[From magnum.] Surprisingly fat and rich. Or perhaps not - I've often read that these wines can be denser and darker than we tend to expect from Burgundy. I even felt that there are notes reminiscent of Sangiovese - aromas of chocolate and moist pipe tobacco. Texturally this wine is velvety and caressing. Hugely satisfying and only really just beginning to show its age. Another 20 years of pleasure here easily.
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Nez de cerise très mûre, sandalwood, très léger poivron mûr... En bouche, tannins complètement fondus, très fruité, cerise presque confiturée, délicieux!!
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The First Christmas of New England @ Christmas WIMPS 2022 (La Trompette, Chiswick): Wow, such a profound wine. Layers and layers of rich red fruits with a little toffee apple sweetness at the margins. Later some brazier roasted chestnuts and smokiness. Palate is bright with precise and spicy red fruits and such class. It balances power and elegance beautifully. What a treat.
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The First Christmas of New England @ Christmas WIMPS (La Trompette, London W4): Darker red in colour showing evolution as one would expect. Really sensual nose showing forest floor and wild berry notes. Light to medium bodied with gentle tannins and wave after wave of delicious red fruit delivered with plenty of freshness. Not the most complex yet very complete and just perfect with fine cuisine. For those lucky enough to own bottles, I would suggest drinking sooner rather than later, although it is arguably a half decade away from being fully resolved. Thank you to the generous fellow diner who brought this.
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Lovely if straightforward aromatics, dominated by floral and fruit notes with hints of spice. Clean and cool palate, with somewhat less depth than the '02
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I hadn't remembered having this before but this bottle is a totally different wine from my note of 11 years ago. This time the freshness of fruit in it knocked my socks off - it's been years since I've had a 2001 so vividly ripe with that bright, ruby red fruit; they didn't even have fruit this nice on release. More stony than spicy, it still has that solid Dujac structure and some tannic grit that suggests another few years to mellow might be to its benefit, but regardless this was easily the finest wine on the table among a bunch of mighty fine bottles tonight.
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90-minute decant and very pleased eight off the first pour. Not as unapologetically whole cluster as you expect (hope for?) out of Dujac, although still built in that style. Soily, earthy, and surprisingly meaty and bloody, although also shockingly floral and elegant. Complex and detailed with coffee notes in the cool concentrated black and red berry. Powerful with some unresolved tannin. Really happy with that, sad it was my only one but glad the new blind group got to share it. Wouldn't hesitate to buy again.
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The host decanted the bottle before serving which is wise. Herbs, stems, wild berries and dried flowers. Good sweetness on the palate but slightly simple and straightforward for a grand cru Dujac. Still very good but the 01 CSD and CDLR are much better.
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A quite pretty nose of red berry and dried herb alongside a base of oak and minerals. Red fruit, earth, and savory herbs on the palate. There's a nice underlying tension to the 2001 Echezeaux with killer acidity and soft, ripe tannins. This could use more oomph and breadth on the palate but otherwise is a stellar wine. Drink now through 2030.
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Better nose than palate at this point, showing dark cherry, fresh mulch, dark spices, dry leaves, and rosehips. Stems show on the palate and the tannins still require time. Palate needs more development to be viscerally enjoyable
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Rich purple fruit and berries, light spice, and subtle earth tones but this has not yet developed real secondaries. The sweet dark fruit comes to the fore on the palate and largely crowds out everything else. Svelte but still straightforward. 92+
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2001 Vosne-Romanée Grand Cru Dinner (Imperial Treasure Teochew, Takashimaya): Disappointing – I have always felt that Dujac’s Echezeaux was one of their weakest Grand Crus, and this bottle showed just why. It did have a lovely nose, with lush, deep, almost liquered wafts of sweet black cherries and wild berries packed together with shades of damp earth and brambly herbs, spice and wilting flowers – at once sweet and masculine, that was a real beauty of a bouquet. Unfortunately, the palate was a bit of a shock after that. Reserved, almost austere at points, it showed a flush of jammy dark berry fruit on the attack that quickly leaned out into brambly, herby midpalate and a slightly truncated finish of warm woody spice. This needed food to bring out its more pleasing, fruitier characteristics, but even then it never showed all that well. There was certainly some quality here – it had a clean clarity to it, the tannins were fine and the balance was just about perfect, but it was just not giving much in the way of charm. I would give this a few more years and hope it improves. It was rather anonymous on the night.
