Winemaker Notes
A lovely bouquet of lemon curd, white peach, and almond are framed by a chiseled minerality that gives the wine its superb structure. The harmonious palate is defined by an intensity of fruit and a silky texture, leading to a lovely mineral-infused finish.
Professional Ratings
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
Due to the tiny yields this year, Dureuil elected to blend Grésigny, Chapître and Vary together to produce a 2021 Rully 1er Cru. Fermentation took over a year to complete, delivering a wine of terrific texture and complexity, underpinned by racy structuring acids.
One of the most popular and versatile white wine grapes, Chardonnay offers a wide range of flavors and styles depending on where it is grown and how it is made. While it tends to flourish in most environments, Chardonnay from its Burgundian homeland produces some of the most remarkable and longest lived examples. California produces both oaky, buttery styles and leaner, European-inspired wines. Somm Secret—The Burgundian subregion of Chablis, while typically using older oak barrels, produces a bright style similar to the unoaked style. Anyone who doesn't like oaky Chardonnay would likely enjoy Chablis.
Exclusive for its bright and charming whites, Rully is optimally situated in the northern part of the Côte Chalonnaise where light and sandy soils create fresh Chardonnays. Here they have perfumes redolent of acacia or honeysuckle, with bright peach and lemon flavors and a flinty finish. With time, Rully whites evolve to fuller flavors of honey, quince and dried apricot.
Rully is also one of the best sources of premium sparkling Crémant de Bourgogne and while over two-thirds of Rully’s production is white grapes, its reds are also worth seeking out, especially as an introduction to Burgundy Pinot Noir. Rully reds express pleasant aromas of rose, licorice and have ripe, red cherry fruit on the palate. Grésigny, Rabourcé, and Les Cloux are its most popular Premiers Crus.