Chevalier Montrachet Grand Cru, Domaine de Montille, 2024
Chevalier Montrachet Grand Cru, Domaine de Montille, 2024
- 75cl
- White Still
- Chardonnay
- Organic
- Biodynamic
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Drinking window: 2029 - 2049
Est. delivery in 2027
"Juicy, structured and beautifully sour-edged, with stone fruit, creamy texture and a focus on line and structure over sheer power."
Ksenia Pashkova, Club Merchandiser
2024 was a genuinely demanding year in the Côte de Beaune. Persistent rain and humidity from spring through harvest slashed yields and put relentless pressure on vineyard work, with timing and selection absolutely critical. At de Montille, decisions were calm, precise and unapologetically classical. Picking was about accuracy rather than courage, extraction was handled with restraint, and élevage kept firmly in service of site expression.
The results are quietly impressive across both colours. These are not showy wines, but deeply articulate ones: transparent, savoury, and built to age. In a vintage where excess was an easy trap, de Montille has delivered wines that speak clearly of place, confirming once again why this remains one of the Côte de Beaune’s most serious and intellectually satisfying domaines, even when conditions are at their most uncooperative.
What the critics say:
"Outsized in intensity from every angle, this is a stunner of a Chevalier. It is multi-faceted with flavors of Honeycrisp apples, cantaloupe and almond croissant swirling from the glass. Bustling acidity wraps around the palate, giving this mid-weight wine a rather delicate impression. The enthrallingly long finish with crushed stone inflections point to a wine with excellent aging potential. These precious 23 ares sit on the northern side of the climat."
"The 2024 Chevalier-Montrachet Grand Cru has a precise, quite intense bouquet with hints of lemon verbena and dried yellow flowers filtering through the crushed stone scents. This feels almost pixelated in terms of its clarity. The palate is very well balanced with a slight reduction on the entry. Fine depth, a little waxy in texture, good depth, just needs a little more mineralité to come through towards the finish. Give this two or three years in bottle at least-the potential is locked in-it just needs the grace of time. "
"The concentrated aromas of Mirabelle plum, melon and verbena lead into a texture on the palate that is lively and powerful, with a focused fruit flavour underpinned by firm mineral notes and great complexity. In the end, according to winemaker Brian Sieve, 'It all goes back to agriculture.' The domaine's parcel is 0.23ha at the northernmost end of Chevalier, just above its vines in Caillerets; despite the proximity, the Chevalier offers more of just about everything."
