Domaine Jaeger-Defaix - Rully 1er Cru Les Cloux 2018

Name: Domaine Jaeger-Defaix - Rully 1er Cru Les Cloux 2018
Brand: Domaine Jaeger-Defaix
Rating: 4 (20 reviews)

Rully 1er Cru|White wine

Burgundy

White

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Drink or Keep

4/5 (20 customers)

92/100

Burghound

1*Étoile

Hachette

15,5/20

Jancis Robinson

chardonnay

mineral

textured

"A broad, smoky nose composed of notes of mineral reduction, spiced apple, lemon zest and a hint of herbal tea, all garnished with relatively generous wood. The smooth, nicely detailed flavors possess more refinement on the lemony, slightly firmer finish where the only note is a hint of heat. I really like the texture, and it's utterly charming - worth the detour " (Burghound 2020) Sublime!

Features

Estate

Domaine Jaeger-Defaix

Cuvée

1er Cru Les Cloux

Vintage

2018

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

In organic conversion

Harvest

Manual

Winemaking

Fermented in oak barrels for 18 months, then lightly filtered and bottled.

Breeding

In oak barrels for 18 months

Alcohol content

13.5%

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

2025

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

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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 (guide 2021) 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 2018, shy on the approach, reveals itself as the tasting progresses. The nose is reminiscent of citrus, exotic fruit and delicate white flowers. This freshness is echoed on the round, inviting palate, stretching to a lovely mineral finish.

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 (2020 guide) 92/100

About the wine:

A broad, smoky nose composed of notes of mineral reduction, spiced apple, lemon zest and a hint of herbal tea, all garnished with relatively generous wood. The smooth, nicely detailed flavors possess more refinement on the lemony, slightly firmer finish where the only note is a hint of heat. I really like the texture, and it's utterly charming - well worth the detour.

Jancis Robinson

Wine rated 15,5/ 20

Inside Burgundy - Jasper Morris

Domain rated (2022 guide) Recommended

Customer reviews

Customer rating

4/5

on 20 reviews