Domaine de Montille

The 2014 Bourgogne Rouge has a simple, light-hearted red cherry and bergamot-scented nose that if full of joie-de-vivre. The palate is fleshy on the entry, nicely defined with crisp tannin, surprisingly fleshy and generous on the finish. Recommended.
Neal Martin, The Wine Advocate. 31st December 2015. 

Rich purple colour, cherries in chocolate nose, a lovely mouthful of fruit. Quite rounded, a graceful style of Nuits-St Georges on the north side of the village with a lovely, lingering finish.
Jasper Morris MW - Burgundy Director

One third whole-bunch vinified, for the old vines, this is dense purple, with deep raspberry fruit. The wine displays a crunchy, fresh, mineral finish, reflecting the limestone content of the soil here, with some tannins neatly framed by the fruit.

Étienne de Montille began picking whites on 10th and reds on 13th September, relatively early. Despite the hail (worst in Pommard than Beaune, Volnay less) yields were slightly improved compared to 2013. The fruit was clean with small berries, and beautiful clusters, so they were able to continue with their usual programme of whole-bunch vinification in most instances. The details are given for each wine. They will be long lived wines.

Just half a crop, entirely destemmed and with minimal new wood. Good mid purple colour, with balanced fruit across the palate and Pommard’s firm edge of tannins - yet the fruit sings out behind. Attractive, integrated acidity, this just needs time to make a most attractive bottle.
Drink 2019-2024.

This vineyard is new for Domaine de Montille, having taken over the plot from the Château de Puligny. The vines are located in the upper part of the vineyard, next to 1er cru Clos Micot. Vinified without stems, it has a bright, mid-purple colour with a firm, kirsch like nose and plenty of fruit on the palate to cover the Pommard tannins.
Jasper Morris MW - Burgundy Wine Director

A deep bright pink-purple colour with a fresh sherbetty nose, lovely red fruit behind, while the discreet trace of acidity maintaining a thread of freshness throughout. The stony character of Les Perrières shows through.
Jasper Morris MW - Wine Buyer

This Beaune is entirely de-stemmed and is a great success this year. Fine ripe red fruit dominates, but it is elegantly poised and cleverly balanced once again, with fine acidity and a real vivacity coming through at the end.
Jasper Morris MW, Berrys' Burgundy Director Etienne de Montille thinks he has made brilliant 2011s and we are inclined to agree with him. They have freshness, balance, low alcohol, good acidity, excellent fruit and wonderful tannin integration. Picking began on 27th August and continued through to the 9th September as individual vineyards ripened. The fruit has attractively ripe flavours while rarely getting beyond 12.5% alcohol and Etienne chose to include slightly fewer stems than in recent vintages, except for the top Cuvées. Certain wines are available in magnum and double magnum formats, please contact us if they are of interest to you.

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No real hail damage here, so Etienne could use whole bunches (66%). This has a delightful colour and a vivid concentrated nose of dark fruit, really beautiful and very juicy on the palate with exceptional density behind. There is some black fruit here, though the wine displays red fruit energy.
Jasper Morris MW, Burgundy Wine Director

This great domaine has grown even further with the acquisition of some vineyards, such as Meursault Perrières, to enhance the white wine range, vinified by Alix de Montille. The reds continue the progress seen in recent years from the team led by Etienne de Montille with the assistance of cellarmaster Brian Sieve. All the top wines are vinified with 100% whole bunches which defines the very perfumed style of the domaine’s wines

Bright purple, smooth, rich, this fills out in the middle and the back, with dark ripe fruit, very fine quality tannins and excellent persistence. Fruit swarms back at the finish. Really good plant material here apparently. It certainly tastes that way.
Jasper Morris, MW - Wine Buyer

Harvest began during the last week in September and finished just before the storm. There was less whole bunch vinification for the wines affected by hail, but Volnay Taillepieds, Pommard Rugiens, Corton Clos du Roi and the wines from the Côte de Nuits were all predominantly vinified with their stems.

As the vines are younger, the fruit from Les Champans is de-stemmed. The wine has good density of colour with an elegant nose, between cherry and raspberry. On the palate, raspberry notes come to the fore, with good, structural balance, superb texture and a fine, floral aftertaste.

