Winemaker Notes
Pernand-Vergelesses Premier Cru "En Caradeux" is pale yellow in color with a powerful bouquet. It is fat in the mouth with grilled almond aromas. The wine is rich and round and very balanced with a certain tension on the finish. The oak is nicely mellow and the wine has very nice length. A very pretty wine which is already very flattering.
Professional Ratings
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Wilfred Wong of Wine.com
The 2022 Louis Latour Pernand-Vergelesses En Caradeux 1er Cru is a substantial and elegant white Burgundy, offering aromas and flavors of dried peach skin, tart apple, garden herbs, subtle florals, and earthy undertones. For a luxurious pairing, ask the chef in the house to prepare Tagliatelle al Tartufo Bianco (Tagliatelle with White Truffle)—a dish as refined and layered as the wine itself. (Tasted: June 27, 2025, San Rafael, CA).
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Wine Spectator
Lemon curd, white peach, apple and mineral flavors permeate this sleek, juicy and fresh white, with well-integrated baking spice accents lingering courtesy of the refreshing acidity. Drink now. 900 cases made, 450 cases imported.
One of the most popular and versatile white wine grapes, Chardonnay offers a wide range of flavors and styles depending on where it is grown and how it is made. While it tends to flourish in most environments, Chardonnay from its Burgundian homeland produces some of the most remarkable and longest lived examples. California produces both oaky, buttery styles and leaner, European-inspired wines. Somm Secret—The Burgundian subregion of Chablis, while typically using older oak barrels, produces a bright style similar to the unoaked style. Anyone who doesn't like oaky Chardonnay would likely enjoy Chablis.
Occupying the most northerly combe (the French term for a valley that cuts through a hillside) of the Côte de Beaune, Pernand-Vergelles sits to the west of and behind the hill of Corton. The most sought after whites of the village come from the slope of Pernand on the side of Corton where Pernand-Vergelles shares the Grand Cru Corton-Charlemagne with Aloxe-Corton. The best red producing Cru is Les Vergelles, which overlaps into Savigny-les-Beaune. Reds here are fleshy, seductive and structured while whites are both lively and age worthy.