Louis Latour - Romanee St Vivant - Les Quatre Journaux 2014
- Producer
- Blend 100% Pinot Noir
- Country France
- Region Burgundy
- Appellation Vosne Romanee
- UPC 0 15643 59900 2
Tasting notes
The Romanee-Saint-Vivant << Les Quatre Journaux >> 2012 has an intense ruby colour and offers up a heady bouquet of blackcurrant, mocha, nutmeg and earthiness. In the mouth this wine is very long, revealing flavours of liquorice, blackcurrant and gingerbread with a lingering finish.
Description
The Latour family has been proprietors of a part of Romanee-Saint-Vivant since December 1898. "Les Quatre Journaux" is a magnificent plot of land situated at the South-West of Romanee Saint Vivant, a few meters from the Romanee-Conti vineyard. A "Journal"Cuvee Heritiers Latour" is an old Burgundian measurement corresponding to approximately 0.4 hectares (34,28 ares). Even though the Latours' initial purchase carried the entirety of the plot, half of it was sold some years later. Today Maison Louis Latour owns 0.8 hectares of Romanee-SaintVivant. It offers a marvelously aromatic wine, with a velvety texture which culminates in a persistent and powerful finish in the mouth. It is one of our greatest red wines.
Food pairing
Hare - duck and truffle parmentier - mature cheeses
Harvest
Average vine age 30 years
Soil Iron-based clay
Average yield 30 hl/ha
Harvest Hand picked
Soil Iron-based clay
Average yield 30 hl/ha
Harvest Hand picked
Vinification
Fermentation Traditional in open vats
Ageing 10 to 12 months ageing in oak barrels, 100% new
Barrels Louis Latour cooperage, french oak, medium toasted
Ageing 10 to 12 months ageing in oak barrels, 100% new
Barrels Louis Latour cooperage, french oak, medium toasted
