Rully Maizieres Blanc, Domaine Vincent Dureuil-Janthiel 2019

Vincent Dureuil is an amazing vigneron who has transformed his domaine in the last 20 years. He produces exquisite red and white wines which are among the most highly regarded by his peers in all Burgundy. Having taken over his father’s vines a few years ago, he now owns some 20 hectares, 16 of which are in Rully, which are farmed organically. A large proportion of his vines are in excess of 50 to 75 years old. His reds are rigorously sorted, totally destemmed and are cold macerated at 10 degrees for 10 days prior to fermentation.

They are vinified in temperature controlled open-fermenters and see around 30% new oak for 18 months, prior to being bottled unfined and unfiltered. His whites are whole-cluster pressed, prior to vinification in barriques (20% new) for 16-18 months. All movements of the wine follow the lunar calendar. Vincent’s cellars are very deep and cold and all fermentations, malolactic processes and stabilizations take much longer than ordinarily. This, together with low yielding, old vines contributes to the great richness and complexity which all of his wines demonstrate.

This a Burgundy domaine on the up and well worth keeping an eye on.