2023 Jaeger-Defaix Rully Rouge, Burgundy

Very forward red fruit with a stony accent. Mouth-filling, the flavours framed with a grain of tannin. Really wide, slowly fading, delicious flavours – you could drink this now – no overt barrel character here…” 

Bill Nanson, Burgundy Report

“Airy and ripe aromas include those of red and dark pinot fruit, plenty of earth and a whiff of sauvage character. The delicious and vibrant, if not especially dense, middle weight flavors retain a lovely sense of delineation on the finale. There is enough here to warrant 3 to perhaps 5-ish or so years of keeping.”

87-89 points, Allen Meadows, Burghound

Diam. Jaeger-Defaix’s village Rully (100% Pinot Noir) comes from a small parcel of Rully village vines purchased in 2011. Favourably sited in the Vorot lieu-dit, the 30-year-old vines have been farmed organically for decades. This parcel yields small bunches of grapes with thick skins and powerful juice. This year's fruit was entirely destemmed, and the wine aged in seasoned oak barrels (from one to three years old) for 12 months.