1996 Louis Latour Chevalier-Montrachet Les Demoiselles

Community Tasting Notes (8) Avg Score: 92 points

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  6/14/2017 - Burgundy Al wrote: 90 Points

  Nervous start due to dark golden color. Lots of ripe stone fruit, with completely age appropriate maturity. Shockingly fresh for its age. Good concentration. Not lots of complexity.

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  6/24/2013 - dcwino wrote: 93 Points

  It may be hard to believe but there used to be a time when Louis Latour Corton Charlemagne and Chevalier Montrachet were favored by many. I have had a number of this bottling with consistent notes. This is so darn fresh, it reminded me how age worthy top white Burgundies can be. Mostly yellow fruits, initially strong impression of pineapple, also candied lemon peel, flint, white pepper and sesame coming from oak. The palate displays excellent concentration via oily texture, sweet ripe fruits, minerality and bright acidity. Despite the bright acidity, still noticeable oak abruptly clips the finish. I last had the bottle in August of 2011 and wrote “This is a focused, structured and masculine wine. Although not a sophisticate and decadent expression of Les Demoiselles, excellent nevertheless.” The oak component is even more noticeable this time. It is a shame that such a beautiful GC fruit can’t be fully experienced.

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  8/13/2011 - Alex H wrote: flawed

  Light glueiness. White oak with more weight. A bit rich and weighty. A bit cork tainted. A pity.

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  8/12/2011 - Mingmong wrote: 90 Points

  Honey, toasty pineapples on the nose. Pineapples, citrus, passionfruit and a soursop finish.

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  8/12/2011 - Paul S wrote: 93 Points

  Adam's Baby Shower (Imperial Treasure Super Peking Duck, Paragon): This was as clearly a Puligny Grand-Cru as one could imagine. Pity that there was a touch of taint on it, otherwise I would imagine it would be brilliant. Nevertheless, it was a testimony to the strength of the wine that it still showed really strongly. It had a lovely nose, with butter and cream, bits of Asian spice, some button mushrooms and lovely rich white fruit aromas. Pure Grand Cru stuff. There was unfortunately just that hint of taint on the edge of the palate, but the wine had so much weight and depth to it that it just powered on nonetheless, layering the palate with rich white fruit, lemon curd, green apples and spice moving into a super-long finish laden with minerality. This was still laced with a good dose of 1996 acidity and had a lovely sense of defintion throughout. A pity that it was not showing at full tilt. Still a real treat though.

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