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 Vintage2007 Label 1 of 40 
TypeRed
ProducerBernard Dugat-Py (web)
VarietyPinot Noir
Designationn/a
VineyardLes Evocelles
CountryFrance
RegionBurgundy
SubRegionCôte de Nuits
AppellationGevrey-Chambertin

Drinking Windows and Values
Drinking window: Drink between 2015 and 2023 (based on 6 user opinions)
Wine Market Journal quarterly auction price: See Dugat Py Gevrey Chambertin Les Evocelles (Vieilles Vignes) on the Wine Market Journal.

Community Tasting History

Community Tasting Notes (average 90.3 pts. and median of 90 pts. in 16 notes) - hiding notes with no text

 Tasted by ILarsen on 6/24/2023 & rated 93 points: Had my last bottle in 2022 - I still like the wine but not a lot of development has happend - Can more or less repeat what I wrote in 2022 so still 93 but a smaller 93 this time. (323 views)
 Tasted by ILarsen on 7/1/2022 & rated 93 points: A great wine - where you get cherries and strawberries - we are also getting some menthol - the wine is dark (house style) - you also sense the use of new wood - the wine has a great balance - tannins and acidity are well integrated - my quest had it blind and he guessed premier cru . The wine has a nice long aftertaste - a well made wine - that still will develop - we are happy to give solid 93. (678 views)
 Tasted by Burgundy Al on 4/30/2021 & rated 90 points: Roasted meat with intense black cherry and plum aromas and flavors. Some clear earthy character when first opened, but which dissipated by the time finished three hours later. Very good depth and balance, I'd have certainly thought this Gevrey 1er Cru density if tasted blind. (1484 views)
 Tasted by Paul S on 8/14/2019 & rated 91 points: Dim Sum Club at Majestic (Majestic Restaurant, Marina One): A big, strong village, just about coming into its own. The nose showed deep wafts of dark cherries and berries, bloody iron mineral, and a lift of florals and spice at the edges. The palate was still marked by a sense of extraction - with firm, powdery in tannins and chewy acidity framing big flavours of dark berries and cherries, all this leased with a nice spiciness and, again, that tang of iron mineral. Solid stuff, good with meat dishes, and probably with still a bit of upside to go. Not the most elegant of styles though. (1611 views)
 Tasted by beatles on 1/26/2017 & rated 89 points: Burgundy 2007 (Chez moi): Dark, almost roasted, modern stuff; not a fan as such, and in the company of great wine, this falls through. (2579 views)
 Tasted by Vini Ciclismo on 2/22/2015 & rated 88 points: Deep dark colour, red rim.
Intense rich fragrance of plums, black cherries and distinct cherry stone zest. A light scent of oak but a much stronger sherbet zest.
Rich and quite extracted, heavy plums and black cherry, damsons and a hint of prune. Slightly tart finish, not especially well balanced. Has some earthy flavours adding complexity but fruit dominates. Curious but not exciting. (3161 views)
 Tasted by redknife on 11/23/2014 & rated 91 points: A nice balanced combination of red/black fruits with minerality
Could have used some decanting; drinking well now but no rush
90-92 pts (2775 views)
 Tasted by justburg on 11/22/2014 & rated 90 points: Dark red, but with a lovely vibrant glow. Floral bouquet, with violets and fresh roses. Some nice forest floor and toffee. Palate was fresh, acidic, with a good amount of resolved tannin. Again, there was the intensity, with cherries and raspberries and fresh minerals. Its amazing how balanced Bernard Dugat's wines are, be it Bourgogne or Grand Crus. This was a really lovely effort, a village drinking well above its level. (2731 views)
 Tasted by redknife on 5/23/2014 & rated 89 points: Decanted for one hr
Very alcoholic at the beginning, mellowed out within two hrs. Lots of red fruits with white peppery nose . Long finish

