Domaine Louis Latour’s Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru 2023 is a 100% Chardonnay from the upper slopes of the Corton hill in Aloxe-Corton, where southeast exposure and stony limestone soils are central to the wine’s profile. Latour is also a major stakeholder here, cited as the largest single owner of Corton-Charlemagne with about 10.5 hectares, much of it around 30-year-old vines. The domaine’s approach is decidedly traditional and built for longevity: the wine is hand-harvested, fermented in oak, undergoes 100% malolactic fermentation, and is aged about 8–10 months in 100% new French oak barrels made by Latour’s own cooperage.

Critics largely frame the 2023 as a combination of power, precision, and site-driven minerality. James Suckling delivers the standout review at 98 points—an excellent score—calling it “fantastic depth and length,” with notes of “sliced apples, stone, flint, matchstick and white pepper,” and describing it as “tight, structured and compact with a long finish.” He also signals patience, noting it is “already impressive, but best after 2027.”

Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate rates it 94 points (listed as 92–94), emphasizing texture and polish: the wine “wafts…with notes of pear, mandarin oil and peach” alongside “struck match and freshly baked bread,” and is “medium to full-bodied, satiny and seamless,” with “a sweet, layered core of fruit and an expansive finish.” The Advocate adds a technical detail for this bottling: it is “now bottled under Diam,” and “should age with grace.”

Wine Spectator awards 93 points, leaning into the wine’s breadth and oak framing: “opulent, creamy and expansive,” with “peach, apple, quinine and salty mineral flavors” plus “vanilla and toasty oak notes.” Spectator suggests it is still coming together, but concludes “all of the components are there, along with power and length,” recommending drinking from 2027 to 2042.