1985 Domaine Dujac Morey St. Denis

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  12/21/2017 - MAOC wrote:

  No labels on bottle, bought (same as last note!) as believed 1985 MSD (or better). Level was about 2cm, capsule and cork in good condition and colour seemed ideal. The wine showed beautifully from the outset although was best after an hour or so of air: still significant attractive fruit remaining, overlaid onto a background of savoury meat, darker earth, smoke and undergrowth. Very harmonious (good residual general freshness/vitality) and still at peak drinkability for my taste. Cork just said MSD but I don’t think they specified vineyard then - sommelier thought it might have been CdlR, believable but could have just been an excellent village. ****1/2

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  5/10/2012 - Jeff W wrote:

  Bought in auction, sight unseen, and sold as "Believed to be Dujac 1985 Morey St Denis."
  When the bottles arrived I could understand why no one in the room bought them. How is it possible for all 6 bottles to lose every scrap of label? I opened the bottle with the lowest level, and the cork confirms it as Dujac MSD 1985.
  The colour, what there is of it, is watery brown-red. It's still alive, if only just; grape juice is a distant and fading memory. It's faintly madeirised. After a couple of hours it adds some weight. Interesting, but only for students of near death experiences.
  
  HOWEVER, a second bottle a few days later is quite different. The cork is intact and very firm to extract. If you like really mature Burgundy, as I do, this is a real pleasure. It has class, delivered with the confident understatement that comes with age. Delicious evolved flavours and a fine and more-ish finish. Old Burgundy can be a risk, but when it's like this it's a risk worth taking. dg-

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