Latour-Giraud 'Cuvée Charles Maxime' Meursault, Burgundy, France 2023The history of Domaine Latour Giraud stretches back to the late 17th century, when Jean Latour Boillot was already cultivating vines in Meursault as the family's primary livelihood. A parallel branch, the Giraud family, had long been established in the Cte d'Or founding a distillery near the Meursault hospital in 1845 that produced Fine de Bourgogne and Marc de Bourgogne until 1914. The two families were united in 1958 through marriage, forming the

FOOD PAIRINGS: Charcuterie

Tasting Notes: Pale straw with green highlights

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Aging: Aged in French oak barrel with a low proportion of new oak

Soils are clay-rich limestone — the calcareous marl characteristic of the Côte de Beaune — imparting fine mineral structure and an elegant

Working through French government land agency SAFER

The vineyard sits on well-draining

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The 2023 vintage employed 57% whole-cluster fermentation

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energetic bubbles keep it lively

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