Tonnellerie Louis Latour
The Reciprocal Wine Trading Company has been managing the sales and marketing of the wine barrels produced by Tonnellerie Louis Latour since 2016.
Tarryn Vincent, national sales manager of Reciprocal, is responsible for this operation while Paul Haumann of Vincorp/Anglo African Finance continues to manage the logistics and finance.
Their role has been such that South African producers who have been using Latour barrels enjoy a seamless relationship between the cooperage and delivery to their winery.
Tarryn Vincent, national sales manager of Reciprocal.
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The Reciprocal Wine Trading Company has been the South African importer and distributor of the wines of Louis Latour since 1980.
Tonnellerie Latour was established more than two centuries ago, initially only to supply the very best Burgundian wine barrels for the family’s domaines: Louis Latour is the largest owner of Grand Cru vineyards in the Cote d’Or.
It has since expanded its operations and supplies a limited percentage of its output to producers around the world who seek the finest French oak barrels to optimise the quality of their premium wine production.
The list of wineries that make use of Louis Latour Barrels reads like the who’s who of the international wine industry, including, but not limited to: Staglin Family Winery and Turley Estate (USA); Cullen, Voyager Estate and Leeuwin Estate (Australia); Craggy Range (NZ); and Richard Kershaw Wines, Lothian, Neil Ellis Wines, Thelema, Storm, Glen Carlou and Vergelegen (South Africa).
About Reciprocal Wines
Now in its 52nd year, the Reciprocal Wine Company is South Africa’s leading fine wine and spirits merchant. Importer and distributor of many of the world’s most famous wines,
Reciprocal focuses mainly on family-owned properties where multi-generational experience and institutional memory ensures the commitment to a long-term vision.
Accordingly, the company has become the go-to source for South African wine lovers who seek a variety of high quality, international wines, spirits, and wine accessories.
Chaired by South Africa’s most experienced wine authority Michael Fridjhon, Reciprocal’s team of experts travels regularly to France, Spain, Germany, Italy, Australia, and Portugal and also sources wines from Hungary, the United States, New Zealand, Argentina and Chile.
Their goal is always the same: to select wines of discernment, quality, and individuality while catering for all palates and pockets.
Working closely with a  number of contractors to the wine industry, Reciprocal also supplies Steelrax wine racks, Miele temperature-controlled wine storage units, and Riedel Glassware.
All wines, spirits, and accessories are available for sale direct to customer, via the online shop or for distribution via on-trade outlets.
About Louis Latour
At Maison Louis Latour, we have always performed this traditional activity in our own cooperage. Oak from the forests of northern France ages in the open air for more than two years.
The wood is then handcrafted by the master coopers using traditional skills and techniques. Each of our barrels is the painstaking work of an artisan. We age our wines in these barrels whose qualities we know intimately, for we only produce a single type.
They are medium toasted and branded with the year of production, which allows our oenologists to choose a proportion of new or already used barrels for each wine, and to form a clear idea of the exchange that will occur between the wood and the wine.
The Louis Latour Cooperage produces around 3 500 barrels each year, half of which are used for ageing our own wines and the other half exported to the most prestigious producers of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay around the world.
Contact
For orders and information, contact Tarryn Vincent on 073Â 304 7201 or email: tarryn@reciprocal.co.za
Paul Haumann from Vincorp/Anglo African Finance on 021 888 9502 or email: paul@aaf.co.za
Issued by: OutSorceress Marketing. Contact: Janice Fridjhon on 083Â 302 2197 or email: janice@outsorceress.co.za
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