CHÂTEAU DE RULLY
RULLY PREMIER CRU
MOLESME 2017
CHÂTEAU DE RULLY
RULLY PREMIER CRU
MOLESME 2017
Grape variety
Tasting notes
Nose: elegant notes of black berries, with toasted hints of licorice.
Palate: black cherry aromas again but also tobacco notes and a peppery mouth. A wine full of richness and structure.
Wine and food pairing
Serving temperature
Ageing potential
History
Rully is a communal appellation made up of 23 Premiers Crus climats. White Rullys spread on a 261 ha area - including 68 ha of Premiers Crus - whereas red
Rullys are produced on a 116 ha area of which 28 are Premiers Crus.
Rully was named after a rich roman, Rubilius, who built a villa and founded the village during the roman occupation. It was at first named Rubiliacum and it evolved through the years to become the current Rully.
Vinification and maturing
Maceration lasted about 14-15 days without pre-fermentation.
Traditional vinification was then carried out in temperature-controlled concrete vats with daily pumping-over and stirring occasionally. Those methods allows to obtain balanced wines because the tannins are not too much extracted.
Then, the wine was placed for an 8 months ageing in oak barrels (with 25% new oak).
Light Kieselguhr filtration before bottling.
Vintage : 2017
In 2017, Burgundy succeed at both quality and quantity levels. After many vintages impacted by the climatic variation, Antonin Rodet, recover with the 2017 vintage, a very satisfactory harvest. Not only because the volumes will allow to supply the markets but also because the wines already offer the desire to discover this very elegant vintage.
After spending the winter building up their strength, the vines profited fully from a very warm spring, with budburst in early April ensuring a head start in terms of the growth cycle that was maintained right up to the harvest. The plants progressed from stage to stage free from hindrance, and by mid-June, were flowering before rapid fruit set. An early vintage was confirmed.
During the summer, a few spells of heatwave alternated with more mixed weather. However, ripening continued at a good pace and by the end of August, the first grapes were being picked, two weeks ahead of average. Harvesting continued until mid-September as each plot reached peak maturity.
Harvest started on September the 6th in our vineyards and ended on September the 30th in the late parcels.
The grapes were in exceptional health and required virtually no sorting. Everyone was very enthusiastic about this fabulous fruit, its peak ripeness, and the volumes produced.
Red wines vinification has been facilitated by beautiful maturity offering deep colours and silky, well balanced tannins.