Domain de Montille Volnay Champans 1988 Bottle (75cl)
The Domaine Hubert de Montille Volnay 1er Cru Champans 1988 is a red Burgundy wine made exclusively from Pinot Noir in the Volnay appellation. This cuvée comes from the Champans climat, classified as a Premier Cru, where the estate farms 0.96 hectares of vines spread across the entire hillside. The parcel combines limestone sectors with light brown soils in its upper part and more clayey zones with brownish-red soils at the foot of the slope. Champans is counted among the largest and most renowned climats of Volnay.
La bouteille proposée
- Size
- Bottle (75cl)
- Label Condition
- Perfect
- Fill Level
- Perfect
- Capsule Condition
- Perfect
Identité du vin
- Couleur
- Red
- Pays
- France
- Région
- Bourgogne
- Appellation
- Volnay
- Producteur / Domaine
- Domaine Hubert De Montille
- Parcelle / Cru
- Champans
- Millésime
- 1988
Cépage et assemblage
- Grape Variety
- 100% Pinot Noir
Domaine Hubert De Montille
Domaine de Montille is a family-run estate based in Volnay, in the Côte-d’Or, whose vineyards now extend across the Côte de Beaune and the Côte de Nuits. Owned and managed by Étienne de Montille, it cultivates 37 hectares, predominantly in Premier Cru and Grand Cru vineyards, across appellations such as Volnay, Pommard, Meursault, Puligny-Montrachet and Vosne-Romanée. The estate, historically associated with Volnay red wines, has also been producing white wines since the incorporation of the Château de Puligny-Montrachet vineyard.
- Owner
- Étienne de Montille
- Maître de chais
- Brian Sieve
- Surface (ha)
- 37.00 ha
- Production (average bottles per vintage)
- environ 180 000 bouteilles/an
Histoire du domaine
The estate’s origins date back to the 1730s, when the Chauvelot de Chevannes family, who owned vineyards, settled in Volnay. The estate took the name Domaine de Montille in 1863, following the marriage of Marie Éléonore Chauvelot de Chevannes to Étienne Joseph Marie Léonce Bizouard de Montille. In the 19th century, the estate comprised around 30 hectares of vineyards in the Côte de Beaune and the Côte de Nuits. However, the consequences of the phylloxera crisis and a series of sales reduced the estate’s holdings to around 2.5 hectares by the end of the Second World War. Hubert de Montille took over the estate in 1947 and set about gradually rebuilding the family vineyard, whilst producing and marketing his wines himself rather than selling the grapes to wine merchants. His son Étienne joined the estate in 1983, before becoming co-manager and head of winemaking in 1995, the year in which the transition to organic farming began. He took full charge of the estate in 2002 and subsequently expanded the vineyard, notably through the acquisition of plots in the Côte de Nuits between 2003 and 2005. In 2012, the estate acquired the Château de Puligny-Montrachet, adding around 15 hectares of white grape vineyards to its holdings. The vineyard now covers 37 hectares, and winemaking is overseen in the cellar by Brian Sieve, the cellar master, with Jacques Montagnon responsible for the white wine production processes.
Champans
Champans is a climat of Volnay located mid-slope, in the center of the appellation area, and officially recognized for the Premier Cru designation. Its south to south-east exposure, gentle slope, and stony cover favor drainage and sunshine. The upper part of the climat is more calcareous and light brown, while its lower part becomes more clayey, with brown to reddish soils. The substrate is notably described as a crinoidal limestone slab known as "pierre nacrée".
- Vineyard commune
- Volnay
- Origin of the vineyard name
- The name is thought to be formed from "champ" (field) and "pans" (slopes), referring to a field established on a slope.
- Exposure
- South to south-east
- Altitude
- 250–260 m
- Slope
- Gentle slope, mid-slope location
- Soil
- Fairly low-clay, stony calcareous brown soil in the upper part; more clayey, brown to red, in the lower part.
- Subsoil and geology
- Crinoidal limestone slab, described as a slab of pearly stone ("pierre nacrée").
Le domaine dans cette parcelle
- Estate holding in the vineyard (ha)
- 0.960000 ha
- Vineyard holding status
- Vines farmed by the estate; ownership or tenancy unspecified
Histoire de la parcelle
The climat appears as "En Champan" in the 1507 rental roll of the royal domain, among the Volnay vineyards formerly linked to the ducal estate. Champans features today in the official specifications of the AOC Volnay among the climats that can accompany the Premier Cru designation; the Volnay appellation was recognized on September 9, 1937.
