Tokyo wines; 9/29/2023-10/2/2023: Dujac GCs have been on my bucket list - wanted to take the 06 CSD but unfortunately it wasn’t available, so I took this instead. Thankfully it was showing brilliantly, surprisingly approachable and firmly was in its drinking window. Despite not being as Dujac as expected, it was a stunning wine. Glorious red-fruited notes, instead of the blue that I expected. Very attractive and integrated at this stage, not tannic and stemmy at all. Fresh pour had more overt fruit but tightened up and ‘08 acidity showed a little with time in the glass. Incredibly seamless wine, supremely balanced without anything out of place.
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The one with MSD + Bonnes Mares (Chapter 1 Wine Bar): Not quite the classic Dujac bouquet yet brimming of elegance amidst high toned aromatics, violets and pomegranate. Mulberry, cherries and raspberry dominate the front of the palate while a robust and sturdy flex of the CDLR muscles of power and density ensues. On the finish, lovely supporting cast of earthy undertones and good acidity with tannins integrating really nicely. Definitely amongst the top 2 or 3 tonight.
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Morey Saint Denis & Bonne Mares: Pronounced nose intensity with sour cherry, flora, red fruits, toast, earth. Medium+ acidity and medium tannin. Felt that the wine is not in it peak and just entering drinking window. Will be interesting to find out in future on its development hence the lower score.
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The nose is just fabulous with incredible scents of cherry spice and violet flowers. The palate is still a bit youthful but with lots of air it shows gorgeous dark cherry fruits within a firm structure built on crisp acids. The finish is tightly wound but with emerging complexity with notes of cherry spice and brilliant minerals. Real depth here and quite a large-scaled Burgundy that needs more time but still a joy to drink with boeuf bourguignon today. 94+
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Tasted blind. Youthful wine. Palate has lots of stuffing but also a polish and purity to it. Concentrated but elegant. Very well balanced. Didn't show as much stem inclusion as one would expect from Dujac. Lovely wine and can't wait to try this in a decade. 94+
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[Blind] Feels pretty big upfront. Pure. clean, has a certain balsa wood dryness. Great purity. Big and powerful but has elegance. Nice perfume. Power, cleanliness, some modernity. I actually ruled out Dujac for lack of obvious stems or whole cluster. Does anyone know the stem / cluster regimen here throughout the 2000s?
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saw some good notes and treated myself to one of two bottles I bought... this was fantastic wine, with beautiful blue/purple fruit (not dark, not red) and loads of spices... nonetheless it was an elegant wine - with power but lithe... just a beautiful wine that I felt I almost ate as much as drank (flavor wise)... had over two nights, needed several hour decant on night one to really show, and tho diff on night two (more spice) it was 94 pts both nights... yes, yes, yes -- wish I had bought more... paid $265 and now priced in the US at $1,100... sad
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From a 375ml with a perfect closure. Nice depth of colour with a narrow rim. This wine is really hitting it's stride now. Nose is forest floor and spice with a hint of barnyard. Palate has nice tart red fruit with a pleasing grip from the super fine grained tannins on the finish. Pleasantly vegetal on the finish. An interesting intellectual wine to be savoured, although perhaps lacking the underlying power of the very best. This wine retains both acidity and tannin and could easily do 5 more years and maybe plenty more?
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The Roots Fund Grand Cru Charity Dinner (Home): 96/99/00/01/08. I really love Dujac in 2008 and this bottle showed quite well in the flight. Of course, a bit more youthful, but with plenty of pure, brightly stemmy, and meaty fruit. Rich and concentrated with a seamlessness that not all achieved in 2008. Great now, with upside.
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The Roots Fund Charity Grand Cru Dinner (House of Nanda - Chicago IL): In vertical. The baby of the flight, which made it tougher for me to love, but the stuffing is here. Spice galore with lots of concentration, this could never be expected to be as layered (yet) as the 99/00/01 vintages alongside, but was certainly tasty and hinting at its trajectory.
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Fantastic. Still drinking youngish and with a strong Dujac aromatic signature. No shame opening this now but has the bones for years in the cellar too.
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Definitely a nose of stem and a palate of spices but found the fruit to be muted. Was expecting a more nuance wine in light of reviews I read. Good underlying body but seems to need more time or air. Should have likely opened the bottle up earlier in the night.
