Colour: Nice ruby red.
Bouquet: Pleasant notes of red berries, such as raspberry.
Palate: A harmonious and seductive wine with an attack marked by the red fruits, freshness and a very nice structure.
Ideal with pan-fried veal sweetbreads, grilled white meats, fried poultry, pork tenderloin, veal stew, chicken salad and a tasty piece of cheese.
Rully is located in the Côte Châlonnaise (hills of Châlon) named after the nearby town of Châlon, just south of the famous Côte de Beaune in Burgundy.
The vineyards cover an area of 290 hectares on the slopes of a chain of hills, always facing south to north-east to get the best exposure to the sun for ripening.
The Rully vineyards are considered similar to those of the Côte de Beaune with soil composed mainly of chalk and clay.
Nature certainly set a challenge for the winegrower and the winemaker with this vintage.
It began with very warm temperatures at the end of February which led to an early bud break.
The historic frost in April then destroyed young shoots that had emerged too early, significantly affecting the future harvest. Changing weather continued to characterize the vintage through to the harvests.
There were spells of rain from May to mid-August, obliging winegrowers to be constantly on the alert. The only periods of relative calm were during flowering, which took place in good conditions for the formation of the future fruit, and the véraison (colour change), which benefited from the return of the sun from mid-August.
The vagaries of the weather contributed to the development of outbreaks of disease, which were contained thanks to the tireless efforts of our winegrowers. In spite of this, considerable sacrifices had to be made to ensure a high level of quality, and rigorous sorting of the fruit in the vineyard and on arrival at the winery was necessary.
This vintage also required a major technical effort. The vinifications had to be carried out with meticulous attention and precision with a particular care over the extraction of colouring matter, the balance of the structure and the aromatic expression of the red wines, and of the freshness, balance of acidity and aromatic potential of the white wines.