Pierre-Olivier Garcia Bourgogne Hautes-Côtes de Nuits La Montagne 2023
£51.25
The wine
La Montagne is a named parcel in the Hautes-Côtes de Nuits, the hills rising behind the Côte itself, several hundred metres higher and correspondingly cooler.
That altitude was a handicap for most of the appellation history and has become an advantage as the climate has warmed, giving fresher wines with lower alcohol than the slope below. Pierre-Olivier and Ana Garcia farm with an eye on biodiversity rather than monoculture, experimenting with cereals, ploughing and planting between the rows. Fermentation combines whole clusters, intact berries and destemmed fruit as the vintage dictates.
The producer
Pierre-Olivier Garcia
View all Pierre-Olivier Garcia winesPierre-Olivier Garcia is one of the brightest young talents in Burgundy, a rising grower and micro-negociant based in the Côte de Nuits. In a short time his wines have won critical acclaim for their purity, energy and impressive value.
Working from carefully chosen parcels across the Côte d Or and beyond, Garcia farms and selects with obsessive attention to detail, favouring whole-bunch ferments and restrained oak. The aim is transparency, letting each terroir shine.
The range is unusually broad and rewarding, from serious single-lieu-dit Aligoté and charming Cru Beaujolais to village Marsannay and Nuits-Saint-Georges and on to Grand Cru Corton, each finely drawn and expressive.
Precise, fragrant and quietly ambitious, Pierre-Olivier Garcia is a name to watch, and to drink, as modern Burgundy finds its future.