Needs time 3-5,years to come together (2472 views)
 Tasted by Burgundy Al on 2/5/2014 & rated 89 points: Very ripe and intense black cherry aromas with some sauvage and Gevrey roasted meat character. Very similar on palate with a surprising stemmy note that I inferred as whole cluster, which surprised me for this cuvée. A serious Villages wine, slightly more brooding than I'm finding in 2007s today. (2311 views)
 Tasted by HenrikJ on 4/27/2013 & rated 92 points: Massive red berry bouquet with some herbalness. Not much earthy or animal hints at this point, rather a very pure fruit. Full bodied, well balanced flavour with impeccable structure and a very long finish. Very good, probably great in a few years time. (1238 views)
 Tasted by Vintomas on 4/27/2013 & rated 89 points: Rather ripe cherries, some herbal notes, some spice, some developed notes starting to appear. Palate with good concentration, ripe strawberries and cherries, good acidity, spice, some tannin, pleasant spiciness. Rather accessible, can develop more. (1295 views)
 Tasted by bkizzle on 11/12/2011 & rated 90 points: Nice wine. Great fruit and acidity, minerality and spiciness apparent. Drank it a bit early; could use 3-5 more years. But certainly not drinking poorly today. I'm looking forward to trying it again in a few years. (2339 views)
 Tasted by gnosis on 9/14/2010: Weygandt Tasting NYC (Astor): Full nose, fuller body yet not heavy. Light medicinal and rubber notes, dusty tannins. Wow, as importer suggests, give it a few years. (2758 views)
 Tasted by Barry Rothof on 5/10/2010 & rated 91 points: Dark red color. Expressive nose, dark red black fruit, earth aromas. Medium plus flavors of ripe dark fruit, mushrooms, earth flavors. Very good interesting structure, good grip. On the mid palate some wel integrated round tannins. Medium long finish. Great Gevrey village, great potential. Outstanding! (2120 views)

