Domaine Jaeger-Defaix Rully Premier Cru Clos du Chapitre Rouge 2022
(Burgundy, France) - [JM 90-91]

After the very difficult season 2021, we all hoped a more serene and generous year.
Our wishes were fulfilled…

This year again, the winter was quite mild with very few real days of frost. And, once again, the budburst started early.

We had a small frost alert in early April with very little damages as it happened one week earlier compared to 2021. We have also confirmed the efficiency of pruning in 2 steps in order to delay the budburst. And we have tested our new heating cables installation, it worked well.

The beginning of the season has been racing with a quick and regular growth.
The weather was great with few rainfalls at the right time.
And the flowering took place without any trouble.

At the end of June, we have received 80 mm of rain which was very positive for the soil reserves and so for the rest of the season.
We have thinned out the leaves on one side of the row at the end of the season to have a good aeration nearby the grapes and avoid a possible spread of diseases.

The harvests started at the end of August in Rully and early September in Chablis. So, it is still a very early vintage. Thanks to the excellent sanitary state of the vineyard, we were able to wait for the perfect maturity for each parcel. In general, in 2022, we are back to normal volumes without excess.

The whites are showing a nice balance, and a great structure in the mouth; the Rully’s with a beautiful aromatic palette and the Chablis’ on the minerality.

On the reds 2022, we are back to an important phenolic potential. So, the challenge was to extract not too much in order to preserve the fruit and the fineness we love so much.