2021 Pommard, Les Pézerolles, 1er Cru, Domaine de Montille, Burgundy
Critics reviews
35 hl/ha. Full quite deep crimson. One third whole cluster and late malolactic. There is quite deep fruit but it is backward at the moment, a little bit out of kilter between fruit and acidity, possibly a question of the late malolactic.
Drink 2026 - 2032
Jasper Morris MW, InsideBurgundy.com (January 2023)
From a 1.36 ha holding; 30% whole clusters.
A super-fresh, bright, and airy nose freely displays its combination of red berry essence allied with hints of spice, earth, and violet. The vibrant and nicely detailed medium-bodied flavours flash less minerality on the dusty and equally chalky finish. This is very pretty, though it could use more depth, so a few years of keeping should be helpful.
Drink from 2029 onward
Allen Meadows, Burghound.com (April 2023)
The 2021 Pommard Les Pezerolles 1er Cru has one of the most attractive aromatics amongst de Montille’s reds with lively black plum and mulberry fruit, damp undergrowth and light tobacco scents. The palate is well balanced with fine tannins, taut and focused, with a little more fruit on the finish than other cuvées. Very fine.
Drink 2025 - 2038
Neal Martin, Vinous.com (January 2023)
Cask sample. Pale crimson. Lightweight for a Pommard but is pretty well constituted. Light and peppery with some length. It may well gain interest.
Drink 2027 - 2040
Jancis Robinson MW, JancisRobinson.com (January 2023)
This wine’s ripe red and black fruit aromas accented with earth, mineral, and smoke are immediately appealing. Although there is some reduction on the nose, the wine is riper and more resolved than the village-level wine, with silky tannins, balanced acidity, and plenty of depth. The sandy soils bring a silky ripeness to the wine, yet there is enough substance to ensure it will last for decades. The domaine owns two parcels above Petits Epenots in the northern part of the appellation.
Drink 2027 - 2050
Charles Curtis MW, Decanter.com (November 2022)
About this WINE
Domaine de Montille
The De Montille family has long been a venerable one in Burgundy, though Domaine de Montille’s reputation was properly established in 1947: prominent Dijon lawyer Hubert de Montille inherited 2.5 hectares in Volnay, later adding further parcels in Volnay, Pommard and Puligny. Hubert’s style was famously austere: low alcohol, high tannin and sublime in maturity.
His son, Etienne, joined him from ’83 to ’89 before becoming the senior winemaker, taking sole charge from ’95. Etienne also managed Château de Puligny-Montrachet from ’01; he bought it, with investors, in ’12.
The two estates were separate until ’17, when the government decreed that any wine estate bearing an appellation name could no longer offer wine from outside that appellation.
The solution was to absorb the château estate into De Montille – the amalgamated portfolio is now one of the finest in the Côte d’Or.
Etienne converted the estate to organics in ‘95, and to biodynamics in 2005, making the house style more generous and open, focusing on the use of whole bunches for the reds.
Pommard
The most powerful red wines of the Côte de Beaune emanate from Pommard, where complex soils with a high proportion of iron-rich clay produce deep-coloured, relatively tannic wines. A Pommard that is ready to drink in its first few years is probably not going to be a great example of the appellation.
Two vineyards stand out: the lower part of Les Rugiens, which has been mooted for promotion to Grand Cru status, and the five-hectare, walled Clos des Epéneaux, monopoly of Comte Armand.- 212 hectares of village Pommard
- 125 hectares of Premier Cru vineyards (28 in all). The finest vineyards include Les Rugiens, Les Epénots (including Clos des Epéneaux) and Pézérolles
- Recommended producers: Comte Armand, de Montille, de Courcel, J-M Boillot
Pinot Noir
Pinot Noir is probably the most frustrating, and at times infuriating, wine grape in the world. However when it is successful, it can produce some of the most sublime wines known to man. This thin-skinned grape which grows in small, tight bunches performs well on well-drained, deepish limestone based subsoils as are found on Burgundy's Côte d'Or.
Pinot Noir is more susceptible than other varieties to over cropping - concentration and varietal character disappear rapidly if yields are excessive and yields as little as 25hl/ha are the norm for some climats of the Côte d`Or.
Because of the thinness of the skins, Pinot Noir wines are lighter in colour, body and tannins. However the best wines have grip, complexity and an intensity of fruit seldom found in wine from other grapes. Young Pinot Noir can smell almost sweet, redolent with freshly crushed raspberries, cherries and redcurrants. When mature, the best wines develop a sensuous, silky mouth feel with the fruit flavours deepening and gamey "sous-bois" nuances emerging.
The best examples are still found in Burgundy, although Pinot Noir`s key role in Champagne should not be forgotten. It is grown throughout the world with notable success in the Carneros and Russian River Valley districts of California, and the Martinborough and Central Otago regions of New Zealand.
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This wine’s ripe red and black fruit aromas accented with earth, mineral, and smoke are immediately appealing. Although there is some reduction on the nose, the wine is riper and more resolved than the village-level wine, with silky tannins, balanced acidity, and plenty of depth. The sandy soils bring a silky ripeness to the wine, yet there is enough substance to ensure it will last for decades. The domaine owns two parcels above Petits Epenots in the northern part of the appellation.
Drink 2027 - 2050
Charles Curtis MW, Decanter.com (November 2022)
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