Domaine Vincent Dureuil-Janthial
Rully | Côte Chalonnaise | Burgundy
Not only is Dureuil a gifted winemaker, but also he is blessed with some exemplary older-vine vineyards that for years have been cared for organically—a higher level of attention that sets Dureuil qualitatively apart from the pack. His delicate touch translates each individual terroir into a perfect liquid picture of what the best of Rully—and the best of Burgundy, for that matter—can be.
We first encountered the Dureuil family back in the 1980s when Raymond Dureuil ran his own estate. During a visit in 1995, he offered us a taste of premier cru ‘Meix Cadot’ white Burgundy, vinified by his 20-year-old son, Vincent, who bottled the wine unfined and unfiltered (an idea the father frowned on).
If we hadn’t known the source, we would have thought we were drinking grand cru Montrachet. Even in those early years, Vincent displayed an uncanny talent; and in the decades since, his skills and expertise have only grown, to the point where we can say without hesitation that Vincent Dureuil ranks among the finest artisans in all of Burgundy.
Vincent Dureuil has cared for all his vineyards organically since the mid-2000s (yet does not include an organic stamp on his labels). Vineyard rows are regularly plowed to control weed growth. Very little sulfur is added during fermentation or at bottling.
For the reds, bunches are destemmed and fermented on indigenous yeasts in temperature-controlled, stainless steel tanks or upright wooden fermenters. Wines are aged in French oak barrels from 16 to 18 months (with up to one-third new oak, depending on the cru) and are bottled unfined and unfiltered.
For the whites, whole clusters are pressed directly and fermented on indigenous yeasts in barrel. Wines are aged in French oak barrels, with no more than 25 percent new oak, depending on the cru. Vincent performs some lees stirring (batonnage) during the winter months. Wines are racked according to the cycles of the moon, and are bottled unfined and unfiltered.
Bourgogne Aligoté
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Bourgogne Blanc
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Rully Blanc
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Rully Blanc 'Chêne'
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Rully Blanc ‘Maizières’
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Rully Blanc 1er Cru 'Raclot'
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Rully Blanc 1er Cru 'Les Margotés' Vieilles Vignes
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Rully Blanc 1er Cru 'Le Meix Cadot'
This selection of “younger” vines (on average, 40 years old — in contrast to the “vieilles vignes” selection, which averages a century per vine) delivers all the depth and concentration of Vincent’s older-vine wine with an added energy and verve on the palate. Still a “baby” Montrachet, anyway you slice it. Exceptional.
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Rully Blanc 1er Cru 'Le Meix Cadot' Vieilles Vignes
It was a sip of ‘Meix Cadot’ that seduced us nearly 20 years ago, when we first visited the Dureuil family estate. A barely 20-year-old Vincent Dureuil was making wine from his father’s vineyards, yet pushing further, fermenting in barrel and bottling his wines unfined and unfiltered. Dad wasn’t happy, but we were transfixed. We thought we were drinking a young Montrachet! The nearly 100-year-old vines here in ‘Meix Cadot’ produce very little fruit, yet are a part of the family’s history: Vincent’s great-grandfather planted them in 1920.
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Puligny-Montrachet ‘Corvée de Vignes’
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Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru 'Champs Gains'
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Bourgogne Passtoutgrains
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Bourgogne Rouge
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Mercurey Rouge
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Rully Rouge
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Rully Rouge 'En Guesnes'
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Rully Rouge 'Maizières'
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Rully Rouge 1er Cru 'Chapitre'
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Rully Rouge 1er Cru 'Vauvry'
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Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er Cru 'Clos des Argillières'
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