Domaine Louis Latour’s Montrachet Grand Cru 2021 is a 100% Chardonnay from one of Burgundy’s smallest and most celebrated Grand Cru sites. Latour farms a noted 0.80-hectare parcel in Montrachet, hand-harvesting fruit from limestone-rich soils. In the cellar, the house follows a traditional, emphatically Burgundian approach: barrel fermentation with full malolactic, then roughly 8–10 months’ élevage in 100% new French oak from Latour’s own cooperage. Alcohol is listed around 13%.

Critical reception for the 2021 is excellent, led by a standout 98-point score from James Suckling—an elite review for any white Burgundy, let alone a youthful, tightly wound Montrachet. Suckling highlights “a complex and smoky nose of burnt sage, smoked almonds, flint, sourdough, white pepper and dried apples,” calling it “Full-bodied, flinty and mineral,” and adding that the finish “even feels austere for now.” He sums it up plainly: “Serious white. Try from 2026.”

Wine Spectator (96 points) also praises the wine’s scale and complexity, describing it as “Opulent in style,” with a texture that “borders on oily,” and flavors suggesting “sweet corn, lemon oil, peach, citronella, vanilla and hazelnut.” As it opens, it “firms up… remaining long and complex,” though Bruce Sanderson notes it “needs a bit more age to hit its stride,” recommending 2025–2038. Wine Spectator reports 145 cases made, with 35 cases imported.

Burghound’s Allen Meadows (94 points) finds similar power and structure, noting “generous and extremely rich… impressively powerful flavors,” “seductive, indeed even opulent,” but “not heavy” thanks to “ample acid support.” He flags “firm reduction” and expects further nuance with time, concluding it “needs to develop better depth,” but that this is “all but guaranteed” over a “12 to 15 year aging curve.”