Latour-Giraud - Meursault 1er Cru Genevrieres 2022 (750ml)
Price: $180.00
| Producer | Latour-Giraud |
| Country | France |
| Region | Burgundy |
| Varietal | Chardonnay |
| Vintage | 2022 |
| Sku | 8822 |
| Size | 750ml |
Jasper Morris: 93-95 Points
Some light green reflections in the primrose yellow colour. A stricter nose perhaps a touch of sulphur. This may also appear more backward coming after the Charmes. Then a vast wealth of fruit on the palate and now we see the real wine. It maintains the herbal note I associate with Genevrières alongside golden fruit at a perfect degree of ripeness. The fruit and the acidity weave in and out of each other. I would not want the fruit to be riper but it is full of charm as it stands and kept in place by the precision of the structure. Very fine.
jmBurghound: 94 Points
Sweet spot Outstanding Note: from 40+ year old vines from a huge 2.5 ha parcel in Genevrières Dessus Producer note: Jean-Pierre Latour described the 2022 growing season as "one that was one of the hottest and driest on record yet inexplicably one that produced fresh vibrant and classically styled wines! It was also one where we had just enough rain at just the right moments to mostly avoid hydric stress in the vineyards. We also managed to avoid any climatic incidences such as frost and hail or at least none that did any real damage. We began picking on the 24th of August and brought in super-clean and ripe fruit with good but certainly not high yields that ranged between 35 to 40 hl/ha. Potential alcohols were also reasonable at 13 to 13.5% with solid acidities. As to the wines one surprising aspect is how much subtlety they have developed during the course of the élevage as they were somewhat monolithic just after the fermentations. Now that they're in bottle they remind me a great deal of what we produced in 2014 which to me is a high compliment as I love the style and quality of 2014." I have said this before but if you're not searching out these wines you're missing out on one of the best kept secrets in Meursault. They along with domaines Henri Germain Ballot-Millot and Michel Bouzereau consistently offer outstanding quality for quite reasonable prices. Either way the Latour 2022s are first-rate and every wine is highly recommended. Latour noted that his 2022 whites were bottled in January and February 2024. (Atherton Wine Imports www.awiwine.com CA Chemin des Vins www.chemindesvins.com MA both USA; Bibendum Wine Ltd. www.bibendum-wine.co.uk Thorman Hunt & Co. www.thormanhunt.co.uk and Atlas Fine Wines www.atlasfinewines.com UK; Shanghai Vinchamp International Trading Co. Ltd. www.vinchamp.com Shanghai China). Tasting note: Firm reduction masks all the aromas except an interesting hint of exotic tea. There is again both good vibrancy and freshness to the finer still but not denser medium weight flavors that are almost delicate yet certainly don't lack for punch as the strikingly long finale is almost painfully intense. This is bone-dry but not especially austere and overall one very classy wine. Buy it if you can find it.
jm
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