Pommard Premier Cru 'Les Grands Épenots', Domaine de Montille 2020 vs Terroir Al Límit, Les Manyes 2018
Compare current tracked prices, stockists and core specifications. Terroir Al Límit, Les Manyes 2018 currently starts £1.40 lower.
| Availability | In stock | In stock |
|---|---|---|
| Best current price | £152.40 | £151.00 |
| Current stockists | 1 merchant | 1 merchant |
| Producer | Domaine de Montille | Terroir Al Limit |
| Style | Red | Red |
| Grape | Pinot Noir | Grenache, Garnacha |
| Size | 750ml | 750ml |
| Where to buy |
Pommard Premier Cru 'Les Grands Épenots', Domaine de Montille 2020
Domaine de Montille wanted their first kosher wines to set a new benchmark, so chose prestigious, discrete-sized premier cru sites that are picked at around the same time and usually early which is a bonus in a forward vintage like 2020. The cuvées have not needed acidification or chaptalisation either and both reds are 100% whole cluster so minimal intervention is required to ensure quality. To ensure the barrels are kosher, they are filled up three times with water, left for 24-hrs each time and emptied, then refilled with fresh water and rinsed. The barrels are then inspected and approved. This process necessarily begins four days prior to harvest. The domaine's wines are known for their great aromatic purity. They always favour balance and elegance over power and extraction. The wines are classic expressions of Burgundy, of their appellations in general and of their specific terroirs in particular. The farming methods they use contribute to this individual style, and their winemaking methods aim to avoid excessive outside influences in order to bring out the equilibrium that can be found naturally in Burgundian terroir. De Montille has practiced organic viticulture since 1995. Today, their wines are certified by Ecocert. Additionally, since 2005, biodynamic practices have been implemented. Pommard is an appellation that makes wine lovers dream. It is 312.76 hectares of Pinot Noir (115 hectares of which are Premier Crus) cover two terrains: south (on the Volnay side), the wines are elegant yet powerful; while in the north (closer to Beaune) the wines are silkier. However, this rule has some exceptions, like 'Les Grands Épenots', which is planted on a combination of clay and limestone that is rich and heavy. This Premier Cru initialised a request for reclassification to Grand Cru in 2012. The words "epeneaux, épenots, epenottes" certainly comes from the same root as "épine", or spine. It is possible that there were previously patches of thorny bushes in the middle
Terroir Al Límit, Les Manyes 2018
Les Manyes is the single-vineyard crown jewel of Terroir Al Límit, Dominik Huber's quietly revolutionary project in Priorat. Made from old Garnatxa vines on llicorella slate, it is the antithesis of the region's old blockbuster reputation — no extraction, no new oak swagger, just a wine of needle-sharp precision and an almost Burgundian delicacy. The 2018 is a superb vintage for the wine: pale, reserved, and beguilingly shy when first opened, it gradually unfolds into something floral and finely etched, with red fruit framed by a mineral tension that makes you lean in rather than sit back.
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