Louis-Fabrice Latour

Coming Up

Burgundy framed the early formation of the house in Beaune, where Louis-Fabrice Latour was born in 1964 and where wine sat inside the local read of land, season and family continuity. Sciences Po, Paris (1985) gave him a formal education before BNP Paribas introduced him to finance, but the decisive move was a return to Maison Louis Latour in Beaune, Burgundy (1989–1999), where family wine work replaced outside employment. That progression led to his later role as head of the family business at Maison Louis Latour in Beaune, Burgundy (1999–2022), the post most closely tied to the modern identity of the house. The house itself is defined by continuity, and Latour kept that continuity in public view with his own plain statement: “It is very important. Since 1731 we have made wine, and we have been a négociant-éleveur since 1867.” That same trade logic carried into Burgundy’s institutions. As president at Federation of Burgundy Négociants (FNEB) (2003–2014) and later president at Federation of Wine and Spirit Exporters (FEVS) (2011–2014), he worked at the point where estate practice meets the broader market. His time at the Bureau Interprofessionnel des Vins de Bourgogne (BIVB) — first as president (2013–2021) and then as co-president (2015–2021) — placed him inside the region’s governing framework as well as its commercial one.

Where They Are Now

Maison Louis Latour in Beaune, France, was under Latour’s direction from 1999 to 2022, and that span bound his name to the operating cadence of the house. The work sits squarely in Burgundy wine: family business management on one side, and representation of Burgundy’s interests on the other.

Signature

The signature bottles associated with Louis-Fabrice Latour sit in Burgundy’s established hierarchy: Chateau Corton Grancey, Corton-Charlemagne 2018, Chambertin "Cuvée Héritiers Latour", and Romanée-Saint-Vivant "Les Quatre Journaux". Taken together, they point to the house’s work across historic crus and to the specific naming conventions that anchor Burgundy’s top end.

In Their Words “It is very important. Since 1731 we have made wine, and we have been a négociant-éleveur since 1867.”