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Pnp, color is bright garnet, in line with aroma of just ripen red fruits, hint of fresh acidity, trace of hawthorne, extremely lovely. On palate, slightly grippy dusty tannin gives way in no time to a plethora of red fruits, hint of stem, little trace of oak. Everything is in great balance, long finish despite the decepting medium mouth feel. A perfect elegant example of CdlR!
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(Burgundy 2008 half-blind tasting) Very rich and generous nose. Some toasty oak. Extremely spicy. Pine-cone aroma. Forest floor beginning to emerge. Fullish, dense and rich palate. A load of pine-cone forest floor. Very spicy. Plum, oak and gunpowder intermingle nicely. Still oak to resolve. Almost coffee-toasty after a while. A hint of tartness in finish perhaps betrays the vintage a bit. This is very nice now, but can go on for decades perhaps. Groups number 1, my number 3.
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07/08/09/10 vertical. Gorgeous, lifted and intense aromatics of spice, stem and pure red cherries. The palate is intensely flavored and rich yet bright and ethereal. A bit of an acid-driven edge on the finish that needs to smooth out. Upside from here as it integrates even further. Impressive.
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Great Champagne and Burgundy Dinner (Park Ridge Country Club): In 07/08/09/10 vertical, all open several hours in advance, none decanted. This is the first time I've had this wine in a non "tasting" setting and it was really shining tonight when given the attention it deserved. Bright red cherry and berry are very fresh and front-and-center, so wonderfully supported by spice, perfume and tannic elements. Rich, yet balanced. The best of the 4 vintages for now, even if 2010 will probably be better in the future.
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Zachys La Paulée "Warm-up" Dinner (Lafayette - New York NY): Small glass, brief note. Spice galore with very bright and precocious red fruit. Not backward at all, but I think this wine has so much upside as it softens further. 93-94 point potential.
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The 2008 Dujac Clos de la Roche is maturing quite fast (like many 2008 red Burgs) and felt slightly awkward, though I feel it would turn into a superb wine (possibly like the 2006 Dujac CdlR) in a few years time. Powerful with meaty and savoury edge. Savoury dark berries, ample new oak spices, fine roasted herbs, and a rustic edge. Slightly meaty with an undergrowth note. Structured and tannic. 2002 Roumier Clos de la Bussieres? (90/100)
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Served blind side by side Dujac Clos Roche 11. On the nose very attractive, cool, sea breeze, then a bit sweet. On the palate OK but lack of lift, bit short. I preferred the 11 here. This was the wine I brought to the tasting and I double decanted it 4 hours prior. When I did and tasted it was a better wine (probably 94 then?) with sweeter spice and quite refined so I was frankly a bit disappointed when the wine was revealed. So I would pnp here... (blind guess CSD 08).
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Jon's 40th Bash. Drank in Grassl Cru. Aired in bottle about 7+ hours in advance. Appearance is clear, pale intensity, ruby colour. Legs. Nose is clean, medium+ intensity, with aromas of pungent spicy stems, earth, dark red cherries, cinnamon spice, stony minerality. Developing. On the palate, dry, high acidity, medium+ alcohol (13.5%), structured medium+ tannins, full body. Medium+ flavour intensity, with flavours of brambles, spicy stems, wild red cherries, stony minerality, earth, some animal meat. Very long finish. Very very good quality. Real good stuff. Though the pungent stems were not appreciated by some at the table. Classic Clos de la Roche for me. Will still improve over the next few years.
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During a Paulee dinner, so only brief impressions. More brooding than the 2011 next to it but equally impressive with cut hay, stems, earthy notes, bright acidity. Early drinking window, better wait a few more years.
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So young but so attractive. This is super fresh and bright, but with chewy dark fruit and impressive breadth. Cool-inflected minerals. Needs a ton of air, but with time this is super deep and layered. Totally confident this will be great--and in some sense it already is--but it needs a decade. Very structured.
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More dark fruit versus the csd. The nose has some tertiary note. This wine needs like 8-10 years to be accessible. The oak is too prevalent. I think the wine is in a dumb phase now.
