Château MONTUS - Pinot Noir 2018
Château Montus is located in Castenau-Rivière-Basse, in the Madiran appellation in the South-West . Alain Brumont bought Château Montus in 1980. He produced his first vintage of Montus in 1982, and the first vintage of Cuvée Prestige in 1985, but at the time, the wines did not correspond to the standards of AOC laws because the vines were too young. Château Montus benefits from a great terroir, unique in the South-West, with a steep slope with large pebbles on fine clays from the Pyrenees. Montus has been nicknamed " the Pétrus of the South-West " by a dozen critics for 30 years.
Alain Brumont's Pinot Noir comes from plateaus and slopes of red and orange clay, with rolled pebbles. The sorted grapes are put into cold pre-fermentation maceration. After fermentation, maceration on skins lasts 3 to 4 weeks. Malolactic fermentation takes place in barrels. The wine is aged in barrels , approximately 60% of which are new .
Grape variety: 100% Pinot Noir