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Les vins de chez de Montille ont une finesse, un équilibre et le
charme des meilleurs pinots noirs des terroirs de Volnay et Pommard.
Des vins denses, purs, et avec une belle structure.
TANZER :
Etienne de Montille is one of a minority of winemakers
I visit each fall who make extensive use of the stems during vinification. More
importantly, though, he does this with skill:
the stems contribute an additional aromatic dimension and add structure to his
wines without dominating them or hardening their finishes. Montille describes
2007 as much more successful than 2006 and generally vinified his various
cuvees with at least 50% whole clusters, as he felt more confident about the
quality of the grapes and the stems in 2007.
(He eliminated 10% to 15% rotten grapes in '06, '07 and '08 but noted that the
rot was inside the grapes in '06 and thus harder to spot.) In fact, he told me
he thought the '07s have more stuffing than the '02s. He began picking pinot on
the Cote de Beaune on August 29, then stopped for four days before attacking his Cote de Nuits vineyards on
September 6. The fruit was lower in alcohol but higher in acidity than in 2006, yet still
shows more phenolic ripeness than '06, he told me. "The challenge in 2007
was not to pick too early,"
he said.
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