Professional 'Channels'
By Allen Meadows
Burghound, January 2010, Issue #37
(Domaine Dugat-Py Gevrey-Chambertin "Les Evocelles" Villages Red) Subscribe to see review text.
By Julia Harding, MW
JancisRobinson.com (6/13/2009)
(Dom Bernard Dugat-Py, Les Evocelles Premier Cru Gevrey-Chambertin Red) Subscribe to see review text.
By Stephen Tanzer
Vinous, March/April 2009, IWC Issue #143
(Domaine Dugat Py Gevrey Chambertin Les Evocelles) Subscribe to see review text.
By Allen Meadows
Burghound, 1st Quarter, 2009, Issue #33
(Domaine Dugat-Py Gevrey-Chambertin Les Evocelles Villages Red) Subscribe to see review text.
By Jon Rimmerman
Garagiste (1/6/2010)
(Dugat-Py Gevrey-Chambertin 'Les Evocelles') Dugat-Py Dear Friends, As one of the more dedicated vigneronnes in the trade, Bernard Dugat has turned in a perfomrance that should change the perception of his wines on the world stage. It is a triumphant success in a year that required the growing season to shine through, not the skin tannin. After so many hyper-extracted vintages that appear to peform far better at auction than at the dinner table, Bernard Dugat finally found magic in 2007 - a terroir year that favored transparency. The vintage style combined with Dugat-Py's typical depth and intensity resulted in tantilizing wines that are certainly among the finest Bernard has yet produced. While the riper years get all the headlines (1990, 1999, 2002, 2005), there is no doubt which vintage the winery places near the top: 2007. Always loaded with potential but seemingly stuck in the mud of Syrah in Pinot Noir clothing, many of Dugat-Py's wines have barely evolved (even the 1995-1999's) instead they remain in a timewarp with impatient collectors beginning to tire of the waitng game for secondary complexity to emerge. All of this has a chance to change with the 2007s. In 2007 Dugat-Py harnassed a Roumier meets Bernard Dugat style that will be swooned over by classicists and modernists alike. Even Truchot will find soemthign to admire in this set of 2007's and that's sayign a lot. As far as red Burgundy goes, your yuan could do far worse than an investment in 2007 Dugat-Py - esepcailly to drink. While these are no shrinking violets (far from it), they show the most deliberate difference of vineyard and soil expression since I began tasting this often ravishing set of wines with the 1990 vintage. As with previous vintages, the lure to order strictly on the highest score should be avoided - read the notes as they are a far better indicator of your potential enjoyment than 1-2 points. If you are investing to cellar and drink, the scores have little meaning (if your goal is to auction the wines, then the scores have more significance). Please try to balance your order requests - thank you in advance. This parcel has the finest provenance available: 2007 Dugat-Py Bourgogne Rouge (expensive for a Bourgogne but it's akin to a Gevrey Villages) 2007 Dugat-Py Bourgogne Rouge Halinard (more refinement than the regular Bourgogne, like a top tier Villages, but the regular may last longer - it's a toss-up as to which is the better wine) 2007 Dugat-Py Vosne-Romanee Vieilles Vignes - $ 118.71 (while not yet reviewed, this wine is always a favorite among our email list members - it shows a sophistication that is a cut above). 2007 Dugat-Py Gevrey-Chambertin Vieilles Vignes (BH88-91) 2007 Dugat-Py Pommard La Levriere Vieilles Vignes (BH89-92) 2007 Dugat-Py Gevrey-Chambertin 'Les Evocelles' (BH90-92) 2007 Dugat-Py Gevrey-Chambertin 'Couer de Roy' Vieilles Vignes (BH91-93) 2007 Dugat-Py Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Petite-Chapelle (BH91-93) 2007 Dugat-Py Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru 'Lavaux-St-Jacques' (BH92-95) 2007 Dugat-Py Gevrey-Chambertin 1er (BH91-94) 2007 Dugat-Py Gevrey-Chambertin Champeaux (BH91-94) 2007 Dugat-Py Charmes-Chambertin (BH92-94) 2007 Dugat-Py Mazoyeres-Chambertin (BH92-95) 2007 Dugat-Py Mazis-Chambertin (BH93-95) 2006 Dugat-Py Chambertin (BH94-97) (late release 2006) Thank you, Jon Rimmerman Garagiste Seattle, WA Burg5420 Burg5421 Burg5422 Burg5423 Burg5424 Burg5425 Burg5426 Burg5427 Burg5428 Burg5429 Burg5430 Burg5431 Burg5432 Burg5433 Burg5434
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Pinot Noir

Varietal character (Appellation America) | Varietal article (Wikipedia)
Pinot Noir is the Noble red grape of Burgundy, capable of ripening in a cooler climate, which Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot will not reliably do. It is unpredictable and difficult both to grow and to vinify, but results in some of the finest reds in the world. It is believed to have been selected from wild vines two thousand years ago. It is also used in the production of champagne. In fact, more Pinot Noir goes into Champagne than is used in all of the Cote d'Or! It is also grown in Alsace, Jura, Germany, the U.S., Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Romania, Switzerland, Austria, Croatia, Serbia, Italy, and so forth, with varying degrees of success.


Pinot Noir is one of the world's most prestigious grapes. It is very difficult to grow and thrives well in France, especially in Champagne and Burgundy. Pinot Noir thrives less in hot areas, is picky on soil, and deserves some oak storage.

Pinot Noir, or Blauburgunder / Spätburgunder in German, is a blue grapevine - and, as the German name suggests, the grape comes originally from Burgundy in France.

The grape, which thrives in calcareous soils, is used primarily for the production of red wine, and it is widely regarded as producing some of the best wines in the world. The wine style is often medium-bodied with high fruit acidity and soft tannins. It can be quite peculiar in fragrance and taste, and not least in structure - which may be why it is referred to as "The Grapes Ballerina".
Pinot Noir is also an important ingredient in sparkling wines, not least in champagne since it is fruity, has good acidity and contains relatively little tannins.
The grape is considered quite demanding to grow. The class itself consists of tightly packed grapes, which makes it more sensitive to rot and other diseases.

