Importer notes from North Berkely Imports:
"The talents of winemaker Vincent Dureuil in Rully are such that it’s easy to forget that there are others making wine in the Côte Chalonnaise. But there just is no other artist in the region that faithfully crafts Burgundy with as much purity, elegance or character as does Dureuil."
"100% Chardonnay. ‘Les Margotés,’ facing southeast and located near the summit of the Montagne de Montpalais, at the forest line, some 1,050 feet in altitude. Vines were planted in 1946; a small parcel of younger vines planted in 2015. Soils are a rocky, white limestone marl."
Country
France
Sub-Region
Rully
Region
Burgundy
Varieties
Chardonnay
Farming
Rocky, limestone and marl substrate.
Soil
Clay over limestone
Winemaking
Hand-harvested. Pressed full cluster; lees settling for 48 hours. Fermented by indigenous yeasts in French oak barrels (20% new).
Aged for 12 months in barrel, then six months in tank. Bottled unfined and unfiltered; all work follows the lunar cycle.