A rustic, austere, tightly wound effort, the 2002 Beaune Aigrots offers a nose of stone and gravel. Its mineral-dominated personality is light to medium-bodied, sappy, and deep. Drink it over the next 4 years.

Smoke, minerals, and citrus fruits are found in the nose of the light to medium-bodied 2001 Beaune Aigrots. This pretty, fresh, spicy wine reveals lemon-infused minerals in its appealing lace-like character. It should be drunk over the next 24 months. Maison Louis Latour appears to have faired significantly better than many of its fellow negociants in 2001. "We are very surprised, these were hugely acidic prior to malolactic fermentation but really good afterwards," said Jean-Pierre Jobard, Latour's winemaker. His boss, this firm's director, Louis-Fabrice Latour, added that "we've come to love the 2001 whites with time, they keep improving during elevage and we find that there is, in this vintage, a large step in quality between the village AOC wines and the premier crus." Maison Louis Latour has a different importer in each state.