Domaine de Montille Corton Grand Cru Clos du Roi 2021
£199.25
The wine
Ripe cherries, raspberries, burning embers, mushrooms and rich soil tones. Full-bodied, deep and concentrated, with an elegantly muscular frame of powdery tannins, lively acids and a long, resonant finish.
Clos du Roi is the parcel most often named as the best of Corton, the single red grand cru of the Côte de Beaune. The 2021 was a small, cool and difficult vintage across Burgundy after devastating April frost, so quantities are short and the wines came in fresher and more classical than the run of hot years before them. Two thirds whole bunch, 40% new oak.
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.
