Appellation
Rully
Identity card
VillageAOPWhiteRed
Burgundy › Côte Chalonnaise · Recognised on 13 June 1939
- Grand cru
- Premier cru
- Village
- Regional
Key points
- Grown in Rully and Chagny, at the north end of the Côte Chalonnaise.
- White: at most 60 hl/ha; red: at most 54 hl/ha.
- White premier cru: at most 58 hl/ha and at least 11.5% natural alcohol.
Grape varieties
White
Accessory varieties: Pinot Gris (15% at most of the vines in each plot)
Only interplanted among the vines
Red
Allowed as a small share of the red wine: Chardonnay, Pinot Gris (15% at most of the vines in each plot)
Only interplanted among the vines
Production rules
8,000
vines/ha
Minimum planting density
Minimum ageing: At least until 1 April after the harvest
- Minimum planting density
- The fewest vines allowed per hectare. For the same yield, more vines means fewer grapes on each. For reference: 4,000 vines/ha to 9,000 vines/ha across 136 Oenopia appellations of the same colour.
- Minimum ageing
- A minimum ageing period the specification requires before the wine may be sold to consumers.
Terroir
- Lie of the land: Small lopsided ridges; vines at 220 to 300 m
- Soils: Clay-limestone soils over stony outwash
- Aspect: Slopes facing south and east
Wine style
- White
- Acacia blossom
- Hawthorn
- Lemon
- White peach
- fruity, rich, long
- Red
- Blackcurrant
- Blackberry
- Cherry
- Liquorice
Boundaries: INAO, AOC vineyard plot delimitation (September 2026 edition) · Open Licence
Specification
30 November 2011
Décret n° 2011-1704 du 30 novembre 2011 relatif à l'appellation d'origine contrôlée « Rully » (JORF n°0279 du 2 décembre 2011, page 20377, texte n° 40). Aucun arrêté de refonte plus récent identifié lors d'une recherche ciblée du 2026-09-28. Appellation initialement reconnue par décret du 13 juin 1939.
Labelling terms
- "Premier cru" and/or the name of one of 23 listed climats
Nearby appellations
Sources
- Official sourceDécret n° 2011-1704 du 30 novembre 2011 relatif à l'AOC « Rully »— Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité (INAO)
- Official sourceCahiers des charges d'AOC publiés au BO-AGRI (décrets du 30 novembre 2011) — dont « Bâtard-Montrachet »— Ministère de l'agriculture et de la souveraineté alimentaire — Bulletin officiel (BO-AGRI)
- Reference bookThe Oxford Companion to Wine— Oxford University Press
- Trade bodyCrémant de Bourgogne, le vin effervescent haut de gamme bourguignon— Bureau Interprofessionnel des Vins de Bourgogne (BIVB)
- Trade bodyVins de Bourgogne — site officiel du Bureau Interprofessionnel des Vins de Bourgogne— Bureau Interprofessionnel des Vins de Bourgogne (BIVB)
- Official sourceCahiers des charges d'AOC publiés au BO-AGRI (décrets du 9 novembre 2011) — dont « Chevalier-Montrachet »— Ministère de l'agriculture et de la souveraineté alimentaire — Bulletin officiel (BO-AGRI)
At the northern end of the Côte Chalonnaise, on the edge of the Côte de Beaune, Rully makes white and red in the communes of Rully and Chagny. Rully holds a place apart in Burgundy's wine history: from 1820, sparkling wines were made there with the techniques worked out in Champagne, before the Bourgogne mousseux AOC (1943) and then Crémant de Bourgogne (1975) turned it into a recognised region-wide method.
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