Burgundy 2021 Supplement

DOMAINE VINCENT LATOUR - MEURSAULT It was our first visit to this Domaine since we started working with them last year, the wines have been very well received sowewere keen to get an insight into how theywork. Vincent Latour took the reins of this now 8.7hectareDomainein1998,andhequicklytooktheopportunitytoexpandwithpurchases inPommard,and Premier Crus inMeursault and St Aubin. This was further supplemented in 2008with a négociant business which allowed him to complete his range of whites, adding Puligny-Montrachet, Corton-Charlemagne and Meursault Genevrieres. In 2010, the name was changed to its present eponymous incarnation. As well as a recently completed cuvérie and three new cellars, Vincent guided us through his 2021 whites from his new tasting room, with a glass frontage that gives magnificent views over the vineyards of Meursault. The wines are likewise - not only of outstanding elegance, freshness andminerality – but of a transparency that allows each terroir a strong expression. Work in the vineyard follows ‘lutte raisonnée’ methods. Grapes are hand harvested and whole bunch fermented with native yeasts, aged for 12 months in oak barrels, before spending 4 to 6 months in vats with no battonage . Few new barrels are used tomaintain purity, whilst large 600 litre barrels maintain freshness. At the Village level, these are pure and lean Burgundies with great length on the palate that will give much pleasure in the short-term. Progression upwards into grander vineyards is rewarded with reticence; both a tightness in structure and aromatics slow to reveal themselves whichevidences seriouswhites thatwill rewardextendedcellaringwithyet further complexity, best typified in Vincent’s superb Perrieres. It isn’t often that we start working with a new producer at such a good quality level, so we urge any serious Meursault fans to pick up a few cases.

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MEURSAULT, CUVÉE ST. JEAN This is a serious, savoury wine. There is a reductive, struck match quality giving way to restrained coconut and a whiff of well-used oak. At this point it is more about its beautifully fine texture than overt fruit. A cool, elegant Meursault. 2025+ £230 - £265 / 6BOTTLES MEURSAULT, CLOSDESMAGNY Notes of buttered toast lead on to firm white peach and lemon rind. A fine, pure Meursault with tart citrus freshness. It is elegant and serious, tighly wound at this stage. 2025+ £240 - £275 / 6BOTTLES MEURSAULT, LESGRANDSCHARRONS This is balanced and fine. There is a characterful elegance with saline notes and vanilla richness. This is a serious, age-worthy wine that will improve with time. 2025+ £250 - £295 / 6BOTTLES CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET, 1ERCRUMORGEOT This immediately shows a silky, leesy richness. There is a really attractive note of fine peach flesh and vanilla elegance. It is delicious, open, fresh and seductive. There is a grippy salinity on the finish. 2025+ £400 - £470 / 6BOTTLES MEURSAULT, LESNARVAUX Unfortunately not tasted this year. 2025+ £250 - £295 / 6BOTTLES

MEURSAULT, 1ERCRUCHARMES This is textbook Charmes; elegant, bright and attractive. There is an appealing nose of lemon cream, crunchy apple and a hint of cooking spice. It showes a generosity that really invites you in. It is very tasty yet contains a streak of serious, mineral salinity to shows its pedigree. 2025+ £400 - £470 / 6BOTTLES MEURSAULT, 1ERCRUPORUZOTS A wine of powerful and intense structure with slightly muted fruit at this point. It has a very fine texture, with no firm edges. It combines green apple freshness, spicy minerality and saline elegance. 2026+ £400 - £470 / 6BOTTLES MEURSAULT, 1ERCRUPERRIÉRES The most complex and balanced wine of the range. The nose has a broad array of components from green apple, floral perfume, richness of butter and cream and spicy complexity. It is silky, creamy and fresh. There is a lovely open fruitiness of lemon zest and green apple. This is a properly serious wine. 2026+ £475 - £555 / 6BOTTLES

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