Montmain Estate

The Domaine de Montmain, the successor to the Château de Villars Fontaine founded by the late Bernard Hudelot, is situated in the Côtes de Nuits region, above Nuits-Saint-Georges.

At the helm, Mathieu Piecourt leads a small, close-knit team that has been working towards organic certification since 2018, with the aim of achieving organic status by 2026.

The heirs of Bernard Hudelot

Bernard Hudelot, founder of Château de Villars-Fontaine – which later became the Domaine de Montmain – was a winemaker of strong character for 50 years. A member of the Resistance, he was one of the most ardent defenders of the Hautes-Côtes de Nuits appellation. It was he, amongst others, who founded the Maison des Hautes-Côtes in the 1970s. He served as its president and volunteer organiser for twenty-two years. “Wine is my life,” he used to say, and retirement was a concept beyond his reach. 

The terroir

Burgundy dates back to the Jurassic period. The Côte de Beaune and the northern part of the Hautes Côtes de Nuits consist exclusively of Upper Jurassic strata. These are white marl deposits that formed the seabed some 200 million years ago. In Burgundy, these exceptional marl soils produce the world’s finest white wines made from the Chardonnay grape variety. Villars Fontaine, in the Haute Côte de Nuits, at an altitude of 370 metres, is the perfect example of very pure Upper Jurassic soil. Its marl is exactly the same as that of the famous Corton Charlemagne hill, situated at an altitude of 300 metres.

A genuine respect for life

Soil management involves the use of organic fertilisers to minimise the use of chemicals in the soil. The grapes are always harvested by hand by experienced teams. Keen to ensure the grapes are ripe and healthy, the estate carries out an initial sorting in the vineyard, followed by a second sorting on a vibrating table. Domaine de Montmain produces terroir-driven wines that express the purity of its vineyards. Each plot is vinified in small, specially adapted vats and handled in accordance with Burgundian traditions. Vinification is carried out using traditional methods to extract the maximum flavour from the grapes.  

A few photos of the Montmain estate

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