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Volnay En Champans de Montille 2016
HED39389
75 cl
12.5%
£120.00
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With a family heritage that can be traced back to the 17th century, Domaine de Montille is one of the most historic in the Cote d’Or. The estate has practiced organic viticulture since 1995 and today all their wines are certified by Ecocert. This particular cuvée comes from ‘En Champans’, one of the most highly regarded vineyards of Volnay. It’s a structured wine that delivers vibrant red fruits and dense, elegant tannins. Best enjoyed from 2023.
Vinous
(this vineyard features more clay than most Volnay premier crus, but the crop level was very uneven in 2016 owing to the frost, with the bottom of the vineyard wiped out, the middle portion missing 30% of its normal fruit and the top overloaded, according to Sieve; vinified with one-third whole clusters and aged in one-third new oak): Healthy medium red. Reticent but ripe scents of black cherry, licorice and musky chocolate. The dark chocolate element carries through on the palate but the wine also shows surprising acidity and lively notes of licorice and herbs. Saturates the tongue and palate on the aftertaste, with the tannins rather suave but serious. This wine is typically more about texture than minerality as the tannins soften, noted Sieve.Stephen Tanzer1st January 2018
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