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Domaine de Montille
Chablis 1er Cru Fourchaume
Bourgogne
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Vintage Wine Name Chablis 1er Cru Fourchaume 2023 Vintage 2023 Wine Description Widely regarded as the most prestigious of Chablis’s Premier Crus, Fourchaume delivers elegant and finely textured wines, revealing notes of white flowers and summer fruit framed by vibrant minerality. While open and charming in its youth, it rewards patience, gaining depth and complexity after six to seven years. Region Bourgogne Appellation Chablis 1er Cru Varietal Composition Chardonnay Vineyard Details Fourchaume is located on the right bank of the Serein river just north of the hill of the Grand Crus; this west-southwest facing plot has deep, well-draining brown clay and Kimmeridgian soils. Tasting notes This classic Chablis opens with citrus; it is vibrant, taut and clean with the cashmere texture of Fourchaume. A long and stylish finish. Alcohol % 13 Aging aged in all neutral oak barrels for about 12 months, then assembled to age additional months in stainless steel. SRP 110 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.