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• AJ72 wrote: 91 points

  August 26, 2016 - Showing a good level of maturity. I must confess I've never understood the hype behind Dujac. Sure they're well made and interesting but I don't find myself waxing lyrical about the style which is heavily accented by the stems. In my view stems are like oak, to be used sparingly as a supporting component. If you can see the stems and they're a dominant feature then there's too much. I virtually never buy the Dujac wines purely because I think their house style is dominated by stemmy characters which mask the expression of the fruit. This wine confirms this for me. Don't get me wrong it is a lovely wine, very lithe and supple, certainly Grand Cru Pedigree but after twenty years the stems are still too dominant for my liking and detract from the wine a bit. I'm being a bit picky here but a slightly green element from the stems and the rusticity that has come with maturity is accentuated by the stems for me. I like the wine though as it does show its class and typical of the vintage there is some structure there but it's melted away now showing a finer profile. I always thought the 93's were built to last. Very good maybe better bottles than this one out there.

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• pclin commented:

  8/26/16, 3:39 AM - I agree with you on stemmy characteristic of Dujac wines but the last few vintages of MSD villages are delicious. Generally I like Rousseau more than any other burgundy producers, so it's hard for me to divert money from there to buy Dujac wines.

• AJ72 commented:

  8/26/16, 6:26 PM - You and I have the same taste as I believe Rousseau to be the King of Burgundy also. Henri Jayer also made phenomenal wines in the same vein but now like collecting art such are the prices. DRC as well as being way too much to buy I often see the stems too although I have had some spectacular La Tache. I would still buy Rousseau Chambertin over it though. I am definitely prejudiced when it comes to Dujac but lots of people love them. Unfortunately the prices of Rousseau have gone up a lot too. I always thought they were too cheap in comparison to DRC. I don't get to have as many Rousseau's these days but we've secured an 08 Chambertin and a 2010 Clos St Jacques for a lunch in a couple of weeks time. There will also be an 06 Duvault Blochet DRC and I'm tipping it won't be up to the class of the other two. We shall see.

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