Chartron et Trébuchet Rully 2022

As brilliant and inviting as a late summer sun, the 2022 Chartron et Trébuchet Rully not only embodies the essence of Chardonnay, it also puts to shame a coterie of New and Old World Chardonnays costing nearly twice the price. An aroma redolent with acacia, forsythia, and golden apples ingratiates the nose, but the wine’s winning olfactory is only the opening act. Although suave and deceptively nuanced from the moment it is poured, the 2022 Chartron et Trébuchet Rully truly blossoms in the glass. In the mouth, apple, poached pear, brioche, and hints of creamy butter delight the palate. Moreover, Chartron et Trébuchet’s 2022 Rully glides effortlessly down the throat. Expressive and round in the mouth, the 2022 Chartron et Trébuchet Rully delivers both elegance and flavor – the very hallmarks of top notch white burgundy – and with just the right amount of vanilla and spice to exit with verve and vivacity. Much like fine red wines, top quality white burgundies such as Chartron et Trébuchet’s 2022 Rully also benefit from aeration, so let it breathe for 10-15 minutes before serving it cool (40°-45° F). Anticipated maturity: 2024-2028. Enjoy!

Endowed with the flavor and finesse of a village Chassagne-Montrachet, the 2022 Chartron et Trébuchet Rully deserves a place at the most discerning tables, whether it is to accompany traditional Burgundian classics such as Coq au Vin, a perfectly roasted Bresse chicken, or game birds stuffed with a wild rice and mushroom farce. Poached salmon and sole are perennial favorites, too, especially when served in a savory cream sauce. Scallops, sautéed with butter, white wine, and fresh herbs, provide another tasty accompaniment. However, poultry and seafood are hardly the only choices with this flavorful white burgundy. Escalopes de Veau (Sautéed Veal Scallops with mushrooms and cream) or even a simple veal stew provides another splendid partner to Chartron et Trébuchet’s delicious 2022 Rully, a classic Chardonnay, which requires nothing more than a clean thin class to shine. Bon appétit!

Founded in 1984 by Jean-René Chartron and Louis Trébuchet in the renowned Burgundy village of Puligny-Montrachet, Chartron et Trébuchet quickly established a reputation for excellence. Jean-René, proprietor of a wine estate, and Louis Trébuchet, a well-known wine merchant, combined their resources and invested their talents in developing an enviable portfolio of Burgundy wines. Beginning in Puligny-Montrachet and the finest terroirs of Burgundy’s fabled Côte d’Or, the two friends began producing and purveying outstanding white burgundies. They would soon branch out to Meursault, Chassagne-Montrachet, Chablis, Rully, and other Burgundian terroirs to fashion world class white wines as well as exceptional red wines.

Stringency and precision have been the pillars upon which Chartron et Trébuchet has built a formidable reputation. Chartron et Trébuchet’s oenologist Serge De Bucy sums up the domain’s success when he says: “We are trying to develop a modern take on our work as winegrowers and winemakers whilst respecting the heritage represented by Chartron et Trébuchet, a great name in Bourgogne. In the cellar, we work with beautiful grapes from plots that we know intimately. We vinify and mature our wines in a patient quest to find perfect ripeness and balance, for the work of vinification of great wines is always a matter of precision. Our aim is not to revolutionise Bourgogne, but to extract the stuff of myth from it.”

Serge Du Bucy’s precision and success at Chartron et Trébuchet is once again evident in this month’s feature, the 2022 Chartron et Trébuchet Rully from southern Burgundy’s Côte Chalonnaise, highly touted for exceptional quality and value in white burgundy.

Burgundy is a wine as well as a place. In fact, it is many wines and many distinct locales, all of which were once part of the ancient duchy of Burgundy. Situated several hundred kilometers southwest of Paris, Burgundy is hallowed ground to serious lovers of the vine. From its golden hillsides, whose center slopes are so aptly named the Côte d’Or, flow France’s most expensive and profound wines. Names such as Romanée Conti, Chambertin, Clos de Vougeot, Meursault, and Le Montrachet, among others, have been delighting serious wine aficionados for centuries. Yet, there is much more to Burgundy and its wines than a few illustrious names. For starters, Burgundy is the ancestral of home of two of the world’s most revered grape varieties – Chardonnay and Pinot Noir.

Clearly, Burgundy is much more than a single wine or one great vineyard: it is a special place, a land almost entirely devoted to wine in one fashion or another. However, what remains surprising to many wine drinkers is that Burgundy produces both red and white wine in equal quantities, the best of which come from Chardonnay and Pinot Noir exclusively. The finest Burgundies emanate from the region’s core, the Côte d’Or, which begins on the fabled Côte de Nuits, just to the south of Dijon, and flows all the way south to Santenay at the tip of the Côte de Beaune, the Côte Chalonnaise, and Chablis. These illustrious terroirs produce Burgundy’s finest wines and are worth their weight in gold. Salut!