2023 Jaeger-Defaix Rully 1er Cru Les Cloux Blanc, Burgundy

“A more vertical nose – high and low tones. Hmm, a beautiful wine – mineral and intense but with a certain extra ripeness versus the Chablis. Cushioned but complex too. Really wide finishing – I love this wine !!” 

Bill Nanson, Burgundy Report

Diam. Rully’s Les Cloux vineyard is located just south of the village, with south-easterly exposure on the sirloin cut of Rully 1er Cru overlooking the plain of Saône. Les Cloux is home to Defaix’s oldest vines, planted in 1944 on the classic clay/limestone mix found across the best sites in Burgundy. Since 2009, these old vines have been managed organically. Within Rully, Les Cloux is known for its ability to balance elegant and mouthwatering flesh with tangy grip and fine length, and 2022 delivers in spades. This 100% Chardonnay fermented with indigenous yeasts and matured in older barrels (up to seven years old) for 12 months before settling in stainless steel.