Do you have a special event to celebrate or are you planning a diner with friends? We will help you to find the perfect wine.
Sign up here to receive our newsletter
Château La Louvière Red
Château La Louvière has many fascinating facets. The sumptuous architecture of the château building dates from the late 18th century, but winegrowing here goes back more than 700 years. The first vines were planted circa 1310, although modern winemaking dates from the 17th century and was handed down by able monks from the Carthusian monastery in Bordeaux, who had acquired considerable talent as viticulturists and winemakers. The people who produce the wine in the 21st century have inherited these time-honoured methods, adding just the right amount of innovation and modernity to make the utmost of the outstanding terroir. La Louvière's red wine has a dark colour and an elegant bouquet with delicate hints of oak...
Wine style
Full and Complex
Grape blend
Cabernet Sauvignon 75% / Merlot 25%
Weather
The 2017 vintage was one of the earliest on record. The growing season was marked by a dry winter and spring (46% less rainfall than usual), accompanied by temperatures 2°C above average (except for the frost in April). This dry summer weather was ideal for ripening the seeds until late August.
Tasting Comment
Appareance
2017 red Château La Louvière is a brilliant ruby-red colour, scattered with purple highlights.
Nose
The nose unveils a pleasant combination of very ripe black fruit aromas (blackcurrant, black cherry), underpinned by subtle roasted notes and rose petal overtones.
Mouth
The initial impression on the palate is smooth with average body and good concentration mid-palate. A tremendously fruity wine, underpinned by elegant roasted notes and a firm, ripe tannic structure. 2017 Château La Louvière has a beautiful long aftertaste. Best enjoyed in a few years, when it will reveal its fine aromas and flavours to the full. Ideal paired with beef fillet, stuffed quail, or rib of veal and mushrooms.
Ratings and reviews
Ripe dark berries and a wealth of plums, too. This has good richness and fruit purity. There’s attractive depth, as well as a very supple tannin structure, making it approachable now with the prospect of mid-term aging. Drink or hold.
Bright ruby with hints of purple. An attractive, delicately perfumed nose that is both deep and playful, with well-defined fruit and a touch of tea. Pleasingly complex. Crunchy on the palate with beautiful fruit, medium body and delicately soft tightly-knit tannins. Vivacious and spirited, the wine has well-integrated oak and an appealing finish. A La Louvière with excellent potential that needs to age.
This estate, just around the corner from Château Haut-Bailly, began picking on September 12th. The yield was 45 hl/ha, and the vinification was conducted partly in foudres. This has produced a wine with a dark, smoky, grippy and lightly roasted nose, with scents of grilled red cherry and some fragrant rose-petal notes. The palate is supple, with a medium body and gently plush character through the middle, backed up by a ripe tannic grip and fresh acid profile. A very correct style, restrained, focused, withdrawn even, but with absolutely nothing out of place. A nice grippy finish. A good if understated result from this reliable domaine.
Bright and juicy, with good plum and cherry compote notes lined with dried anise and tar details. Has a grippy feel. Slightly gutsy in style and well done.
Dark purple red with violet hue and almost black core. Expressive nose with distinct roasting aroma, blackcurrants and black cherries, hints of mild spices in the background. On the palate firm tannins, elegant fruit and elegant roasting aroma, well structured with good lengt.
A pretty core of fruit to this with a mineral, dark-fruit and crushed-stone character. Medium body, firm tannins and a clean finish.
(Julia Harding)
Consumption period
2023 - 2035
Our suggestions
White meats
|
Cheese |
Red meats
|
Game
|
Ground
Surface
46.00 ha
Soil
Deep gravel
Winemaking
Grape harvest
By hand with small deep crates
Others
Graft stock
101.14 - Riparia gloire - 3309
Plant food
Traditional, limited impact
Plant density
8,500 vines per hectare
Wine average age
26 years
Grape variety
Cabernet Sauvignon / Merlot
Pruning type
Double Guyot with debudding
Fermentation
In stainless-steel temperature-controlled tanks with patented cap-breaking system and concrete tanks with pigeage
Fermentation temperature
28 to 30 °C
Malolactic
Yes
Wine maturing
For 12 months in oak barrels (40-50 % new) with racking
Wine montage
Egg white
Maturing potential
Subject to vintage, expressive between 3 and 5 years, can age 15 to 30 years.
Oenologist consultant
Michel ROLLAND et Mikaël LAIZET.
Recipes
|