in puff pastry, acacia flower fritters, a creamy buttered fish dish, Ardèche goat cheese, and chicken breast in cream sauce

More information at Maison Louis Latour

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Bettane & Desseauve

Rated estate (2025 guide) 4*Stars (Producers of the very highest quality, the pride of French viticulture)

About the estate:

This family-owned estate, founded in 1797, is primarily associated with the Côte de Beaune, where it owns the bulk of its vineyards, culminating in a magnificent vineyard on the famous Corton hillside. Louis-Fabrice, the eleventh generation of the Latour family, chairs the family board and has complete confidence in his exceptional winemakers. The reds have undergone extended fermentation, giving them more body and substance; the whites are less reductive and more harmoniously oaked than in the past, with a constant pursuit of balance that sometimes leads to them being underestimated in their youth, but they age magnificently. The 2017 vintage follows in the successful footsteps of the 2010 and 2015 vintages for both reds and whites, but we would place more confidence in the wines from the estate’s own vineyards than in certain purchased wines—especially the whites, which are too diluted.

Guide Hachette des vins

Rated estate (2025 guide) Award-winning wines (This producer’s wines are regularly recognized by the guide)

About the estate:

A family-owned estate that has always remained independent, founded in 1797 and run by 10 successive generations of the Latour family. A key player in Burgundy’s wine industry and the largest owner of Grand Cru vineyards in the Côte-d’Or (28 hectares out of the 48 that make up its vineyard). The grapes are vinified in Aloxe-Corton, the family’s birthplace, and the estate has its own cooperage.

Robert Parker - Wine Advocate

Rated estate (2024 guide) Recommended (Wine producer recommended by Robert Parker – The Wine Advocate)

Jancis Robinson

Rated: Recommended

James Suckling

Rated: Recommended

Customer rating

3.6/5

based on 51 reviews

Review by Mr. PATRICE L. Posted on March 29, 2023

A Chardonnay just as Louis Latour knows how to make it—even in the Ardèche; notes of oak, brioche, and a smooth, rounded texture. Everything we love in a Chardonnay.