Rully 1er Cru Blanc "Raclot" 2020 | Wine of the Domaine De Villaine

Rully 1er Cru "Raclot" White Wine 2020 Domaine De Villaine

The Domaine De Villaine is located in Bouzeron, south of Beaune, and has expanded with acquisitions in Mercurey and Rully. Bought in 1971 by Pamela and Aubert de Villaine, they applied the same methods as at the Domaine de la Romanée-Conti (of which Aubert was one of the co-managers for more than 50 years): biodynamic vines, organic certification, natural vinification, grapes picked and sorted by hand. Recently, Pierre de Benoist, their nephew, has gradually taken over the estate.

The youth of the vines (about 25 years), its south-south-east exposure, its marl and limestone soils, slightly clayey-silty at the bottom of the plot, make it possible to produce in 2020 a Rully 1er Cru "Raclot" 2020 from the Domaine De Villaine of great quality.

The nose is very fresh with notes of peach, apricot and cherry pit on the finish. The latter is tasty, and the presence of marl softens this wine with a very aromatic and saline profile, making it digestible and greedy. To be drunk from two to five years of age, to give the wine time to "digest" its bitter skin and thus offer all the beauty of Chardonnay and its terroir.

• Produced in Burgundy (Côte Chalonnaise)
• Grape variety: Chardonnay
• Vintage: 2020
• Alcohol content: 14% vol

Capacity: 0.75 L