LOUIS LATOUR AGENCIES

12-14 Denman Street

London W1D 7HJ

0207 409 7276 enquiries@louislatour.co.uk www.louislatour.co.uk

Domaine Louis Latour Spring Update

Louis Latour’s vineyards are alive with activity, from tractors and horses tilling the soil, to people preparing the palissage and birds amongst the flowering trees. When you walk through the vineyards you can already feel an air of anticipation for the coming season.

It is probably one of the liveliest times in the vineyard other than harvest.

The 2023 season started slowly, with a relatively late budburst, but this was fortunate because it helped the vines avoid the worst affects frosts and cold snaps in early April. The vineyard team were on standby with candles in some of the prestigious Côte de Beaune plots but fortunately, the week passed without problems and the vines were untouched.

Fast forward to May and the vines were in good health. There was a risk of mildew and fungus because of the mix of warm sunny and rainy days but the vineyard team worked hard to mitigate it. They spent several weeks debudding to remove the excess buds from the vines, a step that creates more space on the plant to let the air flow around it and concentrate nutrients to the branches where the grapes will grow. It is also the time that the soils are worked by Alouette, Latour’s four-legged friend who can be seen pictured.

In 2020 we achieved Carbon Neutral status as accredited by Carbon Footprint

Since 2012 we have offset over 7,000 tonnes of CO2 through gold standard Carbon Footprint projects

Neutral transportation for every bottle of wine that we distribute