2010 Louis Latour Vosne Romanee AOC 750 ml

“The Greatest Pinot Noir Village on Earth”

The 2010 vintage in Burgundy was exceptional. Antonio Galloni said the 2010s prove why red Burgundy is “one of the world’s most compelling wines.” But two years later he pointed out the truth, noting the best 2010s are “now virtually impossible to find.” Well, Antonio, today is your lucky day. 

This rare, perfectly cellared Pinot Noir comes from the village of Vosne-Romanée, “the greatest Pinot Noir village on earth,” where “rich, austere, masculine, aristocratic and sensual,” wines are born, according to Master of Wine Clive Coates, and where the world’s most famous (and expensive) wines are born. But, all you have to do to enjoy a bottle of Vosne-Romanée—at a price that won’t break the bank—is to know precisely where to look, and we’re here to point you in the direction of Louis Fabrice Latour, the mastermind behind today’s rare release: 

When we visited Louis-Fabrice, he pulled the curtain back on 280 bottles of his 2010 Louis Latour Vosne-Romanée, which have spent the last eight years patiently slumbering in Latour’s pristine, cool cellars in Burgundy. Today, it is absolutely beautiful with generous layers of ripe black cherry fruits, which unravel with time to showcase red berry, blood orange, and iron-like minerality in a Burgundy that’s elegant, fresh, and deeply complex.

As for you geography buffs, consider this: By car, it’s about a 3-minute drive from one end of the village of Vosne-Romanée to the other. It’s roughly a 15-minute drive to careen around the village’s sacred vines if you start in Nuits-Saint-Georges and drive north to Vougeot. Within that short span of time, depending upon the road you take, you might pass the sanctified vineyards of La Tâche, La Romanée-Conti, Les Richebourgs, and Les Grands Echézeaux. 

On the same drive, looking east (to your right) would reveal glimpses of the Pinot Noir vines that supplied Louis Latour’s 2010 Vosne-Romanée with all its elegance, firm structure, density, nuanced red fruit, spices, and mineral richness. Make no mistake: The iron-rich Vosne-Romanée soils supply Louis-Fabrice with grapes that yield arguably the best village-level Vosne-Romanée Pinot Noir out there—one to enjoy now, but capable of going 10-15 years in the cellar, or more. 

Decanter called the 2010 season “a classic Burgundy vintage,” just like Galloni and Robert Parker, who rated the year “extraordinary.” A warm September extended the growing season, leading to exceptional wines and a run on most houses inventory immediately after release. But in Louis Latour’s time-tested fashion, they held back a few cases, which are showing brilliantly today, and represent some of the few bottles of Vosne-Romanée available for under $100.

You could break the bank on a single bottle of Grand Cru Vosne-Romanée, or you could enjoy several bottles of a truly beautiful Pinot Noir that came from vines a few minutes down the road, treated to Louis Latour’s perfectionist winemaking script. 

There’s no right or wrong way to enjoy world-class red Burgundy, it’s just a question of how much to enjoy. We’ve done our best to make the choice easy, at least while these final cases last.