Domaine de Montille Beaune 1er Cru Les Grèves 2021
£87.45
The wine
Red berry fruit and bramble laced with bay leaf. The palate is well balanced, with bright acidity and touches of raspberry, pomegranate and sweet spice. The stony, terse finish points to ageing potential.
Les Grèves is the largest and most admired premier cru of Beaune, a long band of stony limestone mid-slope. This was vinified with 25% whole bunch, the lightest touch of stems across the range, letting the site's own austerity show rather than layering spice on top. Aged in barrel and assembled before bottling. Montille have been Ecocert certified since 2012.
The producer
Domaine de Montille
View all Domaine de Montille winesIn the village of Volnay, on the Côte de Beaune, Domaine de Montille is one of Burgundy most revered names. Built over generations by the de Montille family, and now led by Étienne de Montille, the estate is famed for reds and whites of rare precision. Its holdings read like a roll-call of Burgundy finest sites.
The domaine farms biodynamically, with a purist devotion to terroir and restraint. Whole-bunch fermentation and measured oak give reds of structure and perfume, while the whites are taut and mineral. The style is classical, ageworthy, and utterly distinctive.
The range spans the Côte de Beaune and Côte de Nuits, from village wines to a peerless collection of premier and grand crus. Each bottling traces the character of its vineyard with quiet authority.
To pour a de Montille wine is to taste Burgundy at its most refined and honest. Elegant, structured, and profoundly ageworthy, these are wines for the serious cellar.
