Domaine de Montille Monthelie Vin Nature Rouge 2017
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De Montille's Monthélie terroir offers up a fresh, light and finesseful wine of pure pleasure. With zero sulfur in vinfication, De Montille believes it is even more approachable than if it had been made in a more tradtional way. In Etienne's words, "this wine taught us how to manage sulfur for all of our other wines."
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Wilfred Wong of Wine.com
COMMENTARY: The 2017 Domaine de Montille Monthélie is a classic. TASTING NOTES: This wine is Old World in all aspects. Enjoy its aromas and flavors of dried earth, dust, and attractive savory spices with grilled mint and rosemary-accented lamb chops. (Tasted: October 28, 2019, San Francisco, CA)
Thin-skinned, finicky and temperamental, Pinot Noir is also one of the most rewarding grapes to grow and remains a labor of love for some of the greatest vignerons in Burgundy. Fairly adaptable but highly reflective of the environment in which it is grown, Pinot Noir prefers a cool climate and requires low yields to achieve high quality. Outside of France, outstanding examples come from in Oregon, California and throughout specific locations in wine-producing world. Somm Secret—André Tchelistcheff, California’s most influential post-Prohibition winemaker decidedly stayed away from the grape, claiming “God made Cabernet. The Devil made Pinot Noir.”