Winemaker Notes
Unlike Beaune's precocious Sizies 1er Cru, Perrieres has a structure that requires a few years in the cellar before one may reap its rewards. With time, the depth and mineral backbone of Perrieres will be revealed (and revered)!
Professional Ratings
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Wilfred Wong of Wine.com
COMMENTARY: The 2017 Domaine de Montille Beaune 1er Cru Les Perrières is one of the best Beaunes I have experienced. TASTING NOTES: This wine is tremendous and lasting. Enjoy its generous aromas and flavors of sassy berries and bright minerality with grilled wild salmon fillets. (Tasted: October 28, 2019, San Francisco, CA)
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James Suckling
A quite restrained and stony feel to this with chalky mineral accents, as well as ripe red cherries and a crisp and lively feel to the finish. Great acidity here. Fresh red fruit to close. Drink or hold.
Barrel Sample: 90-91
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.”
While the city represents the epicenter of wine production in Burgundy, the term, “Beaune” also refers to the specific sub-appellation of the greater Côte de Beaune, whose vineyards climb up the pastoral slopes that border the city to its west. Originally founded as a Roman camp by Julius Caesar, the city of Beaune eventually became the seat of the dukes of Burgundy until the 13th century. Today it is home to top négociants such as Louis Jadot, Joseph Drouhin, Louis Latour, and Bouchard Père et Fils.
The appellation, dominated by Pinot Noir plantings, represents a lovely and charming place to begin to understand red Burgundy. Its sandy soils create light and supple, floral driven Pinot Noir. These wines are designed to be enjoyed within five to 10 years. The vineyards of Beaune span a broad swath of Premier Crus from Savigny-lès-Beaune to its border with Pommard.
Chardonnay acreage here has been increasing here in the more recent years.