Monthelie

Glowing a fine light purple, this is very stylish, attractive and concentrated. Cherry kernel comes into prominence on a very long finish. An extremely successful Monthélie in 2011.
Jasper Morris MW, Berrys' Burgundy Director Bouchard picked from 29th August to 10th September in 2011 and Philippe Prost, his head winemaker, thinks that there is a clear stylistic difference in 2011 between the up slope wines which are in a modern, fruit forward style, and the denser, more structured lower slope bottlings. Either way, the key was to avoid green tannins and to limit new oak: 20-25% for lesser Premier Crus, 30-50% for senior versions and a maximum 65% for Grand Cru of either colour.

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The 2012 Monthelie Les Duresses Village comes from a 0.15-hectare parcel of vines planted in 1996. Picked on 8 and 9 October, it has a pretty innocent nose with raspberry preserve and crushed strawberry. The palate is crisp and fresh with light tannins but plenty of jammy fruit on the finish. Fine.
Neal Martin, The Wine Advocate. 30th December 2013. 

The 2013 Monthélie les Duresses has a light but pure raspberry leaf and strawberry-scented bouquet that wafts gently from the glass. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannins, a decent structure, with a sharp, pointed, tart cherry finish. What you might call a "pretty little thing."
Neal Martin - The Wine Advocate #216, Dec 2014