Beaune 1er Cru "Les Sizies" 2011, Domaine de Montille

Domaine de Montille is one of the top Volnay producers and Hubert de Montille's adult children own Deux Montille and the Ch de Puligny-Montrachet -- my neighbour in Puligny. It has been a while since I tasted one of the wines from the domaine and this Beaune 1er Cru is line with prior bottles. The emphasis is on elegance over power. Deep ruby red colour, transparent, good berry nose, black tea, fine berry fruit on the palate dominated by red cherry and wild strawberry. Not terribly exciting. Needs another 2 years to express more interesting aromas. Definitely a food wine with its lively acidity and blood orange edges. I'm afraid 2011 is not showing itself as a fun vintage at this stage. The 2011 vintage was classified as 14/20 by the Guide Hachette for red Burgundy but so was the amazing 2008 vintage. This Beaune scores 18-22/30 for a Beaune 1er Cru.