Domaine Jaeger-Defaix - Rully 1er Cru Clos du Chapitre 2017
Burgundy
Red
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Drink or Keep
15/20
Bettane & Desseauve
"A very important reduction that needs to be aired, the material is fine, the tannins are silky and supple. For lovers of wines that work on reduction". (Le Guide des Vins Bettane & Desseauve 2020) Located just behind the family estate, the Clos du Chapitre parcel is a monopoly of more than a hectare grown under low yields. Here, Pinot Noir expresses itself in a very Burgundian style, producing a racy, elegant wine with good ageing potential.
Features
Estate
Domaine Jaeger-Defaix
Cuvée
1er Cru Clos du Chapitre
Vintage
2017
Designation
Rully 1er Cru
Region
Burgundy
Grape varieties
100% Pinot Noir
Terroirs
Appellation monopoly plot, enclosed by walls on clay-limestone and red clay soils.
Viticulture
Certified organic
Harvest
Manual
Winemaking
Sorting in the vineyard, then in the cellar, fermentation for 2 to 3 weeks with daily pumping over.
Breeding
In oak barrels (half new) for 15 to 18 months
Organic
Yes
Tasting & pairing
Eye
Ruby red color
Nose
Lightly toasted black cherry fan, peppery and red fruit notes, spices
Mouth
Reduction to be aired, fine, racy and structured matter, elegant in a Burgundian style, silky, supple tannins, wine for connoisseurs.
Serve
AT 16-18°C
Open
1h in advance to aerate reduction notes
Drink before
2027
Guard
10 years
Food and wine pairing
Ideal with red tuna carpaccio, beef cheek stew, red tuna steak, rabbit stew, etc.
Domain Jaeger-Defaix
Rully
Expert opinion
Bettane & Desseauve
Wine rated (2020 guide) 15/20 (Very good wine)
Domain rated 1*Star (A serious, commendable production, in keeping with what one has the right to expect from its appellation(s))
About the wine:
A very important reduction that needs to be aired, the material is fine, the tannins are silky and supple. For connoisseurs of wines worked on reduction.
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
Domain rated (guide 2022) Award-winning wines (The wines of this producer are regularly awarded by the guide)
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.
Inside Burgundy - Jasper Morris
Domain rated (2022 guide) Recommended
Customer reviews
Customer rating
4.8/5
on 4 reviews
Note and review by M. BERTRAND B. Published on 22/06/2023
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