Community Tasting Note

Paul S wrote:

Wednesday, April 1, 2015 - Morey-St Denis Grand Cru Dinner (Imperial Treasure Super Peking Duck, Paragon): After a couple of surprisingly unimpressive Dujac Grand Crus on the earlier flight, this wine was a very welcome return to form. We had it perhaps 10 years too early, but it was oozing quality from the get-go, with a deep, rich, ripe nose of dark cherries and blackberries infused with notes of earth and herb. In an echo of the nose, the palate sounded in a deep, powerful flow of dark cherries and dark berries, even sweeter raisins, and then some ripe, roasted herbs at the finish, all showing a superb depth, but also a soaring sense of clarity and energy. We were at last safely back in proper Dujac territory here. It must be said that the wine felt more “man-made” than the wonderfully pure, transparent, terroir-driven 1995 Hubert Lignier Clos de la Roche that followed on the same flight, but that hardly made this the poorer wine. What it did mean though was that the Dujac came across as a lot more primary, rather more stuffed with extract, and needing a lot more time to come around. In fact, I got a sense that there was something deeply buried and coiled up in the core of the wine that needed time and patience to unfurl. With the incredible intensity and superb balance here though, it should age effortlessly for many, many years to come. A tremendous wine. Try again in 2020-2025.

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