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A slightly darker fruit profile than the CSD. Also quite spicy with some sarsaparilla root and Chinese 5 spice. Sweet and succulent red and black fruits envelop the mouth. It has good line and really fans out on the finish.
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Bright cherry. Tannic. Dark ruby in color. To me, a classic 08 profile. The impressive part is that this was mistaken for the 05 by a few experienced tasters at the table tonight.
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RJ’s wine dinner – random wines – Krug, Salon, Leroy, Truchot, Dujac, La Turque, Chave, SQN and etc. (Mon Ami Gabi - Reston, VA): Started real tight, also as Peter and Mark stated very reductive with noticeable sulfur presence. Initially shy red fruits and cedar as in oak. With air, it opens up nicely, sappy red fruits, raspberry, spicy spices, sesame coming from oak, mineral and earth. Medium concentration, sappy sweet fruits, strong mineral presence, bright acidity and noticeable but nicely integrated tannins. Fresh, red fruit driven, intense, precise and nicely structure. It kind of got lost in the flight. Still need at least five years to integrate and ten plus years to show secondary and tertiary notes. If drinking now, I would recommend in a dinner for not more than four with a couple hours of decanting at cellar temperature. 92 pts today but should be a 95 pointer.
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Les plus grands domaines de bourgogne selon la RVF: Un nez controversé, clairement soufré, dans lequel on décèle des arômes de petits fruits rouges et d’épices. Une bouche à l’opposé du bouquet, d’un charme fou, satinée et élégante, pleine, gourmande, profonde, au profil légèrement sauvage. À revisiter dans une décennie! 92-93
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Dark earthy cherries with backward brooding fruit. Very young and a bit ungiving at this point. Will of course improve, but not sure it's worth the tariff.
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This is just a baby at the moment but delivers quality with red and black fruit and hints of game, spices and cherries. Long aftertaste and it is a class act with broad flavors and will be enjoyed even more in some years from now. Probably at least 10 years or maybe longer.
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Two Burgundy lovers and their weekend in Napa Valley (SF/NAPA): Intensely powerful wine on the palate throwing off a boatload of stem spice and floral on the nose. The acid and tannin are already balanced and runs beautifully along the backbone. There is this very tasty bright fruit that intermingles with the spice. Everything mixed together puts forth this long finish of cool fruit that just lingers on the palate. Must find more.
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2011 Special Session 2 - Jon and Bernard! (Jade Palace Seafood Restaurant, The Forum Shopping Mall, Orchard Road): Alcohol :: 13.5% The vibrant ruby red color show us the youth of this wine. While still pretty tight, the nose is deep and intense with underlying power. The chalky mineral and iron dominating the aromatic profile with underlying scent of floral, touch of spiciness, cold herbs and intense red cherry, blackberry fruits. Excellent richness on the palate but the flavors are relatively restraint at this stage with spiciness and soft refreshing mineral cut through palate that added extra depth and also lending wonderful freshness to it. The very long lingering finished is filled with floral and bitter sweet cocoa. The harmonious and finesse is there, also very pure and clean with the fine-grained tannin well integrated to the wine structured and underlying material as a whole. This has the balance for the long term. 92
2nd day (1/10 left over from decanter and poured back to the bottle.): Knocked out aromas of highly perfume floral, red and black cherry, iron and smoke meatiness that is really powerful and broad. The impressive aromas spectrum is widen by orange, earth, mild spiciness, stem, huge mineral background. Tannic but well balance with excellent harmonious. The palate also became more powerful with the dry extract and tannin coated the mouth yet remained fresh, light and silky, thanks to the concentration of sweet fruits and really well defined soft mineral and lively acidity. The complex flavors showing a touch of expresso and smoke meat that culminated into the explosive finish that has this finesse and still retain sense of elegance. Great wine. 93-94+
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Some at the table thought the oak was a little toasty and dominated the nose, I thought this wine was terrific. The fruit is rich and sweet and very intense. There’s a big lick of minerals flaying through the palate and it is laden with crunchy cherries. The finish is somewhat akin to sucking on a cherry stone.
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This reminded me a Bonne Mares in that it is surprisingly delicate but also has strong backbone via noticeable but not obtrusive tannins . Sappy red fruit, raspberry, white pepper and limestone. The palate is delicate and decadent at the same time as the body gives deceptively light impression yet the fruit is extremely sweet and intense. It is young but definitely one can see the quality of GCs in that everything is precise and there is strong tension. It will be a great GC burgundy one day but even now very pretty.
