2019 Louis Latour Corton-Charlemagne

Community Tasting Notes (5) Avg Score: 91.3 points

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  6/11/2023 - KPB wrote: 90 Points

  An interesting wine: vinified to be quite intense, but then must have been aged in oak - but not at all the kind of sweet oak you get in California Chardonnay. Here, they went with a more austere oak that brought tannic structure, bitterness, and at the same time, a supple mouthfeel.
  
  So, let’s get technical. Open for about a hour now. Straw yellow, limpid texture. The nose centers on varietal fruit with white grapefruit pith, beeswax. On the palate, a rich wine with a slight malty bitterness echoing that grapefruit pith, or perhaps bitter almond. Best with another ten years in the cellar… not bad now but needs time to integrate.
  
  90 now. Down the road, I can see how this could merit a much higher score, but to get there it needs to integrate and I honestly don’t know if it will manage that. Call it 90-93? By which I mean 90 now, as it is, but with the potential to improve and maybe to reach 93 for my palate.
  
  This is drinkable now, but would need to be served with food. I had it with grilled bronzini cooked with garlic and preserved lemon, pretty intense flavors.

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  9/21/2022 - Michael Hung wrote: 90 Points

  [Blind Night at Kevin's]
  
  Oak was unintegrated and threw off some people into California. Lean orchard fruit, yellow apples and pears, cedar, oak, baking spices, cultured cream. Once into Burgundy, most were surprised at learning this was Grand Cru. A bit clumsy on the palette with many elements lacking integration, quite lacking in concentration. Perhaps an off-bottle (although Phil noted this was his second bottle and it matched his first experience).

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  1/25/2022 - melzar wrote: 93 Points

  93 points for current drinking, with a huge upside if the premox bug does not bite. Oak currently a little dominant, but expect integration with time in bottle. Reminds me of a Rhys chardonnay from California. (they would be pleased with this comparison). Copious fruit becomes evident with time in glass. Great wine, but is it worth the price?

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  1/2/2022 - D_RICH wrote: 97 Points

  I fully concur with DH90. Otherworldly wine. (96+).

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  1/1/2022 - DH90 Likes this wine: 97 Points

  Lovely young Corton Charlemagne with a lovely nose and a luscious creaminess on the palate. Although very young, it was a pleasure to consume. Improved with an hour of aeration. Long rich feel on the palate. Reminds of the 1989 which was an outstanding vintage for this wine.

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