Domaine Jaeger-Defaix - Rully 1er Cru Clos du Chapitre 2023
Burgundy
Red
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Drink or Keep
91/100
Burghound
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15,5/20
Bourgogne Aujourd'hui
"A Pinot Noir with an assertive Burgundian style, this 1er Cru will seduce you right from the start, or can be laid down for a few years to sublimate.
Better known for its whites, Rully has some excellent surprises in store for its reds. Here we are in the Chapitre appellation (just below Les Cloux), on a beautiful parcel entirely surrounded by a high wall. It's a clos that's very typical of the region, producing a Pinot that's also very Burgundian, fine and racy. Fruit, elegance and a structure that ensures good ageing potential.
Features
Estate
Domaine Jaeger-Defaix
Cuvée
1er Cru Clos du Chapitre
Vintage
2023
Designation
Rully 1er Cru
Region
Burgundy
Grape varieties
100% Pinot Noir
Terroirs
Parcels located in Côte Chalonnaise, south of Côte de Beaune, in clay-limestone and red clay soils.
Viticulture
In organic conversion
Harvest
Manual
Winemaking
Sorting in the vineyard and then in the cellar, 100% destemming, cold pre-fermentation maceration for a few days, 15-day indigenous yeast fermentation with daily pumping over.
Production method
Light filtration
Breeding
Approximately 18 months in oak barrels (10% new)
Tasting & pairing
Eye
Ruby red colour, shiny disk
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 16-17°C
Open
1 hour before
Drink from
2025
Drink before
2030
Food and wine pairing
Enjoy with red tuna carpaccio, beef cheek stew, rabbit leg with mustard...
Domaine Jaeger-Defaix
Rully
Expert opinion
Bettane & Desseauve
Noted domain 1*Star (A serious, commendable 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.
Bourgogne Aujourd'hui
Vin noté (guide 2023) 15,5/20
About the wine :
Delicate aromas of black fruits, sweet spices, toasty notes... Full-bodied, with lots of volume, juicy fruit and good balance.
Guide Hachette des vins
Rated domain (2022 guide) Award-winning wines (Wines from this producer regularly win awards in 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
Noted domain Selected (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.
Burghound
Vin noté (guide 2023) 91/100
About the wine :
Peppery aromas of blackcurrant liqueur, poached plum, earth and a hint of kirsch are ripe but fresh. The vibrant, medium-bodied flavors again exhibit very good volume and reasonable richness, and end with a jaw-dropping, firm, grippy finish. This wine will certainly need at least a few years of cellaring, as it is now quite compact. 2030+
Inside Burgundy - Jasper Morris
Rated domain (2022 guide) Recommended
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