The Montille family’s winemaking roots in Volnay stretch back to the 18th century, with plots of Pinot Noir in some of the finest terroirs in the Côte de Beaune and Côte de Nuits. In 1947 Hubert de Montille took over the family home and premiere cru plots, bringing a new vision and steering the winery towards bottling in-house with an emphasis on terroir and traditional vinification.

In 1983, his son Étienne joined the team and began co-managing it with his father in 1995, when together they began the organic conversion. A decade later, they also began practicing biodynamics, and in 2006 Étienne’s sister Alix joined as winemaker for the domaine’s white wines. In 2012, the Domaine became organic certified.

The winery style remains distinctive, with an emphasis on whole cluster fermentations, long macerations, punch-downs at the peak of fermentation, and mostly neutral barrel aging with measured influence from new oak. Each vintage is treated uniquely to focus on finesse, keeping alcohol levels low for longer aging times. Now internationally renowned, the winery is known as equal parts pioneer and benchmark.

This Puligny-Montrachet is rather unique because three-quarters of the bottling comes from a 1.1 hectares parcel situated in the Puligny Premier Cru "Les Chalumeaux" that was declassified by INAO when it was replanted in 1975 because the former owner brought in 20 centimetres of topsoil from elsewhere. This is prohibited by INAO's regulations. Since then, the combination of erosion and biodynamic farming has made the vines' roots dive deeper into the original terroir. This gives their Puligny-Montrachet a density and an unusual complexity for a village wine that places it somewhere between a very good village wine and a Premier Cru.

This is the only Puligny-Montrachet village vineyard to sit mid-slope, amidst the Premier Crus. The two other parcels that complete this wine are located in "Levron" and "Baudrières-Nosroy" and compose another 0.38 hectares.