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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...
Full and Complex
Cabernet Sauvignon 75% / Merlot 25%
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.
2017 red Château La Louvière is a brilliant ruby-red colour, scattered with purple highlights.
The nose unveils a pleasant combination of very ripe black fruit aromas (blackcurrant, black cherry), underpinned by subtle roasted notes and rose petal overtones.
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.
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)
2023 - 2035
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46.00 ha
Deep gravel
By hand with small deep crates
101.14 - Riparia gloire - 3309
Traditional, limited impact
8,500 vines per hectare
26 years
Cabernet Sauvignon / Merlot
Double Guyot with debudding
In stainless-steel temperature-controlled tanks with patented cap-breaking system and concrete tanks with pigeage
28 to 30 °C
Yes
For 12 months in oak barrels (40-50 % new) with racking
Egg white
Subject to vintage, expressive between 3 and 5 years, can age 15 to 30 years.
Michel ROLLAND et Mikaël LAIZET.
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