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Domaine Dujac Visit to taste 2009 and 2008 (Morey St.-Denis): Tasting at Domaine. Big black and red cherry on nose, overshadowing interesting spice and floral aspects. Black cherry slightly more pronounced on palate today, a bit backward at first, then explosive on finish with excellent spice. This will need at least a decade to really reach its potential, and I wouldn't be surprised if it needs 20 years.
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4/16/2024 - Biskuit Likes this wine:
Night of Dujac (will hopefully update note)
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1/17/2024 - dream wrote:
Unlike the last bottle, this was too reduced and never came around.
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9/30/2023 - melvinyeowq wrote: 95 Points
Tokyo wines; 9/29/2023-10/2/2023: Dujac GCs have been on my bucket list - wanted to take the 06 CSD but unfortunately it wasn’t available, so I took this instead. Thankfully it was showing brilliantly, surprisingly approachable and firmly was in its drinking window. Despite not being as Dujac as expected, it was a stunning wine. Glorious red-fruited notes, instead of the blue that I expected. Very attractive and integrated at this stage, not tannic and stemmy at all. Fresh pour had more overt fruit but tightened up and ‘08 acidity showed a little with time in the glass. Incredibly seamless wine, supremely balanced without anything out of place.
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9/22/2023 - RobinTeo Likes this wine: 95 Points
The one with MSD + Bonnes Mares (Chapter 1 Wine Bar): Not quite the classic Dujac bouquet yet brimming of elegance amidst high toned aromatics, violets and pomegranate. Mulberry, cherries and raspberry dominate the front of the palate while a robust and sturdy flex of the CDLR muscles of power and density ensues. On the finish, lovely supporting cast of earthy undertones and good acidity with tannins integrating really nicely. Definitely amongst the top 2 or 3 tonight.
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9/22/2023 - Sean Tay Likes this wine: 94 Points
Morey Saint Denis & Bonne Mares: Pronounced nose intensity with sour cherry, flora, red fruits, toast, earth. Medium+ acidity and medium tannin. Felt that the wine is not in it peak and just entering drinking window. Will be interesting to find out in future on its development hence the lower score.
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7/25/2023 - dream Likes this wine: 94 Points
The nose is just fabulous with incredible scents of cherry spice and violet flowers. The palate is still a bit youthful but with lots of air it shows gorgeous dark cherry fruits within a firm structure built on crisp acids. The finish is tightly wound but with emerging complexity with notes of cherry spice and brilliant minerals. Real depth here and quite a large-scaled Burgundy that needs more time but still a joy to drink with boeuf bourguignon today. 94+
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1/12/2023 - BradE wrote:
2018 White Burgundy and 2008 Dujac: The group's overall favorite in our blind flight of six 2008 Dujac. I was an outlier, and ranked it fifth.
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11/20/2022 - godx wrote: 94 Points
Tasted blind. Youthful wine. Palate has lots of stuffing but also a polish and purity to it. Concentrated but elegant. Very well balanced. Didn't show as much stem inclusion as one would expect from Dujac. Lovely wine and can't wait to try this in a decade. 94+
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11/11/2022 - The Vines That Bind wrote: 94 Points
[Blind] Feels pretty big upfront. Pure. clean, has a certain balsa wood dryness. Great purity. Big and powerful but has elegance. Nice perfume. Power, cleanliness, some modernity. I actually ruled out Dujac for lack of obvious stems or whole cluster. Does anyone know the stem / cluster regimen here throughout the 2000s?
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12/20/2021 - WoodieBayArea wrote: 94 Points
saw some good notes and treated myself to one of two bottles I bought... this was fantastic wine, with beautiful blue/purple fruit (not dark, not red) and loads of spices... nonetheless it was an elegant wine - with power but lithe... just a beautiful wine that I felt I almost ate as much as drank (flavor wise)... had over two nights, needed several hour decant on night one to really show, and tho diff on night two (more spice) it was 94 pts both nights... yes, yes, yes -- wish I had bought more... paid $265 and now priced in the US at $1,100... sad
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8/15/2021 - J'agnes Likes this wine: 94 Points
From a 375ml with a perfect closure. Nice depth of colour with a narrow rim. This wine is really hitting it's stride now. Nose is forest floor and spice with a hint of barnyard. Palate has nice tart red fruit with a pleasing grip from the super fine grained tannins on the finish. Pleasantly vegetal on the finish. An interesting intellectual wine to be savoured, although perhaps lacking the underlying power of the very best. This wine retains both acidity and tannin and could easily do 5 more years and maybe plenty more?
