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The estate’s exemplary village white is usually drawn from five organically managed plots: La Martelle, La Bergerie, En Guesnes, Chaponnière and the younger vines of Le Meix Cadot. Due to the particularly small crop in 2021, instead of bottling them as separate lieux-dits, Vincent also added to this his Rully fruit from Chêne, located near the summit of the Montagne de Montpalais, and from Maizières on a gentle slope east of the village. The vines have an average age of 40-plus years, with the oldest approaching 100 years—a staggering figure for the region.
Dureuil’s fastidiousness produces a super-intense, vibrant village white with a great deal more chalky tension and flesh than you should expect for the level. The wine is entirely vinified in barrel, with 20% new oak (Vincent mainly uses Chassin). The 2021 is astonishingly layered for the vintage, with supple, juicy citrus, flowing textures and a lick of white pepper on the close. Run, don’t walk!