Domaine Jaeger-Defaix - Rully 1er Cru Les Cloux 2017
Burgundy
White
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1*Étoile
Hachette
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89-91/100
Burghound
"This well-constructed, bright gold 2017 offers a bouquet of yellow and white flowers underscored by lemon. Round and rich, yet with plenty of freshness, the palate evokes acacia, hawthorn and rosehip, with a lovely finish of toasted almond." (Le Guide Hachette des Vins 2020) Sublime!
Features
Estate
Domaine Jaeger-Defaix
Cuvée
1er Cru Les Cloux
Vintage
2017
Designation
Rully 1er Cru
Region
Burgundy
Grape varieties
100% Chardonnay
Terroirs
The Cloux appellation is located above Le Chapitre on clay-limestone soils that become lighter the further up the hill you go.
Viticulture
Certified organic
Harvest
Manual
Winemaking
Fermented in oak barrels for 18 months, then lightly filtered and bottled.
Breeding
In oak barrels for 18 months
Organic
Yes
Tasting & pairing
Eye
Golden yellow colour
Nose
Intense fresh fruit, a bouquet of yellow and white flowers with a hint of lemon
Mouth
Well-balanced, with fullness and roundness harmonized by freshness and mineral notes on a toasted almond finish.
Serve
12°C
Drink before
2023
Guard
5 to 10 years
Food and wine pairing
Pair with blanquette of fish, simmered poultry, rabbit with mustard, or Comté cheese.
Domain Jaeger-Defaix
Rully
Expert opinion
Bettane & Desseauve
Domain rated 1*Star (A serious, commendable production, in keeping with what one has the right to expect from its appellation(s))
About the domain :
Domaine Jaeger-Defaix covers 6 hectares in Rully, including 4.5 in premier cru, certified organic since 2012. Hélène Jaeger-Defaix, agricultural engineer and oenologist, wife of Didier Defaix (domaine Bernard Defaix de Chablis), is at the helm. Viticulture with ploughed soils and vinification that respects the harvest as much as possible, with the aim of letting the plots express themselves, are beginning to pay off. The 2017 vintage is in top form, with classic, fine wines.
Guide Hachette des vins
Wine rated (2020 guide) 1*Star (Very successful wine)
Domain rated (guide 2022) Award-winning wines (The wines of this producer are regularly awarded by the guide)
About the wine:
This well-crafted, bright gold 2017 offers a bouquet of yellow and white flowers underscored by lemon. Round and rich, with plenty of freshness, the palate is reminiscent of acacia, hawthorn and rosehip, with a lovely finish of toasted almond.
About the domain :
Wife of Chablis winemaker Bernard Defaix, Hélène Jaeger took over her great-aunt Henriette Niepce's estate in 2005. She immediately converted to organic farming (certification in 2009).
RVF - La Revue du Vin de France / Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France
Domain Noted Selected (We remind you that this guide is a prize list, and as such, all the domains that appear in it, even without a star, represent, in our eyes, the excellence of French production).
About the domain :
In 2002, Hélène Jaeger first took over a parcel of Rully Premier Cru from her great-aunt Henriette Niépce - a descendant of the famous inventor - and then the entire estate in 2005. Wife of Bernard Defaix, winemaker in Chablis, she applies the principles of great wines, with tilled soils and manual harvesting. The cuvées are vinified at the fully-equipped Chablis winery; the white wines are aged in barrels.
Burghound
Wine rated (2018 guide) 89-91/100
About the wine:
A lightly woody spectrum is made up of notes of white flowers, citrus and petroleum. Here again, the flavors are pleasant and well-proportioned, with plenty of richness on the seductive finish that shows more energy and a touch of salinity.
Inside Burgundy - Jasper Morris
Domain rated (2022 guide) Recommended
Customer reviews
Customer rating
3.7/5
on 3 reviews
Note and review by M. XAVIER T. Published on 28/12/2021
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Note and review by M. FREDERIC M. Published on 03/10/2021
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Note and review by M. VINCENT C. Published on 11/09/2020
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