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6/19/2021 - Nanda wrote: 95 Points
The Roots Fund Grand Cru Charity Dinner (Home): 96/99/00/01/08. I really love Dujac in 2008 and this bottle showed quite well in the flight. Of course, a bit more youthful, but with plenty of pure, brightly stemmy, and meaty fruit. Rich and concentrated with a seamlessness that not all achieved in 2008. Great now, with upside.
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6/19/2021 - Burgundy Al wrote: 94 Points
The Roots Fund Charity Grand Cru Dinner (House of Nanda - Chicago IL): In vertical. The baby of the flight, which made it tougher for me to love, but the stuffing is here. Spice galore with lots of concentration, this could never be expected to be as layered (yet) as the 99/00/01 vintages alongside, but was certainly tasty and hinting at its trajectory.
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3/12/2021 - MartyL Likes this wine: 93 Points
Fantastic. Still drinking youngish and with a strong Dujac aromatic signature. No shame opening this now but has the bones for years in the cellar too.
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2/20/2021 - fatboi Likes this wine: 92 Points
Definitely a nose of stem and a palate of spices but found the fruit to be muted. Was expecting a more nuance wine in light of reviews I read. Good underlying body but seems to need more time or air. Should have likely opened the bottle up earlier in the night.
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2/9/2021 - conviction buy Likes this wine: 94 Points
Pnp, color is bright garnet, in line with aroma of just ripen red fruits, hint of fresh acidity, trace of hawthorne, extremely lovely. On palate, slightly grippy dusty tannin gives way in no time to a plethora of red fruits, hint of stem, little trace of oak. Everything is in great balance, long finish despite the decepting medium mouth feel. A perfect elegant example of CdlR!
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1/16/2021 - Argrath wrote: 94 Points
(Burgundy 2008 half-blind tasting)
Very rich and generous nose. Some toasty oak. Extremely spicy. Pine-cone aroma. Forest floor beginning to emerge.
Fullish, dense and rich palate. A load of pine-cone forest floor. Very spicy. Plum, oak and gunpowder intermingle nicely. Still oak to resolve. Almost coffee-toasty after a while. A hint of tartness in finish perhaps betrays the vintage a bit.
This is very nice now, but can go on for decades perhaps. Groups number 1, my number 3.
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8/27/2020 - Nanda wrote: 95 Points
07/08/09/10 vertical. Gorgeous, lifted and intense aromatics of spice, stem and pure red cherries. The palate is intensely flavored and rich yet bright and ethereal. A bit of an acid-driven edge on the finish that needs to smooth out. Upside from here as it integrates even further. Impressive.
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8/27/2020 - Burgundy Al wrote: 95 Points
Great Champagne and Burgundy Dinner (Park Ridge Country Club): In 07/08/09/10 vertical, all open several hours in advance, none decanted. This is the first time I've had this wine in a non "tasting" setting and it was really shining tonight when given the attention it deserved. Bright red cherry and berry are very fresh and front-and-center, so wonderfully supported by spice, perfume and tannic elements. Rich, yet balanced. The best of the 4 vintages for now, even if 2010 will probably be better in the future.
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3/5/2020 - Burgundy Al wrote:
Zachys La Paulée "Warm-up" Dinner (Lafayette - New York NY): Small glass, brief note. Spice galore with very bright and precocious red fruit. Not backward at all, but I think this wine has so much upside as it softens further. 93-94 point potential.
