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Monthelie Wine

 
 

Monthelie is a village in the Cote de Beaune sub-region of Burgundy. It has had its own communal appellation since 1937, under which its vineyards and wineries produce predominantly red wines made from Pinot Noir. A small quantity of Chardonnay-based white wine is also made under the Monthelie appellation; currently this represents only about 13% of the total output, but it is increasing.

Monthelie is only a small village but produces a surprising amount of wine every year, making its economy almost entirely dependent on viticulture and wine-production. The land and people are so entirely focused on producing wine that the village has an old saying that une poule y meurt de faim durant la moisson (a chicken would die of hunger during the harvest there). A comparison of the population (less than 200) with the appellation's annual wine output (65,000 bottles) confirms that this saying still holds true.

Classic Monthelie wines are similar to those of neighboring Volnay (the villages are only a mile apart) but are not quite as full flavored or elegant. They are, however, generally considered to be superior to the red wines of Auxey-Duresses (also just a mile away, in the other direction), a fact which emphasizes the intensely fine-grained nature of Burgundy terroirs.

While the Monthelie name is traditionally associated with red wines, there has been an increase in the past 30 years in its Chardonnay production, particularly in the vineyards at the southern end of the parish. The soils of these sites, which border the famous white-wine village of Meursault, are deeper and slightly more fertile than those up on the hillsides, and thus better suited to producing Chardonnay than Pinot Noir.

Monthelie is home to 15 Premier Cru climats, concentrated in one area to the east of the village, bordering the better vineyards of Volnay. These produce about a quarter of all Monthelie wines, and the village's most respected ones. Nonetheless, they are not generally considered among Burgundy's finest Premier Cru sites.



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Sub-regions of Monthelie
Monthelie Premier Cru  

Here are some wines produced in this wine region. Displaying 1 to 25.
Wine Name (by Search Rank, sort by Name)   Grape 
1. Domaine des Comtes Lafon Les Duresses, Monthelie Premier Cru, France   Pinot Noir $49
2. Bouchard Pere & Fils Monthelie, Cote de Beaune, France   Pinot Noir $28
3. J.-F Coche-Dury Monthelie, Cote de Beaune, France   Pinot Noir $123
4. Domaine Matrot Monthelie, Cote de Beaune, France   Pinot Noir $33
5. Domaine Pierre Morey Monthelie, Cote de Beaune, France   Pinot Noir $30
6. Chateau de Monthelie- Eric de Suremain Monthelie, Cote de Beaune, France   Pinot Noir $27
7. Bouchard Pere & Fils Les Duresses, Monthelie Premier Cru, France   Pinot Noir $36
8. Domaine Guy Roulot Monthelie, Cote de Beaune, France   Pinot Noir $43
9. Domaine du Chateau de Puligny-Montrachet Monthelie, Cote de Beaune, France   Chardonnay $28
10. Domaine des Comtes Lafon Monthelie Blanc, Cote de Beaune, France   Chardonnay $63
11. Bouchard Pere & Fils Clos Les Champs Fulliot, Monthelie Premier Cru, France   Pinot Noir $32
12. Domaine Monthelie-Douhairet Porcheret Monthelie, Cote de Beaune, France   Pinot Noir $27
13. Vincent Girardin Les Riottes, Monthelie Premier Cru, France   Pinot Noir $28
14. Paul Garaudet Monthelie Cuvee Paul, Cote de Beaune, France   Pinot Noir $27
15. Domaine Leroy Monthelie Rouge, Cote de Beaune, France   Pinot Noir $77
16. Domaine Parent Monthelie, Cote de Beaune, France   Pinot Noir $30
17. Francois Parent Les Duresses, Monthelie Premier Cru, France   Pinot Noir $30
18. Jean Garaudet Monthelie, Cote de Beaune, France   Pinot Noir $36
19. Domaine Potinet-Ampeau Monthelie, Cote de Beaune, France   Pinot Noir $21
20. Domaine Eric de Suremain-Chateau de Monthelie Sur la Velle, Monthelie Premier Cru, France   Pinot Noir $36
21. Paul Garaudet Le Clos Gauthey, Monthelie Premier Cru, France   Pinot Noir $27
22. Louis Jadot Monthelie Rouge, Cote de Beaune, France   Pinot Noir $60
23. Louis Latour Monthelie, Cote de Beaune, France   Pinot Noir $25
24. Paul Garaudet Monthelie, Cote de Beaune, France   Pinot Noir $24
25. Domaine Berthelemot Monthelie, Cote de Beaune, France   Pinot Noir $28
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