Bourgogne Rouge - Pinot Noir (21) DM

Pinot Noir | verschillende wijngaarden | totaal 3,28 ha | deel uit Volnay 'Les Longbois' en de rest verschillende wijngaarden in Puligny Montrachet | 25% whole bunch | vergist en gerijpt op barrique, 5% nieuw | warme jaargang bijna niet te merken | heel verfijnde wijn | rode kersen | rijpe tannine

Domaine de Montille 

Dit uit de 17 eeuw stammende wijngoed staat onder regie van Etienne en Alix de Montille. Het duo produceert wijnen uit iets meer dan 20 verschillende appelaties in de Bourgogne. Waar papa in de jaren '80 en '90 zich mocht rekenen tot een van de de allerbeste Pinot Noir producenten op deze aardbol pakken broer en zus Montille het veel breder aan. Zo werd Château de Puligny-Montrachet gekocht met een enorm sterk portfolio wijngaarden (vooral Chardonnay) en starte Alix haar eigen negocé (Maison Montille). Sinds onze start in de samenwerking proefde we in de oogst van 2014 wit en rood 2011 al een enorme positieve ontwikkeling door. Alix getrouwd met JM Roulot in Meursault richt zich steeds meer op de witte wijnen. 

Review

The 2018 Bourgogne Rouge from de Montille offers up a pure and expressive bouquet of raspberries and cherries, framed by delicate soil tones, followed by a medium-bodied, succulent and fine-boned palate, youthfully chewy tannins asserting themselves on the finish. It was vinified with around 25% whole clusters and saw some 5% new oak. 86-88/100 William Kelley

Winemaker Brian Sieve has excelled himself in 2018, producing a portfolio of elegant, precise wines that bear the stamp of the vintage without being dominated by it. As was the case last year, some wines were quite tight-knit and reserved when I tasted them in December, but they will flesh out and open up considerably by the time they're bottled. A number of 2017s, revisited in bottle, had done just that. As usual, comparatively long macerations with frequently significant percentages of whole cluster are the order of the day chez de Montille. And as I reported last year, following European Union legislation that prohibits one label from bearing the names of two appellations, the holdings of the Château de Puligny-Montrachet have now been incorporated into the Domaine de Montille, and they are accordingly reviewed here. There are no changes to the Maison de Montille négociant house, and those wines are reviewed under a separate heading in this report.