The Texture · Bordeaux white wine
Louré2024
Released only in its drinking phase — ready for the table.
Arriving
Like midday in Paris.
Fine texture meets cool, limestone-borne freshness. A structured white wine with tension and length.
Measured and solemn, every step deliberately placed – that is how a louré sounds, and how this wine tastes.
2024 (white): A very wet winter and spring with an early, unusually heavy infestation of downy mildew; persistent dampness characterized the season. Flowering and fruit set suffered in some cases (Coulure/Millerandage), September was cool and wet – overall the smallest harvest since 1991. Nevertheless, the dry white wines often present themselves as aromatic, vibrant and fresh, and rather light in alcohol.
- Grape varieties
- 100% Sauvignon Blanc
- Limitation
- 1211
- Ageing
- Clay amphora, long fine lees
- Analysis
- 12.5 % vol
- Drinking window
- 2026 – 2040
- Serving temperature
- 14–16 °C
- Decanting
- Yes, an hour is good
The city in full daylight
The first glass
The flavour profile of Louré 2024
A ripe, multi-layered fruit — yellow fruit and a hint of citrus, with a fine herbal depth. Taut and gastronomic on the palate: a fine, precise texture from the long ageing in oval clay amphorae, carried by fresh acidity and a long, quiet finish. A structured white wine that joins time and food.
- Yellow fruit
- Citrus
- Herbs
- Amphora texture
- Fresh acidity
Louré is Sauvignon blanc, yet the grape's typical fruit steps back. It shows ripe, many-layered fruit and a fine, precisely built texture of remarkable calm. Louré 2024 matured for eighteen months in clay amphora on its fine lees. A white wine for the table, with a long finish and many years ahead of it.
Why Louré
A measured dance with a marked line.
A suite is a sequence of dances. Each has its own character, and only all together do they make the whole. That is how our estate is built: each cuvée is inspired by a movement of this suite and takes on the character of its form.The louré is a slow French dance, measured and solemn, every step deliberately placed. Bach gave it a movement of its own in his third Partita for violin. Among our white wines, Louré stands in the middle, between Intermezzo and Caprice. It is made for the table rather than the aperitif, and before the meal it is happy to spend an hour in the decanter.
Louré shows that a white wine from Bordeaux may take up space, with texture and calm, without being opulent.
Johann Sebastian Bach — Louré, Partita No. 3 in E major, BWV 1006
Since the 2024 harvest · In the amphora
Eighteen months in clay amphora on the fine lees before Louré 2024 went into bottle.
Aged in our own cellar.
Aged in our own cellar: long in oval clay amphorae on the fine lees, then bottle ageing until we consider the wine ready to drink.
Maturity — how it drinks today
At the start of its drinking window
Optimal drinking window of Louré 2024
2026 – 2040
Serving temperature 14–16 °C.
Our principles
Why we take the trouble
Ageing in our own cellar
Most of our wines go on sale only once they are ready to drink; until then they mature with us, and we carry the risk.
Composed plot by plot
Each plot is vinified separately; only at the end do we compose the cuvée from them.
Time as an ingredient
Depth takes time. We give the wines the years in barrel and bottle that they need.
Organic & HVE4
The Domaine's vineyards are certified organic and HVE4, set within a 19-hectare ecosystem of woodland, meadows, water and vines.
The terroir and the wine it yields
Where it comes from
The blend of Louré 2024
A single-variety wine, one origin
- 100%Sauvignon Blanc
Precision & method
In the tradition of modern oenology
Aux Conseillans was for decades the Domaine of Jean Ribéreau-Gayon — one of the co-founders of modern oenology, founder of the Institute of Oenology at the University of Bordeaux (1949) and long-time owner of the estate. We work in that tradition: each plot analysed and vinified separately, the ageing guided under control, drinking maturity checked in a blind tasting.
The second hour
Given an hour in the decanter, Louré opens up, and in the second hour it keeps gaining depth.
