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Louis Latour : Romanée-Saint-Vivant Grand cru "Les Quatre Journaux" 2014

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Louis Latour : Romanée-Saint-Vivant Grand cru "Les Quatre Journaux" 2014

Name: Louis Latour : Romanée-Saint-Vivant Grand cru "Les Quatre Journaux" 2014
Brand: Louis Latour
SKU: E052/14
Price: 518.3333333333334 EUR
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.68 (342 reviews)

Grand cru -

Burgundy

Romanee-Saint-Vivant

- Red - See details

Parker | 87

Meadow | 92-95

Wine Spectator | 93

J. Suckling | 95

€3,110.00 Incl. VAT

(

€518.33 / Unit

)

Packaging : a case of 6 Bottles (75cl)

1 x 75CL

€520.30

6 x 75CL

€3,110.00

Only 1 available

In-Stock

DeliveryFree Home delivery for orders exceeding € 300
Guaranteed provenanceWines sourced directly from the producing estates

ALL VINTAGES OF THIS WINE

All Louis Latour wines

Marks and reviews

/100

James Suckling

A beautiful and sexy red with blueberry and blackberry character. Hints of coffee and spices. Medium to full body, firm and silky tannins and a flavorful finish. Very fine and pretty. Delicious now, but there's plenty of backbone and structure for the future. Powerful underneath it all. Drink or hold.

/20

Bettane+Desseauve

Owner of part of Romanée-Saint-Vivant since December 1898 (1.6 hectares or “Quatre Journaux” at the time), the Latour family later sold half, keeping the 0.8 hectares that go into this sensational cuvée. (One journal being an old Burgundian unit corresponding to about 0.40 ha, or the area a sharecropper could plough in a day, back when work was done without mechanization…). This wine has absolute grace and nobility, with aromas of oriental spices and floral notes of dried rosebuds, a remarkably silky texture rising into airy velvety smoothness, and tannins of magnificent softness. One of the must-have bottles of this vintage!

/100

Robert Parker

Neal Martin

The 2014 Romanee St Vivant les Quatre Journaux Grand Cru has a clean and quite pure red cherry, wild strawberry and dried orange peel-scented bouquet that will clearly need a couple more years to fully hit its stride. The palate is medium-bodied with fairly bold, rounded tannins. There is good weight on the mid-palate, but where it stumbles is (yet again) toward the finish, which comes across as one-dimensional and lacking the sophistication you seek in a Grand Cru, especially at this price.

/100

Wine Spectator

Bruce Sanderson

This elegant version exudes black currant, cherry, boysenberry and spice flavors, tinged by violet hints. Though lean and taut, this finishes long, with grainy tannins coming to the fore. Should unwind nicely in two to three years. Best from 2019 through 2035. 290 cases made.

Description

A red Burgundy wine expressing both complexity and elegance by Louis Latour

The estate

Domaine Louis Latour is the largest wine estate in Burgundy and has a winemaking history of over 200 years. Spread over the most beautiful Premiers and Grands Crus plots from the Côte de Beaune to the Côte de Nuits, Domaine Louis Latour’s 50-hectare vineyard gives rise to a range of wines from 130 appellations, each of which expresses with authenticity and refinement the characteristics of its original terroir. Since 1996, Domaine Louis Latour has been actively involved in environmentally sustainable viticulture.

The wine

One of the estate's most iconic wines, Louis Latour's 2014 Romanée-Saint-Vivant Grand Cru "Les Quatre Journaux" comes from a 0.8 hectare vineyard located just a few metres from Romanée-Conti. Owned by the Latour family since 1898, this terroir, whose vines are on average 30 years old and rest on soil composed of ferrous iron clay, is located in the village of Vosne-Romanée.

Winemaking and ageing

Alcoholic fermentation in open vats precedes malolactic fermentation at 100%. This Burgundy wine is aged for 10 to 12 months in oak barrels, 10% of which are new.

Blend

Pinot Noir (100%).

Characteristics and tasting tips for Romanée-Saint-Vivant Grand cru "Les Quatre Journaux" 2014 from Louis Latour

Tasting

Colour
This wine is a beautiful ruby colour.

Nose
Rich and complex, the nose combines blackcurrant and black cherry fragrances with notes of fresh fig and hazelnut.

Palate
Full and expressive, the palate seduces with aromas of blackcurrant, mocha, wood and Sichuan pepper. Throughout the tasting, the palate is long and persistent.

Food and wine pairing

Louis Latour's Romanée-Saint-Vivant Grand Cru "Les Quatre Journaux" 2014 is an ideal accompaniment to a hare à la royale, a duck parmentier with truffles or cheese from the Cîteaux abbey.

Storage

This Burgundy wine can be laid down until 2039-2049 in order to express its full aromatic palette.

To serve

For an optimal tasting experience, serve between 16 and 17°C.