Pinot Noir changes quite easily and is genetically unstable. It buds and matures early which results in it often being well ripened. Climate is important for this type of grape. It likes best in cool climates - in warm climates the wines can be relaxed and slightly pickled.
In cooler climates, the wine can get a hint of cabbage and wet leaves, while in slightly warmer regions we often find notes of red berries (cherries, strawberries, raspberries, currants), roses and slightly green notes when the wine is young. With age, more complex aromas of forest floor, fungi and meat emerge.

In Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Hungary, it often produces light wines with less character. However, it has produced very good results in California, Oregon and New Zealand.

With its soft tannins and delicate aroma, it is excellent for white fish, chicken and light meat. For the stored wines you can serve small game. Classic duck breast is a matter of course, a Boeuf Burgundy and Pinot Noir are pure happiness.

Pinot Noir loses quality by over-harvesting.
Pinot Noir is prone to diseases, especially rot and mildew. Viruses cause major problems especially in Burgundy.
Pinot Noir are large round grapes with thin skins. Relatively high in alcohol content. Medium rich tannins and good with acid.
As a young person, Pinot Noir has a distinctly fruity character such as raspberries, cherries and strawberries.
A mature Pinot Noir, the taste is different. Cherry goes into plum and prune flavors. It smells of rotten leaves, coffee, moist forest floor and animal wine. This must be experienced.
In warm climates you find boiled plum, some rustic, little acid.
If the grapes are over-grown, the wine will be thin, with little color and flavor.

Les Evocelles

GEVREY-CHAMBERTIN, FRENCH VINEYARD
FROM THE OLD WORLD: Premium French Pinot Noir - One vision, two hemispheres.
Gevrey-Chambertin is located at 47° North. Humans first settled here from between 100-500AD during Roman times. Archaeological digs have found vines dating from this period. As Christianity developed in France, the monks began to plant vines on the Côte d'Or and to learn about how the same vines produced different styles of wine on different plots of land along the Côte. Over time, they worked out the different plots and delineated these on maps. These plots have evolved into the Grand Crus, Premier Crus and AOCs of today.

OUR BURGUNDY
We came to Gevrey-Chambertin for the first time in the summer of 2000, with a 5 month old baby, a five year old, four suitcases, a pushchair and a baby cot for a summer holiday. We stayed in a little rented apartment above the winery of the Esmonin family in Clos Saint-Jacques, a legendary Premier Cru vineyard. There is a chapel on the clos, where pilgrims doing the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela from eastern France would stop to rest, on their way south, to Spain – no one knows how old this is, except that it has been there for hundreds of years.

Every morning PM would get up at day break and make a bottle for our baby Hugh, and she would see the sunrise softly over the vines of the Clos, and the Côte – a beautiful sight, heralding the start of another summer's day.

Every evening we would sit on the balcony overlooking Clos Saint-Jacques. The church bells would ring at 6 o'clock, their rich mellow tones rolling across the village as they have done for hundreds of years, marking the end of the day on the Côte and signaling to the vignerons it was time to lay down their tools and go home.

Somewhere in the middle of these two weeks in Gevrey, we signed the contract to buy the land at Lowburn, a curious coincidence. A year later, we found our house which was almost a ruin, and a new chapter began for us on the Côte. As we grew our vines in Lowburn, we also learnt about wine and vines on the other side of the world, made friends and explored the Old World.

In 2013 we had the good luck to acquire a small parcel of vines in Gevrey and to work with Gerard Quivy, a fine winemaker who makes elegant and spirited wines in a straightforward, non-interventionist style.

THE VINEYARD
The name "Les Evocelles" is derived from old Burgundian dialect, which means the bushy place. One of our neighbours who is a wine historian, thinks that this may have been a wood long ago, before it was cleared by the monks and turned into a vineyard. Certainly a little wood remains on our land, and it is a delightful place with wild flowers in spring and summer.

The rich yellow soil is argilo-calcaire, or calciferous clay, and filled with rocks and the fossils of long dead molluscs.

