Maison de Montille Meursault Les Clous Dessous 2023
£76.45
The wine
Les Clous Dessous is a village-level Meursault from a single named site, or lieu-dit, on the northern side of the commune where the slope turns towards Auxey-Duresses. The name divides Les Clous into its upper and lower halves, and this is the lower. It is 100% Chardonnay, as all Meursault is, and the 2023 is sealed under Diam, a technical cork chosen to rule out cork taint.
Maison de Montille is the négociant label of Domaine de Montille, one of the most historic family estates in the Côte d’Or, founded in the mid-18th century and now run by ninth-generation Etienne de Montille with American-born chef de cave Brian Sieve. Etienne took the family vineyards organic in 1995 and biodynamic in 2005, with Ecocert certification following in 2012, and buys fruit for this label from growers farming to the same standard.
The producer
Maison de Montille
View all Maison de Montille winesThe de Montille name is one of the most respected in Burgundy, a family rooted in Volnay and celebrated for a pure, structured and uncompromising style. Maison de Montille, the family's négociant house, extends that philosophy across the Côte d'Or under the guidance of Étienne de Montille.
The focus is unwavering: expressive, transparent wines that speak of place. Fruit is sourced from carefully chosen sites, many farmed organically and biodynamically, and vinified with restraint to preserve freshness, minerality and detail.
The range spans white Burgundy of finesse, from a flinty Pouilly-Fuissé to a taut, high-altitude Saint-Romain, through to distinguished reds such as the structured Pommard 1er Cru. Each is marked by clarity and classic Burgundian poise.
Refined, ageworthy and true to their origins, the wines of Maison de Montille offer Burgundy as it should be: elegant, precise and deeply satisfying.
