Domaine Jaeger-Defaix - Rully 1er Cru blanc Les Cloux 2020

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Key words: Mineral / Elegant / Buttery

The wine: This Rully 1er Cru “Les Cloux” from the Jaeger-Defaix estate offers complexity and elegance, all with excellent value for money for Burgundy! The vines grow here on clay-limestone soils and the wine is aged for 18 months in oak barrels. This rest period allows this vintage to develop a generous body surrounded by a solid and salivating mineral tension. In the mouth, notes of yellow and green lemon, apple, quince and peach combine with a very well-measured buttery and oaky aspect. Evolving with finesse, this beautiful Chardonnay from the Côte Chalonnaise will pair wonderfully with white fish and goat cheeses.

Capacity: 75cl

Type: White wine

Grape variety : 100% Chardonnay

AOC: Rully 1er Cru

Drinking and storing: Drink from 2024 and keep until 2030

Service temperature: 11-13°C

The estate: With 6 hectares on the AOC Rully in Côte Chalonnaise including 4.5 in Premiers Crus (Mont-Palais, Rabourcé and Les Cloux in white as well as Préaux and Clos du Cadeau in red), the domaine Jaeger-Defaix has also had a 1.5 hectare plot of land in the village Rully rouge appellation since 2011. The 1er Cru Clos du Chapter is a monopoly located within the Rully 1er Cru “Chapter” appellation and is entirely surrounded by stony walls. Hélène Jaeger-Defaix's wine story began in 2002 when she took over a first plot belonging to her great-aunt Henriette Niepce. Hélène will subsequently take control of all the plots of her family, a winemaker since the 16th century. The farm has been cultivated organically since the 2009 vintage and soil maintenance is done solely by plowing. Finally, Didier, Hélène's husband, is also a winemaker in Chablis and at the head of the Bernard Defaix estate. Discover the charms and excellent value for money of the AOC Rully thanks to the Jaeger-Defaix family!