The vines are between 80 to 100 years old, planted post-phylloxera. They are gnarly, venerable bits of wood. Since the acquisition, we have planted some new vines, replaced some old vines and also added some soil to the top half of the vineyard, to address erosion which has occurred over the years. This soil came from another AOC classified vineyard, as required by French law.

Les Evocelles is farmed organically and wild flowers grow everywhere in the spring and summer.

Les Evocelles: This 10.44-hectare climat is situated in the commune of Brochon but is entitled to the AOC Gevrey-Chambertin. The vineyard is located high up the hill at the northwesterly-most point in viticultural Gevrey. The name derives from a corruption of Les Broselles, referring to a patch of scrubland. All of the adjacent and neighboring vineyards are designated Premier Cru. Les Evocelles enjoys a favorable south, southeast exposition and lies on the same calcareous soil as its neighboring Premiers Crus Champeaux and Combe aux Moines. While it is unclear why Les Evocelles missed out on the more prestigious denomination, arguably the high elevation of the vineyard, at almost 400 meters, occasionally affects the ripeness of the grapes in cool vintages. An excellent source is Domaine de la Vougeraie.

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France

Vins de France (Office National Interprofessionnel des Vins ) | Pages Vins, Directory of French Winegrowers | French Wine (Wikipedia)

Wine Scholar Guild vintage ratings

2018 vintage: "marked by a wet spring, a superb summer and a good harvest"
2019 vintage reports
2021: "From a general standpoint, whether for white, rosé or red wines, 2021 is a year marked by quality in the Rhône Valley Vineyards. Structured, elegant, fresh and fruity will be the main keywords for this new vintage."
2022 harvest: idealwine.info | wine-searcher.com

Burgundy

Les vins de Bourgogne (Bureau interprofessionnel des vins de Bourgogne) (and in English)

Burgundy - The province of eastern France, famous for its red wines produced from Pinot Noir and its whites produced from Chardonnay. (Small of amounts of Gamay and Aligoté are still grown, although these have to be labeled differently.) The most famous part of the region is known as the Cote d'Or (the Golden Slope). It is divided into the Cote de Beaune, south of the town of Beaune (famous principally for its whites), and the Cote de Nuits, North of Beaune (home of the most famous reds). In addition, the Cote Chalonnaise and the Maconnais are important wine growing regions, although historically a clear level (or more) below the Cote d'Or. Also included by some are the regions of Chablis and Auxerrois, farther north.

Burgundy Report | Les Grands Jours de Bourgogne - na stejné téma od Heleny Baker

# 2013 Vintage Notes:
* "2013 is a vintage that 20 years ago would have been a disaster." - Will Lyons
* "low yields and highly variable reds, much better whites." - Bill Nanson
* "Virtually all wines were chaptalised, with a bit of sugar added before fermentation to increase the final alcohol level." - Jancis Robinson

# 2014 Vintage Notes:
"We have not had such splendid harvest weather for many years. This will ensure high quality (fragrant, classy and succulent are words already being used) across the board, up and down the hierarchy and well as consistently from south to north geographically apart from those vineyards ravaged by the hail at the end of June." - Clive Coates

# 2015 Vintage Notes:
"Low yields and warm weather allowed for ample ripeness, small berries and an early harvest. Quality is looking extremely fine, with some people whispering comparisons with the outstanding 2005 vintage. Acid levels in individual wines may be crucial." - Jancis Robinson

# 2017 Vintage Notes:
"Chablis suffered greatly from frost in 2017, resulting in very reduced volumes. As ever, the irony seems to be that what remains is very good quality, as it is in the Côte d’Or. Cooler nights across the region have resulted in higher-than-usual acidity, with good conditions throughout the harvest season allowing for ripe, healthy fruit." - Jancis Robinson

# 2018 Vintage Notes:
"The most successful region for red Burgundy in 2018 was the Côte de Beaune. The weather was ideal in this area, with just enough sunlight and rain to produce perfectly balanced wines naturally." - Vinfolio

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