Your evening
A wine for the table.
Dishes to pair
A selection from our recipe kitchen, matched to the structure and maturity of this wine.
Blanquette de veau au Louré – morels & tarragon
Coquelet en crapaudine from the grill, mustard-herb crust
Sea bream fillet, crispy skin – beurre blanc & braised leek
Pan-fried pheasant breast – choucroute & bacon white-wine broth
Stuffed quail braised in white wine & leeks
Grilled swordfish alla siciliana
Homard rôti – tarragon beurre blanc & young leek
Veal cheeks braised in Louré – celeriac purée
The mood to match the wine
A playlist for the moment
If you are a friend of classical music, here is a playlist that may suit your evening and the character of this wine. One possibility among many; listen in, if you like.
For your cellar
Available formats
Louré 2024, Edition 1211 bottles. Shipped directly from the estate — climate-controlled storage in our own cellar.
To get acquainted
The Coffret Dégustation
Three movements of the Suite in one case — Sarabande 2015, Gigue 2016 and Louré 2024. €100 incl. shipping.
Frequently Asked Questions · Louré 2024
Good to know
When should I drink the Louré?
From release and over many years — a white wine built to age, gaining in expression until around 2040.
How cool should I serve it?
At 14–16 °C — not ice-cold, so that texture and long finish can show. An hour of air does it good.
Is this a light summer white?
No — a full, gastronomic white with texture and stature, aged in clay amphorae. Made for the table, not as an aperitif.
What does it pair with?
With fish in sauce, poultry, veal and fine, mature cheese — dishes with a weight of their own.
Which grape variety is it made from?
100 % Sauvignon blanc, vinified in a full, gastronomic style.
Why clay amphora?
The long ageing in oval clay amphorae lets the lees move naturally and gives an enveloping, precise texture — without oak aroma.
How long does it keep?
It is built for long ageing and develops over the years until around 2040.
Technical data sheet · Louré 2024
| Wine | Louré 2024 |
|---|---|
| Estate | LaSuite aux Conseillans |
| Origin | Vineyard plot leased by us in Haux, Bordeaux, France |
| Type | white wine |
| Appellation | AOC Bordeaux |
| Grape varieties | 100% Sauvignon Blanc |
| Plots and soils | Leased parcel Haux (Sauvignon blanc), almost entirely enclosed by forest; thin layer of humus over limestone |
| Ageing | Clay amphora, long fine lees; then bottle ageing in our own cellar |
| Released | 1 Jul 2026 |
| Analysis | 12.5 % vol |
| Edition | 1211 bottles |
| Drinking window | 2026 – 2040 |
| Serving temperature | 14–16 °C |
| Decanting | Yes, an hour is good |
| Aromas | Yellow fruit, Citrus, Herbs, Amphora texture, Fresh acidity |
| Viticulture | Leased vineyard, not certified organic; the Domaine's vineyards are certified organic and HVE4. |
| Formats | 0.75 L (€30) |
| Place in the Suite | Middle of the white wines, between Intermezzo and Caprice; “The Texture” |
| Musical reference | Johann Sebastian Bach — Louré, Partita No. 3 in E major, BWV 1006 |
| Item number | LS-LOUR-24-075 |
The vintages
Louré through the years
Every vintage plays the same movement, each in its own key. The bar shows when a vintage opens and how long it carries; the line marks today.
- 2024 Ready to drink
A wet, cool year with a small harvest, followed by eighteen months in clay amphora.
Drinking window 2026 – 2040This vintage - 2025 Maturing in the cellarView in the cellar
The repertoire
The other movements of the Suite
Each cuvée has its own voice, from the rosé to the red that needs decades. In weak years we skip one entirely; that is why the repertoire is rarely complete.
We release each wine only when we would most like to drink it ourselves.Marc & Ellen Ruhland
For us, time is an ingredient.