Monthelie Premier Cru 'Les Duresses', Domaine de Montille, 2022

Domaine de Montille is one of Burgundy’s most revered estates and this burgeoning family property is very much at the top of its game, producing wines of exceptional quality: scintillating, proper Burgundies, unusually across both reds and whites.

Features as one of the Top 10 Côte de Beaune Red Wine Producers and Top 10 Côte de Beaune White Wine Producers in Tim Atkin's Burgundy 2022 Special Report.

Self-confessed ‘acid freak’ Brian Sieve was especially careful with battonage and lees-stirring of the Chardonnays in 2022, to maintain freshness and verve, noting that it was not a high acid vintage. A little less new oak (not that there is ever more than just enough) and whole bunches in the reds than in the previous solar vintages, plus the gentler acid profile means the wines have a charm and immediacy to rival any vintage we’ve tasted from the domaine.

“Raised in large (600-litre) barrels, only 5% of which is new. Quite a tucked-up nose with ripe Golden Delicious apples and fresh almond emerging and notes of flaky pastry and beeswax too. Palate is more expressive and generous with fruit bordering on tropical, a mix of ripe pear and just ripe papaya, with an appealing spiciness and vibrant, salty acidity that defines the attack and gives form to the mid-palate.”
Tom Harrow, Head Wine Guru