Domaine de Montille Les Grèves Beaune 1er Cru 2022

De Montille owns a magnificent 1.26-hectare parcel in Beaune Grèves just south of Bouchard’s Baby Jesus, planted in iron and clay soils over sandy limestone. The vines delivered a complex, compelling wine in 2022: a ripe, plummy fruit with a savoury, gamey edge and a firm, saline undercurrent. Half of the grapes were fermented as whole clusters with a combination of punching down and pumping over. The structure is now supple and silky, yet enough tannin suggests that this will age well. Drinking window: 2027-2055. Score – 94. (Charles Curtis, MW, decanter.com, May 29, 2023)