2006 Louis Latour Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Caillerets

Community Tasting Notes (36) Avg Score: 90.9 points

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  1/9/2022 - The Drunken Cyclist Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Retail $100. Big Ass Bottle. 100% Chardonnay. It has been another couple of years since I popped the last bottle and since the first two bottles were stellar, given the recent history of pre-mature oxidation, I naturally figured that this wine would be one of those pour-this-one-down-the-drain bottles. Except it wasn't. In fact, it was fabulous. Sure, as with the previous two bottles, the fruit was somewhat faded, but there were hints of lemon tart, vanilla bean, and a subtle, slightly toasty oak note. The palate is pretty close to gangbusters, but in that oh-so-wonderful white Burgundy way, elegant, refined, impeccably balanced. Whoa.
  
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  11/9/2020 - idonotlikeliver Likes this wine: 90 Points

  ran into some significant variation with the last couple bottles of this one, so 2020 might be pushing the end of the envelope here.
  
  the last bottle turned out to be the best, happily: rich, brioche-y, lively acids and citrus, still a hint of minerality, and a joy to enjoy.

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  2/23/2020 - tcbrown Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Holding it this long paid dividends. Delicate and drinking well now.

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  12/27/2019 - The Drunken Cyclist Likes this wine: 93 Points

  I bought three bottles of this wine from WTSO six years ago and this is the second bottle we have tried. The first was clearly stellar, as was this (although an ever so slight step behind). The fruit is mostly gone, leaving mostly nutty aromas on the nose, but there are oodles of secondary flavors: a bit of vanilla, subtle oak, and just a hint of dried peach. Whoa. thedrunkencyclist.com

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  5/24/2019 - ericadenza Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Aerated in the bottle an hour before tasting.
  Lemon, apple and then developed into apricot, honey, butter and toast. Very high CP value.

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