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Domaine de Montille
Beaune 1er Cru Les Grèves
Bourgogne
- Pinot Noir
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Vintage Wine Name Beaune 1er Cru Les Grèves 2023 Vintage 2023 Wine Description This energetic and structured Les Grèves comes from a 1.26 ha parcel is just below the heralded Vigne de l’Enfant Jésus sector. Les Grèves refers to gravelly, brittle soil on this part of the hillside. Region Bourgogne Appellation Beaune 1er Cru Varietal Composition Pinot Noir Vineyard Details The Domaine owns 1.26 ha of Beaune 1er Cru, located in the heart of the hillside and often named the best 1er Cru in Beaune. Etienne considers this a “Grand” 1er Cru. Tasting notes A perfumed raspberry nose leads to the lush and fruity palate with prominent tannins and compelling acidity, which leaves an impression of liveliness and texture with great length. Alcohol % 12.5 Aging Aged 14-18 months in oak barrels (15% new), then assembled to age additional months in stainless steel. SRP 170 Feature Bullet 1 Family's winemaking roots in Volnay stretch back to 17th century Feature Bullet 2 Following in his father’s footsteps, Etienne de Montille grew family holdings to 37 hectares of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir in Côte de Beaune and Côte de Nuits Feature Bullet 3 Domaine’s style balances power, elegance and purity, delivering terroir-expressive wines that are built to last Feature Bullet 4 Internationally renowned, the winery is known as equal parts pioneer and benchmark Feature Bullet 5 A leader in organic and biodynamic farming in Burgundy (practices dating back to 1995 and organic certified in 2012) Winery Domaine de Montille Winery Description The Montille family’s winemaking roots in Volnay stretch back to the 18th century, with plots of Pinot Noir in some of the finest terroirs in the Côte de Beaune and Côte de Nuits. In 2012, the Domaine became organic certified, and today the estate owns over 37 hectares, a majority that are Grand and 1er Crus. Winemaking utilizes whole cluster fermentations, long macerations and mostly neutral barrel aging. Today’s style is a classic and terroir-driven approach with great aromatic expression and unctuous textures in the reds and radiant purity and exemplary freshness and finesse in the whites. These ageworthy wines capture the essence of terroir. Now internationally renowned, the winery is known as equal parts pioneer and benchmark. Winemaker Etienne de Montille Winemaker Bio Etienne de Montille fell into his passion for wine when he was very young as a part of his family's business. He took over winemaking from his father, Hubert de Montille, in 1990, and began the shift towards organic farming (1995) and biodynamic farming (2005). Under his leadership, he expanded vineyard acquisitions in the Côte de Nuits (Vosne-Romanée, Vougeot, Nuits-Saint-Georges) including Malconsorts in Vosne-Romanée, as well as Château de Puligny-Montrachet, which included around 15 ha of Chardonnay. He has augmented his father’s winegrowing philosophy and cemented the Domaine’s style: authenticity, longevity, purity, elegance and balance.