Domaine Monthelie Douhairet Porcheret

‘Monsieur’ and ‘Madame’ Monthelie created this domaine over 300 years ago and its original vaulted cellars and basket press still bear witness to that time.

The domaine is located in Monthelie, in the heart of the Côte de Beaune, and covers 13 hectares of vineyards in Monthelie, Pommard, Volnay and Meursault. The domaine has long been run by the Monthelie and Douhairet families.

In the early 1970’s, sisters Armande and Charlotte Douhaire...

All of the soils are worked using different methods of ploughing and the vines are cultivated in line with sustainable practices.

The harvests are carried out by hand using small, open crates in order to avoid the grapes being compressed and the first juice being damaged.

The first step is to rigorously sort the fruit.

The crops are 100% de-stemmed.

Fermentation and maceration take place in wooden vats, each one different in size to correspond with the vineyard parcel for which it is used. The vats are thermo-regulated for improved control during fermentation. This process lasts for 15 to 20 days on average.

The wines are aged in our cellars in traditional 228L Burgundy barrels known as ‘pièces’. We use 10% new oak every year and the ageing process lasts for an average of 15 months for...