Domaine Jaeger-Defaix - Rully 1er Cru Clos du Chapitre 2020
Burgundy
Red
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2*Coup de Coeur
Hachette
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92/100
Inside Burgundy - Jasper Morris
"Deep ruby with garnet highlights, this wine delivers intense aromas of morello cherry, white pepper and cocoa bean. These aromas are echoed with equal intensity on the ripe, fleshy palate, supported by fine, silky tannins. The finish leaves us with the memory of a superb whole, already tasty but also capable of serene ageing in the shade of the cellar. A perfect match with a Chateaubriand". (Le Guide Hachette des Vins 2023)
Features
Estate
Domaine Jaeger-Defaix
Cuvée
1er Cru Clos du Chapitre
Vintage
2020
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
In organic conversion
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
Alcohol content
13.5%
Tasting & pairing
Eye
Ruby red color
Nose
Lightly toasted black cherry fan, peppery and red fruit notes, spices
Mouth
Fine, racy, structured and elegant, this wine has the very Burgundian style of Pinot Noir. The structure of this wine gives it excellent ageing potential.
Serve
AT 15-16°C
Open
In advance on recent vintages to eliminate any reduction notes
Drink before
2030
Guard
10 years
Food and wine pairing
Ideal with red tuna carpaccio, beef cheek stew, red tuna steak, rabbit stew, etc.
Domaine Jaeger-Defaix
Rully
Expert opinion
Bettane & Desseauve
Domaine rated 1*Star (A serious, recommendable production, in line 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 2023) 2*Coup de Coeur (Outstanding wine)
Domaine noté (guide 2022) Award-winning wines (The wines of this producer are regularly awarded by the guide)
About the wine:
This wine's deep ruby color with garnet highlights delivers intense aromas of morello cherry, white pepper and cocoa bean. These aromas are echoed with equal intensity on the ripe, fleshy palate, supported by fine, silky tannins. The finish leaves us with the memory of a superb whole, already tasty but also capable of serene ageing in the shade of the cellar. A perfect match with a Chateaubriand.
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
Domaine noté Sélectionné (We remind you that this guide is a prize list, and as such, all the estates 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 transferred to barrel.
Inside Burgundy - Jasper Morris
Rated wine (guide 2022) 92/100
Rated area (2022 guide) Recommended
About the wine:
The color is not as dense as that of the Préaux, and the nose is a little more restrained, but the quality of the fruit on the palate is perfect, a little more classic, but still very intense. The long, delicate finish is excellent.
Customer reviews
Customer rating
3/5
out of 1 review
Note and review by M. BERNARD L. Published on 31/12/2022
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