Latour-Giraud Meursault Les Charmes 1Er Cru Cote de Beaune 2020 0.75 L Flasche

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- 92-94 Punkte, BURGHOUND, Allen Meadows: Moderately firm reduction pushes the ripe underlying fruit to the background today. More interesting are the solidly dense and surprisingly powerful yet refined medium weight flavors that also display impeccably good balance on the lingering finale. This too could use a bit better depth but given the quality of the underlying material, more should almost certainly develop. A classic rendition. Drink: 2028+ Producer note: Jean-Pierre Latour described the 2020 vintage as one that was relatively easy to manage as there wasn't much disease pressure due to how hot and dry the conditions were, in fact they were severe enough to induce hydric stress in some parcels. We picked from the 20th of August and brought in super-clean fruit with moderate alcohols of between 13 and 13.5 for the whites. I am convinced the alcohol levels would have been higher without the hydric stress but better they came in where they did rather than having a bunch of 14 plus wines. By contrast, yields were all over the place as the flowering did not pass especially well in some vineyards. For example, we had normal yields in some parcels whereas the Genevrières was down fully 50. As to the wines, I believe that 2020 is an exceptional vintage as the balance is perfect, indeed they remind me quite a bit of my 2014s, another vintage that is exceptional. Latour is entirely justified to call the results he obtained exceptional as his 2020s are outstanding, indeed it's best vintage I have seen from him since 2014. These are wines to search out as the quality is phenomenal and every wine in the range is highly recommended. (Atherton Wine Imports, www.awiwine.com, CA, Chemin des Vins, www.chemindesvins.com, MA, both USA Bibendum Wine Ltd., www.bibendum-wine.co.uk, Thorman Hunt & Co., www.thormanhunt.co.uk and Atlas Fine Wines, www.atlasfinewines.com, all UK).
- 92-95 Punkte Jasper Morris, Inside Burgundy: Two six ouvrée plots top and bottom. Mid yellow, the bouquet is a little softer and the oak has a vanilla touch rather than toasty. Starts reasonably quietly but kicks on with real force behind, and then finishes on the lime-citrus acidity of the vintage, suggesting a lightly salted Roses lime juice. Fair intensity and persistence. ;