Étienne de Montille began picking whites on 10th and reds on 13th September, relatively early. Despite the hail (worst in Pommard than Beaune, Volnay less) yields were slightly improved compared to 2013. The fruit was clean with small berries, and beautiful clusters, so they were able to continue with their usual programme of whole-bunch vinification in most instances. The details are given for each wine. They will be long lived wines.

No stems were included in Les Pézerolles which shows a fine, bright purple colour. Really clear, pure, red fruit, with plenty of volume, this is a gentler style of Pommard, with no discernible tannins, good fruit and harmonious all the way through.

Étienne de Montille began picking whites on 10th and reds on 13th September, relatively early. Despite the hail (worst in Pommard than Beaune, Volnay less) yields were slightly improved compared to 2013. The fruit was clean with small berries, and beautiful clusters, so they were able to continue with their usual programme of whole-bunch vinification in most instances. The details are given for each wine. They will be long lived wines.

The 2014 Volnay 1er Cru Mitans has a more loose-knit nose than the Champans. That being said, it deserves applause because you cannot tell in a million years that it is 100% whole cluster. The palate is medium-bodied, fresh and vibrant, crisp and focused with a precise, linear finish that lingers nicely in the mouth. This is a class act -- cerebral and complex.
Neal Martin, The Wine Advocate. 31st December 2015.

Domaine de Montille is a first-class Côte de Beaune domaine and one which is producing some of the purest expressions of Pinot Noir to be found in Burgundy today. The domaine was developed by Hubert de Montille, a prominent Dijon lawyer, who inherited 2.5 hectares of vineyards in Volnay in 1951 and most of the production was sold in bulk to négociants. Over the years he acquired further parcels in Volnay, as well as four hectares in Pommard, taking his total holdings to just short of 17 hectares. Today the property is run by his son Etienne.

Lovely bright purple, the nose is an interesting mix of red cherries and prunes. Bright raspberry fruit follows on the palate with lovely fresh acidity and excellent structure to the finish.

A dense purple, rather inky nose, there is a significant weight of fruit here, in a very dark berry fruit style. Impressive density that will surely fill out and soften, the fruit was healthy enough to be able to vinify with stems.
Jasper Morris, MW - Wine Buyer

Harvest began during the last week in September and finished just before the storm. There was less whole bunch vinification for the wines affected by hail, but Volnay Taillepieds, Pommard Rugiens, Corton Clos du Roi and the wines from the Côte de Nuits were all predominantly vinified with their stems.

Domaine de Montille is a first-class Côte de Beaune domaine and one which is producing some of the purest expressions of Pinot Noir to be found in Burgundy today. The domaine was developed by Hubert de Montille, a prominent Dijon lawyer, who inherited 2.5 hectares of vineyards in Volnay in 1951 and most of the production was sold in bulk to négociants. Over the years he acquired further parcels in Volnay, as well as four hectares in Pommard, taking his total holdings to just short of 17 hectares. Today the property is run by his son Etienne.

With a clear, bright, pale colour, this is very elegant. With a little touch of liquorice, it is quite classy. This really broadens out on the palate, with a lovely citrus touch and a future nuttiness. Promising, with volume waiting to develop.

One third of Les Rugiens undergoes whole-cluster vinification. Medium to deep purple, the nose is laden with ripe, cherry fruit and only a touch of spice. Very appealing, there is a huge wealth of fruit on the palate, spectacular quality and lovely, fine-grained tannins. This shows the nobility of the terroir, with no indications of hail.

Étienne de Montille began picking whites on 10th and reds on 13th September, relatively early. Despite the hail (worst in Pommard than Beaune, Volnay less) yields were slightly improved compared to 2013. The fruit was clean with small berries, and beautiful clusters, so they were able to continue with their usual programme of whole-bunch vinification in most instances. The details are given for each wine. They will be long lived wines.

