Louis Latour Chablis La Chanfleure

The vine: average vine age: 30 years soil: portlandian and kimmeridgian limestone harvest: mechanical vinification & ageing: fermentation: traditional in stainless steel vats temperature controlled with complete malolactic fermentation ageing: 8 to 10 months ageing in stainless steel vats description: la chanfleure is an old word used synonymously with tate-vin it is actually the pipette used by the cellarmen to take some wine from the barrel to taste it during the vinification. We chose to link the term la chanfleure to some of our wines in order to assign them an additional recognition element. Chablis is an isolated island of vineyards in the northern section of viticultural burgundy. Maison louis latour’s chablis la chanfleure is the ultimate expression of what the chardonnay grape is capable of on the region’s famous kimmeridgian limestone slopes. Wine tasting: tasting note of a pale yellow colour with green lights the chablis la chanfleure 2015 reveals aromas