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9/17/2019 - Jammy Wine wrote: 90 Points
The 2008 Dujac Clos de la Roche is maturing quite fast (like many 2008 red Burgs) and felt slightly awkward, though I feel it would turn into a superb wine (possibly like the 2006 Dujac CdlR) in a few years time. Powerful with meaty and savoury edge. Savoury dark berries, ample new oak spices, fine roasted herbs, and a rustic edge. Slightly meaty with an undergrowth note. Structured and tannic. 2002 Roumier Clos de la Bussieres? (90/100)
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9/14/2019 - BenBlu Likes this wine: 92 Points
Served blind side by side Dujac Clos Roche 11. On the nose very attractive, cool, sea breeze, then a bit sweet. On the palate OK but lack of lift, bit short. I preferred the 11 here. This was the wine I brought to the tasting and I double decanted it 4 hours prior. When I did and tasted it was a better wine (probably 94 then?) with sweeter spice and quite refined so I was frankly a bit disappointed when the wine was revealed. So I would pnp here... (blind guess CSD 08).
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8/24/2019 - Derek Darth Taster Likes this wine: 95 Points
Jon's 40th Bash. Drank in Grassl Cru. Aired in bottle about 7+ hours in advance.
Appearance is clear, pale intensity, ruby colour. Legs.
Nose is clean, medium+ intensity, with aromas of pungent spicy stems, earth, dark red cherries, cinnamon spice, stony minerality. Developing.
On the palate, dry, high acidity, medium+ alcohol (13.5%), structured medium+ tannins, full body. Medium+ flavour intensity, with flavours of brambles, spicy stems, wild red cherries, stony minerality, earth, some animal meat. Very long finish.
Very very good quality. Real good stuff. Though the pungent stems were not appreciated by some at the table. Classic Clos de la Roche for me. Will still improve over the next few years.
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3/27/2019 - Collector1855 wrote: 96 Points
During a Paulee dinner, so only brief impressions. More brooding than the 2011 next to it but equally impressive with cut hay, stems, earthy notes, bright acidity. Early drinking window, better wait a few more years.
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9/1/2018 - MikeATL wrote: 94 Points
Some nice Burgs (and a few others): It took a few hours to show its stuff, but once it did it showed great elegance and complexity.
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8/31/2018 - rc@ughey wrote: 94 Points
So young but so attractive. This is super fresh and bright, but with chewy dark fruit and impressive breadth. Cool-inflected minerals. Needs a ton of air, but with time this is super deep and layered. Totally confident this will be great--and in some sense it already is--but it needs a decade. Very structured.
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10/6/2017 - Sleepy Dave wrote:
Theme: MSD Grand Crus
Vibrant ruby. More restraint compared to the 2001 but showing similar purity. Youthful and full of energy. Great length.
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10/6/2017 - etyc Likes this wine:
MSD GC theme'd dinner @ Summer Pavilion.
TBU...
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4/10/2017 - Burgnick wrote: 91 Points
More dark fruit versus the csd. The nose has some tertiary note. This wine needs like 8-10 years to be accessible. The oak is too prevalent. I think the wine is in a dumb phase now.
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2/8/2016 - Jeremy Holmes wrote:
A slightly darker fruit profile than the CSD. Also quite spicy with some sarsaparilla root and Chinese 5 spice. Sweet and succulent red and black fruits envelop the mouth. It has good line and really fans out on the finish.
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6/7/2015 - FYC wrote:
Bright cherry. Tannic. Dark ruby in color. To me, a classic 08 profile. The impressive part is that this was mistaken for the 05 by a few experienced tasters at the table tonight.
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7/17/2013 - dcwino wrote: 95 Points
RJ’s wine dinner – random wines – Krug, Salon, Leroy, Truchot, Dujac, La Turque, Chave, SQN and etc. (Mon Ami Gabi - Reston, VA): Started real tight, also as Peter and Mark stated very reductive with noticeable sulfur presence. Initially shy red fruits and cedar as in oak. With air, it opens up nicely, sappy red fruits, raspberry, spicy spices, sesame coming from oak, mineral and earth. Medium concentration, sappy sweet fruits, strong mineral presence, bright acidity and noticeable but nicely integrated tannins. Fresh, red fruit driven, intense, precise and nicely structure. It kind of got lost in the flight. Still need at least five years to integrate and ten plus years to show secondary and tertiary notes. If drinking now, I would recommend in a dinner for not more than four with a couple hours of decanting at cellar temperature. 92 pts today but should be a 95 pointer.
