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1 cru lA BressAnde,
châteAu de rully 2018

The Antonin Rodet wine house has 85 hectares of vines on the Côte Chalonnaise, the
Côte de Beaune, and the Hautes Côtes de Beaune, with one monopole*, namely Rully
Premier Cru La Bressande from the Château de Rully.

The Château de Rully estate covers 32 hectares chateau. The vines flourish on clay-limestone mouth with delicately delicious, lingering oak.
producing 80% white wines, a third of which are soil in a sunny southeast-facing plot. Anne-Laure hernette has created a wine that is
premier cru, including the monopole. Antonin The 2018 vintage is powerful and elegant, and subtle and pure.
Rodet oversees the cultivation, vinification, and can be enjoyed in its youth or will keep for up to *A monopole is an appellation or other designated
distribution of the wines. seven years. This is a wine that is faithful to its winegrowing area that is exclusively owned by a
The Rully Premier Cru la Bressande monopole terroir, powerful on the nose where aromas of honey single estate, in this instance the Château de Rully
th
covers 2.6 hectares opposite the 12 -century and flowers mingle, and one that is fruity in the

Antonin Rodet welcomes the Saint-Vincent de Mercurey

The statue of saint Vincent from the mutual aid society of Clos Antonin Rodet on 18 January 2020.
Mercurey has been given to the Antonin Rodet wine house for The estate acquired its first vines in
safekeeping for the period of one year. This is an important 1887 by Antoine Rodet in the midst
moment for the wine world and for Antonin Rodet, which will of the phylloxera crisis. he settled in
be looking after it for the first time in its history. Mercurey, confident there would be a
Receiving the statue of the patron saint of winegrowers renaissance of one of the oldest terroirs
is always a special moment for the community and an in Burgundy, promoting it tirelessly
honor for the estate in question. throughout his life.
The ceremony is unchanged since 1956: A mass is The wooden statue was sculpted in
followed by a reception, with wine served by the statue’s 1956 by a Mr. secret, who worked in
recipient, before a banquet in the village hall organized a cooperage.
by the Brotherhood of saint-Vincent and the Chanteflûte
de Mercurey.
The estate’s winemaker, Anne-Laure hernette, has been www.rodet.com
in charge of the statue since an official reception at the  Antonin Rodet
 @antonin_rodet
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