Rully

Usually this wine spends 12 months in barrel, but they decided to go earlier in 2022 as they were so short in 2021. Erell said they could get away with this because fortunately it is a delightfully forward vintage. On th...(read more)

The style of the domaine is for dark wines with good richness, and this is all here, but it's fresher and tauter than the 2020, with a fruit given a higher tone and length by the fresher acidity.

Bottled last week and no dimming the lovely nose. Very inviting waft of flower blooms and Pinot fruit. Warm red berries. Fresh attack with cool acid and lovely push. Fruit is quite broad in the middle - but still quite p...(read more)

Bought it in 2016. This is their biggest single holding. 2.5 HA. 4 parts: some planted in 80s, 70s and 00s. Low on slope, and clay-rich soils. Grapes here are abundant with thick skins, so Pierre is really careful with t...(read more)

Smells more loaded, more full on than the Chaponniere. Much broader, deep with fruit - again that acidity though. Really impressive. Nicely ripe - but perfectly lifted. Acid not really from the early harvest - as everyth...(read more)

Cask sample. Mid crimson. Darker fruited than the Rully Marissou but still so fragrant and just a touch, nicely, stemmy. Dry, gently chewy tannins. Modulated, long