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2/15/2013 - BigJul Likes this wine: 93 Points
Les plus grands domaines de bourgogne selon la RVF: Un nez controversé, clairement soufré, dans lequel on décèle des arômes de petits fruits rouges et d’épices. Une bouche à l’opposé du bouquet, d’un charme fou, satinée et élégante, pleine, gourmande, profonde, au profil légèrement sauvage. À revisiter dans une décennie! 92-93
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11/10/2012 - Tavastgatan wrote: 93 Points
Dark earthy cherries with backward brooding fruit. Very young and a bit ungiving at this point. Will of course improve, but not sure it's worth the tariff.
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11/8/2012 - St Paul wrote: 94 Points
This is just a baby at the moment but delivers quality with red and black fruit and hints of game, spices and cherries. Long aftertaste and it is a class act with broad flavors and will be enjoyed even more in some years from now. Probably at least 10 years or maybe longer.
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8/22/2012 - clayfu wrote:
Two Burgundy lovers and their weekend in Napa Valley (SF/NAPA): Intensely powerful wine on the palate throwing off a boatload of stem spice and floral on the nose. The acid and tannin are already balanced and runs beautifully along the backbone. There is this very tasty bright fruit that intermingles with the spice. Everything mixed together puts forth this long finish of cool fruit that just lingers on the palate. Must find more.
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11/13/2011 - Sleepy Dave wrote: 93 Points
2011 Special Session 2 - Jon and Bernard! (Jade Palace Seafood Restaurant, The Forum Shopping Mall, Orchard Road): Alcohol :: 13.5%
The vibrant ruby red color show us the youth of this wine. While still pretty tight, the nose is deep and intense with underlying power. The chalky mineral and iron dominating the aromatic profile with underlying scent of floral, touch of spiciness, cold herbs and intense red cherry, blackberry fruits. Excellent richness on the palate but the flavors are relatively restraint at this stage with spiciness and soft refreshing mineral cut through palate that added extra depth and also lending wonderful freshness to it. The very long lingering finished is filled with floral and bitter sweet cocoa. The harmonious and finesse is there, also very pure and clean with the fine-grained tannin well integrated to the wine structured and underlying material as a whole. This has the balance for the long term. 92
2nd day (1/10 left over from decanter and poured back to the bottle.): Knocked out aromas of highly perfume floral, red and black cherry, iron and smoke meatiness that is really powerful and broad. The impressive aromas spectrum is widen by orange, earth, mild spiciness, stem, huge mineral background. Tannic but well balance with excellent harmonious. The palate also became more powerful with the dry extract and tannin coated the mouth yet remained fresh, light and silky, thanks to the concentration of sweet fruits and really well defined soft mineral and lively acidity. The complex flavors showing a touch of expresso and smoke meat that culminated into the explosive finish that has this finesse and still retain sense of elegance. Great wine. 93-94+
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11/11/2011 - Jeremy Holmes wrote:
Some at the table thought the oak was a little toasty and dominated the nose, I thought this wine was terrific. The fruit is rich and sweet and very intense. There’s a big lick of minerals flaying through the palate and it is laden with crunchy cherries. The finish is somewhat akin to sucking on a cherry stone.
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5/19/2011 - dcwino wrote: 95 Points
This reminded me a Bonne Mares in that it is surprisingly delicate but also has strong backbone via noticeable but not obtrusive tannins . Sappy red fruit, raspberry, white pepper and limestone. The palate is delicate and decadent at the same time as the body gives deceptively light impression yet the fruit is extremely sweet and intense. It is young but definitely one can see the quality of GCs in that everything is precise and there is strong tension. It will be a great GC burgundy one day but even now very pretty.
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9/14/2010 - Burgundy Al wrote: 93 Points
Domaine Dujac Visit to taste 2009 and 2008 (Morey St.-Denis): Tasting at Domaine. Big black and red cherry on nose, overshadowing interesting spice and floral aspects. Black cherry slightly more pronounced on palate today, a bit backward at first, then explosive on finish with excellent spice. This will need at least a decade to really reach its potential, and I wouldn't be surprised if it needs 20 years.
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6/3/2010 - ricknat1 wrote: 94 Points
At the Domaine: . Another world. Delicious plus more. Deep, dark, intense black fruits, earthy, leather on the nose
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