Domaine de Montille Pommard Les Cras 2022
£62.45
The wine
Crunchy red berry fruit and dried rose petal with a green pepper note. Medium-bodied, with chalky tannins and good acidity, lively in the mouth, leading to a focused if slightly brittle finish.
Les Cras is a village-level Pommard rather than a premier cru, from higher, stonier ground where the wines come out leaner and more mineral than the commune's reputation suggests. A third whole bunch and only 10% new oak, the lightest oak handling in the range, which suits a wine built on tension rather than weight.
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.
