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Date Printed: 6/19/2013
Louis Latour Meursault 1er Cru Chateau de Blagny 2003
Louis Latour Meursault 1er Cru Chateau de Blagny 2003
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PRICE ON 6/19/2013: $44.99

Winemaker's Notes:

 An exclusive of Maison Louis Latour, the Château de Blagny is located high on the hillside overlooking Meursault and Puligny-Montrachet. A wonderful wine, traditionally vinified and matured in small oak barrels. It displays all the attributes of exemplary white Burgundy, showing opulence and a minerally freshness, coupled with rich, fat flavours which develop magnificently over time.

A clean clear-yellow wine in the glass, this Meursault premier cru has a delicate bouquet of tropical fruits married together with some gamey notes. On tasting a rounded wine demonstrating exceptional finesse is revealed with almond and mineral flavours. This wine has great potential for those restrained enough to cellar it.
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About Louis Latour:

 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 of the confines of Burgundy. These wines from the Ardèche and the Côteaux de Verdon are slowly gaining esteem for their unmatchable quality outside of Burgundy.

All of the grapes from the vineyards owned by the Latour family are vinified and aged in the attractive cuverie of Château 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 the environmentally responsible winemaking for over 15 years. Louis Latour has had ISO 14001 accreditation for Environmental Management Systems since 2003 and has been a member of the European association FARRE since 1998- a group of like-minded companies who seek to develop and promote sustainable methods of agriculture.