Rully is a French Burgundian wine made from the Chardonnay grape. French Chardonnays are said to be more elegant, less oak , not as big as the big California style Chardonnays. I'm boring and am used to the big,elegant Chardonnay's of California and decided to change it up and go for a different twist on the Chardonnay grape.

I had this wine with a friend of mine at a nice BYOB restaurant in Westfield, NJ. The wine expressed hints of melon and peach with a nice medium colored yellow. The body was not as full as the big California Charonnays but with a nice medium body and a very nice clean,even crisp finish. Upon opening the wine was very acidic, but as the evening wore on the acidity seemed to calm down and the wine exhibited a nice balance between acidity and alcohol with a nice clean,crisp finish. As time went on I seemed to enjoy this wine more than when I first opened it. Maybe it was the alcohol, maybe it was truly the wine, but at the end of the evening I told my friend I really "enjoyed this wine". Oh and btw we had this yummy wine with talapia and tuna, though I seemed to think it went better with the talapia.

A side note: I searched on the internet for other tasting notes on this wine and could not come up with any, only that the 2004 vintage was a so-so vintage for Rully and that the Rully region in France is often overlooked and produces some good wines for the money. You would not have known that by the price I paid..$40.00!!

All in all a winner 

Country: France,

Grape:Chardonnay

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