Tasting
Le Meix Cadot, a Rully premier cru, lies between 260 and 290 metres on a south-east-facing slope, on limestone and marl covered with clay-limestone. Its name combines "meix", an old Burgundian word for a small enclosed rural property, often with a house, and a probable family name. Its whites show a pale gold colour, a nose of white flowers, citrus and mineral notes, and a fresh palate driven by acidity. In 2017, William Kelley (Wine Advocate, 92/100), who dates the planting of these vines to 1980, describes aromas of mentholated pear, spice, honeycomb and yellow apple, followed by a medium- to full-bodied, supple white with tangy acidity and a saline finish.
Food and wine pairings
Andouillette, frogs' legs, pike with beurre blanc, mussels, scallops, poultry in cream sauce.
Technical details
- Estate: Domaine Vincent Dureuil-Janthial
- Cuvée: Le Meix Cadot
- Country: France
- Region: Burgundy
- Sub-region: Côte Chalonnaise
- Appellation: Rully 1er Cru Le Meix Cadot
- Classification: Premier cru
- Colour: White
- Type: Dry, still
- Vintage: 2017
- Grape variety: 100% Chardonnay
- Terroir: South-east slope, 260-290 m; limestone and marl under clay-limestone
- Harvest: By hand
- Ageing: Oak barrels, at most 20% new oak
- Format: 75 cl bottle
Cellaring and serving
Keeps four to eight years. Serve at 12-14 °C.
About the estate
Settled in Rully since the 18th century, the Dureuil family saw Vincent and Céline take over the estate in 1994. It covers some twenty hectares, 17 in the Côte Chalonnaise (Rully, Mercurey) and 3 in the Côte-d'Or (Puligny-Montrachet, Nuits-Saint-Georges). The estate was certified organic from 2009 to 2016. Hand harvesting, indigenous yeasts; the whites are aged in lightly toasted barrels, with at most 20% new oak, adapted to each terroir and each vintage.
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