Domaine de Montille Beaune 1er Cru Les Aigrots Blanc 2022 CS20231023 a corner of the region

a corner of the region that had vastly more vineyard a century ago before phylloxera and the textile mills of Biella emptied the hills

in the early 1800s

a grape everyone else files under Loire or New Zealand

lush and moreish texture

Domaine de Montille Beaune 1er Cru Les Aigrots Blanc 2022 CS20231023 a corner of the regionDomaine de Montille is one of the Cte de Beaune's most revered producers organic since 1995, biodynamic for about two decades, and under Etienne de Montille a house that has shifted decisively toward purity, lift, and gentle extraction. Les Aigrots is a top Beaune 1er Cru on a gentle east facing slope at the foot of the hillside, an orientation that gives the Chardonnay its mineral lift, and Montille's bottling shows it: chiseled, mineral, and tightly