2019 Rully Rouge La Chaume, Domaine Claudie Jobard

This vineyard lies south of Rully, just uphill from the Chardonnays giving Claudie’s En Villerange cuvée. The grapes were picked by hand, and the vineyard was converted over to organic farming from this 2019 vintage. The exceptional fruit quality of this red Rully may be explained by the Jobards’ careful selection of Pinots Noirs chosen for the planting, and now subject to special pruning, to restrict their yields. This has a bright, lovely red-purple colour, the nose being fresh and fine. Palate shows super levels of fruitiness with good structure, fine tannins and complex finish (for drinking 2021-2024+).