100% Chardonnay.
Colour: Elgant golden colour, typical from the chardonnay.
Bouquet: Very intricate flavours of violets and walnuts.
Palate: A lot of softness on the palate. A racy wine with good vivacity and balance.
White Rully will be perfect for aperitif, or with fish, shellfish, frogs' legs, snails, and poultry, pork, or veal with cream sauce.
Serve at a temperature of 12 to 14°C. (53-55°F.)
As all other Burgundy white village wines, Rully blanc will improve gradually over a period of about 3 to 8 years after the vintage.
A village appellation in the Côte Chalonnaise, harvested in the village of Rully.
The appellation's vineyards cover 370 hectares, 2/3 of which are white, not far from the magnificent vineyards of Puligny Montrachet and Meursault to the north and Mercurey and Givry to the south.
Rully is a very old vineyard, developed by the Dukes of Burgundy. Its vineyards stretch over slopes at an altitude of over 200 metres, overlooking the Saône plain.
Subtle differences in the wines are due to differences in soil, exposure and altitude, all of which vary considerably hereabouts. At heights of 230 to 300 metres, the coastal slopes produce wines that can rival the best of the nearby Côte de Beaune.
Harvested by hand, the grapes are sorted and pressed on arrival at the winery. The must is then cold-sedimented (8°C) for 12 hours before being placed in vats and partly in oak barrels (15% of which are new) for alcoholic and malolactic fermentation, followed by 10 months' ageing on fine lees.