Winemaker Notes
The Romanée-Saint-Vivant Grand Cru "Les Quatre Journaux" 2022 has a deep, dark color with ruby hues, and a nose with aromas of blackcurrant buds, cherries and pepper. The ample palate reveals notes of blackcurrant again, then of licorice. The tannins are silky and the finish airy and persistent.
Pair with hare, duck and truffle parmentier and mature cheeses.
Professional Ratings
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James Suckling
Extremely fine, youthful nose with a totally fascinating floral beauty. Incredibly silky, this great Burgundy masterpiece shines with breathtaking finesse, the enormous concentration and power totally underplayed. Super-long and super-refined finish with gigantic mineral freshness. It feels as if the wine puts you on a silver tray and lifts you up to the heavens.
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Wilfred Wong of Wine.com
The folklore of Romanée-Saint-Vivant traces back to the 9th century. The name “Saint-Vivant” originates from the Abbey of Saint-Vivant, a powerful Benedictine monastery near Vergy. Louis Latour—one of the rare négociants to own land in Romanée-Saint-Vivant rather than simply sourcing fruit or purchasing must—likely acquired the parcel after the French Revolution. The 2022 Louis Latour Romanée-Saint-Vivant Les Quatre Journaux Grand Cru stands out in the forest of wines with its radiant, fragrant, and effusive aromas of red fruits, black pepper, and exotic spices. Tuck this wine away in your cellar, and when the time is right, serve it alongside the ripest, most funky Époisses you can find. (Tasted: June 27, 2025, San Rafael, CA)
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Wine Spectator
Featuring black cherry, black currant, violet, graphite, sandalwood and oak spice aromas and flavors, this silky red is pure and seductive. There's also a firm underlying structure, with its saturated fruit fused to an ironclad frame.
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.”
This is the village for the most die-hard Burgundy fanatics. Vosne-Romanée has for many hundreds of years been the source of the most sought-after Pinot Noir in Burgundy. The village claims six Grands Crus—and some of the most famous at that—but in other villages where owners manage tiny parcels or a few rows of any one vineyard, monopolies dominate the Grands Crus of Vosne-Romanee.
Of these monopolies, Domaine Romanee-Conti (DRC) reigns supreme, claiming not only more total vineyard area than any other producer, but outright owning the entirety of two of the Grands Crus and a majority of two others. In its full possession are naturally Romanée-Conti, as well as La Tâche. DRC also owns most of Richebourg and Romanée-St-Vivant. The final two, La Grande Rue and La Romanée are completely owned by other other produers: François Lamarche and Comte Liger Belair, respectively.
While one could spend a lifetime on the puzzles of land ownership in Burgundy, the point is that Vosne-Romanee contains the most valuable pieces of vineyard real estate in the world. Pinot Noir from any of its vineyards—especially from within its 27ha of Grand Cru or 58 ha of Premier Cru land—is going to rank among the best.
The most outstanding wines from this village have everything: finesse and elegance coupled with the body and sturdiness for incredibly long aging ability. They are intensely floral and exotically spiced. Beautifully ripe, complex and ephemeral throughout, they are robust, yet fine-grained in texture. These wines will stay gorgeous for the long haul.