Domaine Dubuet-Monthelie Monthelie Les Champs Fulliot Premier Cru 2015
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Wilfred
Wong
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Ripe, red cherry fruit character with good persistance. Approachable in youth but can age for several years.
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Wilfred Wong of Wine.com
COMMENTARY: Monthélie is one of those Burgundy appellations that often gets overlooked by most wine lovers. I have often found the wines to represent some of the area's best values. The 2015 Domaine Dubuet-Monthélie 1er Cru Les Champs Fullots is an excellent example of the brightness of this region's wines. TASTING NOTES: This wine stays bright and elegant from beginning to end. Its aromas and flavors of red and black fruits couple with hints of dried leather make it a fine pairing choice with grilled lollipop lamb chops. (Tasted: September 11, 2018, San Francisco, CA USA)
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.”
