2018 Rully Rouge Maizières, Domaine Dureuil-Janthial
It is rare to find a Burgundy domaine whose both colours are as interesting and skilfully made as the other. This Pinot has wonderful freshness on the nose: strawberries, fresh thyme, and red currants. The fruit is anchored to a noble reduction, giving it glint and edge: savoury energy in spade. The palate’s supple and abundant tannins are enrobed in the ample fruit promised on the nose, and given drive and persistence by the energetic acidity. It is superbly balanced, and a joy in its first flush of youth, but certainly with the stuffing to cellar well if you choose to.