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Dinner in LA (b.o.s - Los Angeles, CA): this needed time. Thank god for matt’s amazing decanter (you NEED to see it). After about 90 minutes in the decanter, the dark berries and spice notes really built up and fleshed out. The palate had this awesome grip to it, too…a real presence. Loved how the spice notes built up with time…I can only imagine how wonderful this will become with patience.
Maison Champy Dinner (Sepia - Chicago IL): Very alluring aromatic start with lots of red fruit, floral notes and lots of baking spice. Identical flavors on palate, lots of red cherry and raspberry, with great spice, great mineral elements and impressive energy. At its peak now. Thanks, Winefool!
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Deeply pitched, youthful and quite sexy. It had some musk and meat coupled with sweet cherry fruits and dried flowers. It had a textural palate that fanned out on the finish and was bright and sappy.
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Mostly Burgs at Heidi's: Dark red color. Reserved aromatics, showing mainly dark fruit and spice. Great on the palate with a big whallop of dark fruit flavors that coats the palate. This is built along the lines of the Roumier Bonnes Mares, showing plenty of structure which promises a long life. Well balanced and a delight to drink. Maybe a bit of a step down relative to the other wines consumed, but still a real winner.
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Opened and poured, this did not show up to expectations. The aromatics show a diluted cherry and green stem component that at times dominate the spice and earth notes. The color is a maturing medium ruby that seems correct for the wines age. The medium bodied palate shows decent balance that at times becomes disjointed. The wines provides a medium length finish. Based on this bottle, this is past its peak.
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Lac Dujac (Braeburn): I'm not as in love with the 2001 vintage as many people are and this wine sort of demonstrates why. It has an almost smoky character, both an actual smoky flavor that may be an artifact of the barrel toast as well as a downcast ashen sensation in the tannins. Towards the end of the glass it began to pick up a stalky/lima bean scent not altogether unlike a 2004 suffering from the greenie disease. Were the stems in this less than ripe? My main issue with the wine, though, was that it came across a little hollow—it carves out a big space for itself, which seems to stretch the material too thin, so the result is material that feels a little diluted and a little lean relative to its frame. Still a nice wine, but in this lineup I thought it the weakest.
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Restrained nose with cedar/wood oils lingering. Widened up to orange, mocha and a nice underlying soil-ey element. Plenty of primary fruit, very open structure. Very nice stemmy succulence on the finish with a dry down of fougere. Very good.
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Quite closed, with much less fruit (both nose and palate) than I expected and hoped for; a little "gassy" as well. Tasted significantly better the following AM, although I would still give this wine a few more years.
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11/21/2023 - lozatron Likes this wine:
Davy's Strange Magnum Attractor (Hawksmoor Guildhall): Served from magnum. Compared to its younger brother, a little muted - I suspect I did not give this the attention it deserved.
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11/20/2023 - ricard Likes this wine: 94 Points
[From magnum.] Surprisingly fat and rich. Or perhaps not - I've often read that these wines can be denser and darker than we tend to expect from Burgundy. I even felt that there are notes reminiscent of Sangiovese - aromas of chocolate and moist pipe tobacco. Texturally this wine is velvety and caressing. Hugely satisfying and only really just beginning to show its age. Another 20 years of pleasure here easily.
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10/21/2023 - Philippe_C wrote: 96 Points
Nez de cerise très mûre, sandalwood, très léger poivron mûr... En bouche, tannins complètement fondus, très fruité, cerise presque confiturée, délicieux!!
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3/28/2023 - Burgnick wrote: 89 Points
Like many Dujac Echezeaux, it is underwhelming without the Dujac signature. In fact, the palate shows more earthy tone than what one would prefer.
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12/15/2022 - Vinumming & Ahhing Likes this wine: 95 Points
The First Christmas of New England @ Christmas WIMPS 2022 (La Trompette, Chiswick): Wow, such a profound wine. Layers and layers of rich red fruits with a little toffee apple sweetness at the margins. Later some brazier roasted chestnuts and smokiness. Palate is bright with precise and spicy red fruits and such class. It balances power and elegance beautifully. What a treat.
