Michel Briday Rully Gresigny Premier Cru 2019
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Morris
Jasper
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Grésigny is one of the "grands premiers crus" of the Rully appellation, which requires a little time to open up and reveal all of its complexity. It reveals a lot of harmony, on a profile of great subtlety, taut and long. It has a mineral and lemony finish. On the nose it can evoke notes of licorice, acacia flowers, or gun-flint.
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Jasper Morris
Higher and cooler, lots of stones, very much on the limestone. The main plot dates back to 1957. Lemon and lime, with an attractive reduction to the nose, flinty warm stones. Suggests it wants to be lean but fills out the back perfectly, with energy and a little lemon zest. This is a wine which needs a little more time whereas the rest of the range can be drunk at once. A satisfying, complete finish.
One of the most popular and versatile white wine grapes, Chardonnay offers a wide range of flavors and styles depending on where it is grown and how it is made. While it tends to flourish in most environments, Chardonnay from its Burgundian homeland produces some of the most remarkable and longest lived examples. California produces both oaky, buttery styles and leaner, European-inspired wines. Somm Secret—The Burgundian subregion of Chablis, while typically using older oak barrels, produces a bright style similar to the unoaked style. Anyone who doesn't like oaky Chardonnay would likely enjoy Chablis.
Exclusive for its bright and charming whites, Rully is optimally situated in the northern part of the Côte Chalonnaise where light and sandy soils create fresh Chardonnays. Here they have perfumes redolent of acacia or honeysuckle, with bright peach and lemon flavors and a flinty finish. With time, Rully whites evolve to fuller flavors of honey, quince and dried apricot.
Rully is also one of the best sources of premium sparkling Crémant de Bourgogne and while over two-thirds of Rully’s production is white grapes, its reds are also worth seeking out, especially as an introduction to Burgundy Pinot Noir. Rully reds express pleasant aromas of rose, licorice and have ripe, red cherry fruit on the palate. Grésigny, Rabourcé, and Les Cloux are its most popular Premiers Crus.