Winemaker Notes
Louis Latour Marsannay 2022 has a deep ruby color. Its nose reveals aromas of cherry and licorice. The palate is full and fresh, revealing cherry and peppery notes. Nice length.
Professional Ratings
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James Suckling
For a moderate price, here is Cote de Nuits complexity, earthy and floral, and wonderful sour cherry fruit. All of this is underlined by elegant tannins and mineral energy on the medium-bodied palate. Impressive polish in the long finish.
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Wilfred Wong of Wine.com
The 2022 Louis Latour Marsannay stands out as one of the best value red Burgundies available today. It delivers expressive aromas of vivid boysenberry, gentle spice, and mixed red fruits that carry gracefully across the palate. A superb match for th?t kho tàu (Vietnamese caramelized pork belly), where the wine’s freshness and structure balance the dish’s rich, savory-sweet flavors. (Tasted: June 27, 2025, San Rafael, CA)
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Wine Spectator
Infused with aromas and flavors of black cherry, blackberry, wet loam and sweet spices, this red gives way to a foundation of dense tannins. Shows balance and persistence, so give this a year or two to settle down. Best from 2026 through 2035. 2,250 cases made, 900 cases imported.
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.
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.”
Perched up in the northernmost position in the Côte de Nuits, Marsannay is the only appellation village of Burgundy to produce classified wines of all three colors: red, white— and rosé. The official Rosé de Marsannay earned its high reputation in the early 1900s.
Its reds, made of Pinot Noir, burst with red and black fruit and are consistently long on the palate. Chardonnays from Marsannay are charming, floral and full of citrus fruit and mineral. Top Marsannay vineyards include Clos du Roy and Les Longeroies.