San Diego Marriot Marquis & Marina
Tasted Thursday, November 21, 2013 by Racer117 with 882 views
JuliannaD and I recently went to a comprehensive tasting of some of Domaine Louis Latour's Grand Cru Corton Charlemange and Chateau Corton Grancey. This tasting was hosted by the 2013 San Diego Bay Wine and food festival. Though quite expensive at $150/head, I found it was worth the cost as I was able to taste the following vintages: '01, '02, '03, '06, '08, '09, '10, and '11. The president of Domaine Latour, Bernard Retournaz, felt these were some of the best and most representative wines. He provided plenty of information and quite a lot of laughs as well.
And to be a bit nit-picky, more time with each flight would have been nice. I threw down quite a few bucks to have someone literally grab glasses out of my hand at the end of each flight. So, tasting notes are rather concise.
Not sure how informative tasting '09-'11 was as they seemed young and generally closed. These wines were presented from youngest to oldest. If this were the Olympics and I was handing out Gold, Silver, and Bronze medals, I'd be inclined to pick '02, '05, then '06. Sweet! I have all of these in my cellar!
Once again I couldn't get much out of '09-'11. These wines were presented from oldest to youngest. I definitely preferred the more "new world" profiles; '05, '03, then '01.
A fun and informative tasting. The whites had much less vintage variation compared to the reds. Better time management San Diego Bay food and wine festival!
2011 Louis Latour Corton-Charlemagne
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru
White flowers, some matchstick?; Intense lemon/lime, wet stone.
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2010 Louis Latour Corton-Charlemagne
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru
Muted nose with a touch of honey; lemon/lime, petrol, grips the tongue, dry.
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2009 Louis Latour Corton-Charlemagne
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru
Softer than '10 and '11; "...a california vintage....soft, rich, fat... like some Californians..." I still found this wine had a good acidic body, more lime than lemon.
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2008 Louis Latour Corton-Charlemagne 89 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru
Very shy nose; hazelnut, lemony acidity, minerality, shortish finish.
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2006 Louis Latour Corton-Charlemagne 91 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru
Pretty apple nose; minerality, hazelnut with minimal fruit flavors but overall good.
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2005 Louis Latour Corton-Charlemagne 92 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru
Floral, hazelnut, apple aromas; tangy and sharp, good oily viscosity, lemon/lime. A nice long finish.
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2003 Louis Latour Corton-Charlemagne 91 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru
By far the most dark of the flight; apple liquier nose; very viscous body with hard stone, spicy, medium finish.
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2002 Louis Latour Corton-Charlemagne 92 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru
Dark golden; apple and nutty nose; overall very balanced. I'll call it "typical", in a very good way as it has nice fruit and non-fruit elements.
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2001 Louis Latour Corton-Charlemagne 91 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru
Soft apple nose; viscous body with hazelnut and some nice tangy lemon/lime. So much better than my last bottle (09/04/13)
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