375ML Half Bottle 2023 Louis Latour Puligny-Montrachet film
Louis Latour's own cooperage, where the barrels for this Puligny are made.
The market on this bottle
U.S. shop listings for this 375 ml half bottle, before sales tax. The main-listing low is $66, so this half bottle is $65. Checked 2026-10-06.
Village Puligny, half bottle
375ML Half Bottle 2023 Louis Latour Puligny-Montrachet
Village Puligny in a half bottle, with about 15 percent new oak from the house cooperage.
This is the 375 ml half of the 2023 village Puligny-Montrachet. One hundred percent Chardonnay, vines about 30 years old, on limestone and scree between Meursault and Chassagne-Montrachet. It is fermented in barrel, finishes a complete malolactic, and stays 8 to 10 months in French oak, about 15 percent new, from Louis Latour's own cooperage. The half bottle is $65.
Village Puligny, in the half bottle
The village of Puligny-Montrachet covers about 216 hectares between Meursault and Chassagne-Montrachet. The name reaches back to Puliniacus. This bottle is the village wine. It is not a premier cru and it is not a grand cru.
Louis Latour's 2023 is hand picked, from vines about 30 years old, on limestone and scree, at a yield near 45 hectoliters a hectare. This is the half bottle of village Puligny at $65, so will you open it this week?
375 ml
A half bottle, the whole evening in one pour.
Village
Puligny-Montrachet the village, between Meursault and Chassagne.
Hand picked
Vines about 30 years old, yield near 45 hectoliters a hectare.
Stone
Limestone and scree under the rows.
Acacia, vanilla, and toasted almond
The tech sheet calls the color bright pale yellow. Acacia and vanilla on the nose. The palate is ample and round, with vanilla and toasted almond, and tension on the finish.
Allen Meadows has described the 2023 as more elegant and floral, with white-fleshed fruit, spice, and lemon zest, approachable young and able to repay 5 to 8 years. Serve it at 11 to 13 degrees C. The house suggests 3 to 5 years of cellar. What you have is the half bottle of that wine.
Toasted almond, then tension
Bright pale yellow. Acacia and vanilla open. Toasted almond follows, and the finish holds its tension instead of turning soft.
The half bottle is $65.
Acacia and vanilla.
Ample, round, toasted almond.
Tension, not weight.
The house cooperage, about 15 percent new
A barrique wine, from the family's own cooperage.
The 2023 is barrel fermented, with a complete malolactic, then 8 to 10 months in French oak, about 15 percent new. The barrels are medium toast, from Louis Latour's own cooperage.
That cooperage uses oak from northern France, aged outdoors more than two years, one barrel shape, the year branded on the head. About half of what they raise stays with their own wines. This village Puligny is one of those wines.
The cooperage, and the cellars in Beaune
Louis Latour's cooperage is the only one among Burgundy's winemakers. The first family vineyards date to 1731. The maison was created in 1797.
The Beaune cellars hold the large casks of the house. This village Puligny is a barrique wine, not one of those large casks. The bottle in your hand is 375 ml.
Sole in brown butter
Toasted almond and a taut finish want a fish with a crust and a lemon.
The tech sheet points toward a white-wine sauce, a Mediterranean fish, and veal. Sole in brown butter is the plate that meets toasted almond.
Serve at 11 to 13 degrees C. A half bottle is the evening.
Seared scallops
Scallops seared hard on one side, center left tender.
Why it works: The crust and the lemon meet toasted almond and the tension on the finish.
View Recipe for Seared scallops (opens in a new tab)Garlic prawns
Prawns with garlic, finished in the pan.
Why it works: The sweetness of the prawns gives the vanilla and acacia somewhere to land.
View Recipe for Garlic prawns (opens in a new tab)Pour the half bottle
Village Puligny-Montrachet, 375 ml, at $65.
Open the 2023 Louis Latour Puligny-Montrachet half bottle with sole.