Transparent ruby. Smudgy, vibrant, full of Vosne life. Gloriously ready now. Not heavy in any way but great balance. Aérien indeed! Long and inspiring.
Jancis Robinson, jancisrobinson.com. 30th November 2015

Very poised and close-knit at the beginning it opens in the glass with an explosion of flavours; white flowers, white apples and an crysteline wet stone minerality. Wow! The finish has a never-ending persistence (I stopped counting at 86 seconds). Truly impressive.

Pale lemon in colour, this has a wonderful, rounded, classical Meursault bouquet, albeit still on the fresher side. The wine has a marvellous mid-palate, discreet at first, magical in the middle, with plenty of weight and a great thread of acidity. Exceptional persistence.

Étienne de Montille began picking whites on 10th and reds on 13th September, relatively early. Despite the hail (worst in Pommard than Beaune, Volnay less) yields were slightly improved compared to 2013. The fruit was clean with small berries, and beautiful clusters, so they were able to continue with their usual programme of whole-bunch vinification in most instances. The details are given for each wine. They will be long lived wines.

Two thirds of this wine is whole-bunch fermented. The perfume is delightful, deliciously smooth and gracious. Fragrant, ripe, red fruit runs throughout, with a seamless finish.

Étienne de Montille began picking whites on 10th and reds on 13th September, relatively early. Despite the hail (worst in Pommard than Beaune, Volnay less) yields were slightly improved compared to 2013. The fruit was clean with small berries, and beautiful clusters, so they were able to continue with their usual programme of whole-bunch vinification in most instances. The details are given for each wine. They will be long lived wines.

The grapes for this Pommard Rugiens were also not destalked prior to fermentation, and here the stems have added a smoky complexity to the dense, plummy fruit. Exuberant yet structured, this is a magisterial Pommard.

This wine harnesses all the dramatic intensity of this great Volnay terroir. Deeper in colour and more concentrated than La Carelle, it still has a seductively silky texture but the huge ball of fruit on the palate gives it a more hedonistic appeal. Drink 2012-2020.

Vibrant in colour and even richer in bouquet than its neighbour, this cuve has almost a hint of liqueur cherries in the sumptuous wealth of fruit that floods the palate. Both versions are extraordinary but this is the richer of the two.

Bursting with perfumed raspberry fruit and violets on the nose, this wine is middleweight on the palate before reaching a rump of tannins, and a finale of sweet ripe fruit that returns to strike at the end.
Jasper Morris MW, Burgundy Director

Domaine de Montille picked between the 18th and 26th September in 2010. The red wines, made by American Brian Sieve (one of two winemakers in this catalogue born in Indianapolis!) under the surveillance of Etienne de Montille, now show a consistency of style and quality that perhaps was not entirely there a few years ago. The whites are the responsibility of Etiennes sister Alix and maintain the class of recent times. Together they have produced a fine result in 2010.

Vinification with the stems gives these wines a notable character on the nose, with floral, spice and rose petals all coming to the fore, and an impressive density on the palate. This is a very graceful wine, and the finish shows a touch of tannin to maintain structure.
Jasper Morris MW, Burgundy Director

Domaine de Montille picked between the 18th and 26th September in 2010. The red wines, made by American Brian Sieve (one of two winemakers in this catalogue born in Indianapolis!) under the surveillance of Etienne de Montille, now show a consistency of style and quality that perhaps was not entirely there a few years ago. The whites are the responsibility of Etienne’s sister Alix and maintain the class of recent times. Together they have produced a fine result in 2010.

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Revealing a medium, deep and bright purple, this wine explodes with rounded fruit and possesses a bouquet to linger over. Beautifully rich, yet perfectly balanced, it has a suave texture and impressive muscle. This wine shows that the King chose well when he took this part of Corton for his own vines.
Jasper Morris MW, Berrys' Burgundy Director Etienne de Montille thinks he has made brilliant 2011s and we are inclined to agree with him. They have freshness, balance, low alcohol, good acidity, excellent fruit and wonderful tannin integration. Picking began on 27th August and continued through to the 9th September as individual vineyards ripened. The fruit has attractively ripe flavours while rarely getting beyond 12.5% alcohol and Etienne chose to include slightly fewer stems than in recent vintages, except for the top Cuvées. Certain wines are available in magnum and double magnum formats, please contact us if they are of interest to you.

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