Louis Latour Beaune Vignes Franches Premier Cru 2018

  • 93 James
    Suckling
  • 92 Wine
    Enthusiast
  • 90 Robert
    Parker
4.9 Fantastic (26)
Sold Out - was $92.99
OFFER 10% off your 6+ bottle order
Ships Sat, Apr 27
0
Limit Reached
Alert me about new vintages and availability
Louis Latour Beaune Vignes Franches Premier Cru 2018 Front Bottle Shot
Louis Latour Beaune Vignes Franches Premier Cru 2018 Front Bottle Shot Louis Latour Beaune Vignes Franches Premier Cru 2018  Front Label

Product Details


Varietal

Region

Producer

Vintage
2018

Size
750ML

ABV
13.5%

Your Rating

0.0 Not For Me NaN/NaN/N

Somm Note

Winemaker Notes

Louis Latour 2018 Beaune Premier Cru Vignes Franches has a profound ruby hue with intense aromas of black cherries and mocha. On the palate the wine is ample and fresh, displaying notes of forest undergrowth underlain by a silky tannin structure.

Pair with beef "Bourguignon", duck breast, woodcock, Camembert, or soft cheeses.

Professional Ratings

  • 93
    A ripe, juicy red with berries and light walnut and hazelnut undertones. Blue fruit, too. Medium to full body. Flavorful finish with chocolate and mushroom undertones to the fruit. Drinkable now, but better after 2022.
  • 92
    The nose of this wine opens with notes of red cherry, crushed blackberry and a fragrant hint of vanilla. Although the palate is ripe and rounded, the freshness of the fruit is undoubted. Aromas are enriched by the gentle hint of vanilla that almost has a floral edge. Fine tannins still brush gently but will become supple with time. Drink 2022–2032.
  • 90

    The 2018 Beaune 1er Cru Les Vignes Franches is showing nicely, bursting with aromas of berries, cassis, plums and dark chocolate, framed by toasty new oak. Medium-bodied, fleshy and gourmand, with an ample core of fruit and melting tannins, it's lively and seamless.

Other Vintages

2019
  • 92 Wilfred
    Wong
  • 92 Wine
    Spectator
2017
  • 93 James
    Suckling
  • 93 Wine
    Spectator
2016
  • 94 James
    Suckling
2015
  • 95 James
    Suckling
  • 93 Wine
    Spectator
2013
  • 93 James
    Suckling
2012
  • 92 Wilfred
    Wong
  • 91 Wine
    Spectator
  • 91 Wine
    Enthusiast
2009
  • 88 Wine
    Enthusiast
2008
  • 90 Wine
    Spectator
  • 90 Wilfred
    Wong
2005
  • 92 Wine
    Enthusiast
Louis Latour

Louis Latour

View all products
Louis Latour, France
Louis Latour  Winery Video

Maison Louis Latour is one of the most highly-respected négociant-éléveurs in Burgundy. Maison Louis Latour is the producer of some of the finest Burgundian wines but has also pioneered the production of fine wines from outside Burgundy's confines. These wines from the Ardèche and the Côteaux de Verdon are slowly gaining esteem for their unmatchable quality outside Burgundy.

All the grapes from the vineyards owned by the Latour family are vinified and aged in the attractive cuverie of Chateau Corton Grancey in Aloxe-Corton. The winery was the first purpose-built cuverie in France and remains the oldest still functioning. A unique railway system with elevators allows the entire wine-making process to be achieved by the use of gravity. This eliminates the threat of oxidation from unnecessary pumping of the must. Since 1985, Louis Latour has been selling the wines of its own vineyards under the name Domaine Louis Latour.

Louis Latour has been a leader in environmentally responsible winemaking for over 15 years. Louis Latour has had ISO 14001 accreditation for Environmental Management Systems since 2003 and has been part of the European association FARRE since 1998- a group of like-minded companies who seek to develop and promote sustainable methods of agriculture.

Image for Pinot Noir content section
View all products

Thin-skinned, finicky and temperamental, Pinot Noir is also one of the most rewarding grapes to grow and remains a labor of love for some of the greatest vignerons in Burgundy. Fairly adaptable but highly reflective of the environment in which it is grown, Pinot Noir prefers a cool climate and requires low yields to achieve high quality. Outside of France, outstanding examples come from in Oregon, California and throughout specific locations in wine-producing world. Somm Secret—André Tchelistcheff, California’s most influential post-Prohibition winemaker decidedly stayed away from the grape, claiming “God made Cabernet. The Devil made Pinot Noir.”

Image for Beaune Wine Burgundy, France content section

Beaune Wine

Burgundy, France

View all products

While the city represents the epicenter of wine production in Burgundy, the term, “Beaune” also refers to the specific sub-appellation of the greater Côte de Beaune, whose vineyards climb up the pastoral slopes that border the city to its west. Originally founded as a Roman camp by Julius Caesar, the city of Beaune eventually became the seat of the dukes of Burgundy until the 13th century. Today it is home to top négociants such as Louis Jadot, Joseph Drouhin, Louis Latour, and Bouchard Père et Fils.

The appellation, dominated by Pinot Noir plantings, represents a lovely and charming place to begin to understand red Burgundy. Its sandy soils create light and supple, floral driven Pinot Noir. These wines are designed to be enjoyed within five to 10 years. The vineyards of Beaune span a broad swath of Premier Crus from Savigny-lès-Beaune to its border with Pommard.

Chardonnay acreage here has been increasing here in the more recent years.

SWS985774_2018 Item# 700167

Internet Explorer is no longer supported.
Please use a different browser like Edge, Chrome or Firefox to enjoy all that Wine.com has to offer.

It's easy to make the switch.
Enjoy better browsing and increased security.

Yes, Update Now

Search for ""