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12/15/2022 - fussyeater Likes this wine:
The First Christmas of New England @ Christmas WIMPS (La Trompette, London W4): Darker red in colour showing evolution as one would expect. Really sensual nose showing forest floor and wild berry notes. Light to medium bodied with gentle tannins and wave after wave of delicious red fruit delivered with plenty of freshness. Not the most complex yet very complete and just perfect with fine cuisine. For those lucky enough to own bottles, I would suggest drinking sooner rather than later, although it is arguably a half decade away from being fully resolved. Thank you to the generous fellow diner who brought this.
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7/16/2021 - tinybubbles Likes this wine: 93 Points
Lovely if straightforward aromatics, dominated by floral and fruit notes with hints of spice. Clean and cool palate, with somewhat less depth than the '02
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5/1/2021 - Keith Levenberg Likes this wine: 94 Points
I hadn't remembered having this before but this bottle is a totally different wine from my note of 11 years ago. This time the freshness of fruit in it knocked my socks off - it's been years since I've had a 2001 so vividly ripe with that bright, ruby red fruit; they didn't even have fruit this nice on release. More stony than spicy, it still has that solid Dujac structure and some tannic grit that suggests another few years to mellow might be to its benefit, but regardless this was easily the finest wine on the table among a bunch of mighty fine bottles tonight.
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12/18/2020 - The Vines That Bind wrote: 93 Points
90-minute decant and very pleased eight off the first pour. Not as unapologetically whole cluster as you expect (hope for?) out of Dujac, although still built in that style. Soily, earthy, and surprisingly meaty and bloody, although also shockingly floral and elegant. Complex and detailed with coffee notes in the cool concentrated black and red berry. Powerful with some unresolved tannin. Really happy with that, sad it was my only one but glad the new blind group got to share it. Wouldn't hesitate to buy again.
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8/2/2020 - Burgnick Likes this wine: 92 Points
The host decanted the bottle before serving which is wise. Herbs, stems, wild berries and dried flowers. Good sweetness on the palate but slightly simple and straightforward for a grand cru Dujac. Still very good but the 01 CSD and CDLR are much better.
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3/13/2020 - fcxj wrote: 92 Points
Tasty just not at level of Morey GCs.
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11/17/2018 - rlove wrote: 93 Points
A quite pretty nose of red berry and dried herb alongside a base of oak and minerals. Red fruit, earth, and savory herbs on the palate. There's a nice underlying tension to the 2001 Echezeaux with killer acidity and soft, ripe tannins. This could use more oomph and breadth on the palate but otherwise is a stellar wine. Drink now through 2030.
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10/18/2016 - tinybubbles Likes this wine: 92 Points
Better nose than palate at this point, showing dark cherry, fresh mulch, dark spices, dry leaves, and rosehips. Stems show on the palate and the tannins still require time. Palate needs more development to be viscerally enjoyable
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10/7/2016 - tinybubbles Likes this wine: 92 Points
Rich purple fruit and berries, light spice, and subtle earth tones but this has not yet developed real secondaries. The sweet dark fruit comes to the fore on the palate and largely crowds out everything else. Svelte but still straightforward. 92+
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5/24/2015 - Burgundy63 wrote: 93 Points
Perfectly balanced and drinking beautifully, and still alive with fruit - Dujac at his best remaining
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5/20/2015 - Paul S wrote: 91 Points
2001 Vosne-Romanée Grand Cru Dinner (Imperial Treasure Teochew, Takashimaya): Disappointing – I have always felt that Dujac’s Echezeaux was one of their weakest Grand Crus, and this bottle showed just why. It did have a lovely nose, with lush, deep, almost liquered wafts of sweet black cherries and wild berries packed together with shades of damp earth and brambly herbs, spice and wilting flowers – at once sweet and masculine, that was a real beauty of a bouquet. Unfortunately, the palate was a bit of a shock after that. Reserved, almost austere at points, it showed a flush of jammy dark berry fruit on the attack that quickly leaned out into brambly, herby midpalate and a slightly truncated finish of warm woody spice. This needed food to bring out its more pleasing, fruitier characteristics, but even then it never showed all that well. There was certainly some quality here – it had a clean clarity to it, the tannins were fine and the balance was just about perfect, but it was just not giving much in the way of charm. I would give this a few more years and hope it improves. It was rather anonymous on the night.
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5/29/2014 - FYC wrote:
Dark fruit, spice, rich palate, that Dujac perfume. This is good but I suspect will be a stunner in 5-10 years.
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5/28/2014 - tooch wrote: 94 Points
Dinner in LA (b.o.s - Los Angeles, CA): this needed time. Thank god for matt’s amazing decanter (you NEED to see it). After about 90 minutes in the decanter, the dark berries and spice notes really built up and fleshed out. The palate had this awesome grip to it, too…a real presence. Loved how the spice notes built up with time…I can only imagine how wonderful this will become with patience.
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11/14/2013 - rnellans wrote: flawed
Corked
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5/16/2013 - Burgundy Al wrote: 93 Points
Maison Champy Dinner (Sepia - Chicago IL): Very alluring aromatic start with lots of red fruit, floral notes and lots of baking spice. Identical flavors on palate, lots of red cherry and raspberry, with great spice, great mineral elements and impressive energy. At its peak now. Thanks, Winefool!
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2/18/2013 - Jeremy Holmes wrote:
Deeply pitched, youthful and quite sexy. It had some musk and meat coupled with sweet cherry fruits and dried flowers. It had a textural palate that fanned out on the finish and was bright and sappy.
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8/10/2012 - BradE wrote:
A very good if not great Dujac Eche. I liked it a lot, and while its not like the rock star 99 from Dujac, I would drink this any night with pleasure.
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8/8/2012 - Dave Dalluge wrote: 93 Points
Mostly Burgs at Heidi's: Dark red color. Reserved aromatics, showing mainly dark fruit and spice. Great on the palate with a big whallop of dark fruit flavors that coats the palate. This is built along the lines of the Roumier Bonnes Mares, showing plenty of structure which promises a long life. Well balanced and a delight to drink. Maybe a bit of a step down relative to the other wines consumed, but still a real winner.
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5/13/2012 - AndrewSGHall wrote:
Turned from very Dujac to very Ech with a Dujac interpretation. Very much enjoyed it.
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6/12/2011 - sehill wrote: 82 Points
Opened and poured, this did not show up to expectations. The aromatics show a diluted cherry and green stem component that at times dominate the spice and earth notes. The color is a maturing medium ruby that seems correct for the wines age. The medium bodied palate shows decent balance that at times becomes disjointed. The wines provides a medium length finish. Based on this bottle, this is past its peak.
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1/14/2010 - Keith Levenberg wrote: 87 Points
Lac Dujac (Braeburn): I'm not as in love with the 2001 vintage as many people are and this wine sort of demonstrates why. It has an almost smoky character, both an actual smoky flavor that may be an artifact of the barrel toast as well as a downcast ashen sensation in the tannins. Towards the end of the glass it began to pick up a stalky/lima bean scent not altogether unlike a 2004 suffering from the greenie disease. Were the stems in this less than ripe? My main issue with the wine, though, was that it came across a little hollow—it carves out a big space for itself, which seems to stretch the material too thin, so the result is material that feels a little diluted and a little lean relative to its frame. Still a nice wine, but in this lineup I thought it the weakest.
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9/26/2009 - AndrewSGHall wrote:
Restrained nose with cedar/wood oils lingering. Widened up to orange, mocha and a nice underlying soil-ey element. Plenty of primary fruit, very open structure. Very nice stemmy succulence on the finish with a dry down of fougere. Very good.
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1/10/2009 - jimbomatic wrote: 89 Points
Good and very Dujac but in a 1998-2001 Echezeaux line-up this came in last.
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5/23/2008 - tacman wrote: 88 Points
Quite closed, with much less fruit (both nose and palate) than I expected and hoped for; a little "gassy" as well. Tasted significantly better the following AM, although I would still give this wine a few more years.
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2/7/2006 - psmith wrote: 92 Points
Princeton eBob Coche Dinner (The Ferry House, Princeton NJ): Dujac first, Echezeaux second. Heady with a great earthy funk and class. Remarkably open for an '01. Bright future.
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