2013 Domaine Duroché Gevrey-Chambertin Le Clos

Community Tasting Notes (9) Avg Score: 88.9 points

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  11/14/2023 - Alan Demers Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Opened it to go with coq au vin. Color was dark ruby red bordering on garnet but translucent with clear rim. The nose was of red fruit lots of currants/cassis dried leaves and slight barnyard. Medium body and high acidity. Palate of dark red fruit like raspberry and currant with a hint of cherry. Roses and lavender followed by milk chocolate with a silky smooth finish. Very rich and structured Gevrey Chambertin with 10 years on it.

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  9/3/2019 - ledocq Likes this wine:

  What a weird experience for any other wine that isn't Burgundy. For Burgundy? Average, I guess. Really tannic, really acidic on the pnp and not a pleasant drink for the first hour. My gf skipped out on this because "Burgundy is for people who like to make excuses," and I can't argue. It's sort of a chore to get through, and then this burnt rubber kind of note settles in more and more so that the wine tastes only like a charred sponge. I'm really to call it quits when TWO HOURS IN, it resolves and tastes...too tannic and not ready. But like a normal wine. Like a really really powerful Gevrey that needs another 5 years. I love Duroche - my hunch is that this should be buried for a while.

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  11/30/2016 - Seth Rosenberg Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Open about 18 hours. Right now the nose is showing stemmy green and tart red cranberry and cherry fruit, and then quite a bit of perfumed rose petal. There's also stones, iron, dirt and a little spice. This is quite young, linear, and taut, like many 2013s, with quite a bit of acid. The palate is very similar - both in flavor and texture, to the nose. It's got lots of stems/green, tart red fruits, some stones and earth, and herbal and floral aspects. Both the nose and palate have a slightly deeper/darker layer to them that adds some extra complexity, moving them from simply good to very good. The palate is high acid, transparent, and quite pure, with a little bit of sharp and bright tannins showing up towards the end. The finish is red fruit, acid crunch and stones. Nose - 5/6, Palate - 5/6, Finish - 4.5+/6, Je ne Sais Quoi - 1/2 = 15.5+/20 (with 15.5-16/20 potential.)
  
  Update on 12/4/16: Still going strong (about 1/5 bottle sitting on counter, cork in, no gas) black cherry, game, iron, stones, some herbs, marzipan, some zingy orange peel. Much more resolved now on palate: dark fruits - black cherry and blackberry, game, iron, bit of blood and citrus/zest. Finish is red cherries, stones with bright acid and a bit of resolved and very fine tannins. Nose - 5/6, Palate - 5/6, Finish - 4.5/6, Je ne Sais Quoi - 1.5/2 = 16/20.

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  10/10/2016 - RajivAyyangar wrote: 88 Points

  Monday Night Blinds - Michael and Ousi (Home (Noe st)): (blind)
  M- Ruby
  Reductive - burnt rubber, with some earth.
  med body
  elevated alcohol - 13.5%
  elevated acid
  elevated tannins
  No signs of new oak
  Fruit is tart red cherry.
  Earth - dry dusty earth.
  
  Thin-skinned old-world reds with reduction and no oak:
  Red burgundy - tannins are too high, but reduction fits
  GSM - acid is too high, and reduction doesn't fit
  Rhone Syrah - color is too light.
  High tannins - Nebbiolo (wouldn't have reductive winemaking).
  Beaujolais?
  
  On the balance of things, I think it's a tannic Burgundy.
  Young (2013) Red Burgundy - Nuits-St-George, premier-cru quality.
  
  Actually: 2013 Duroche Le Clos Gevrey-Chambertin
  
  Pretty close. Surprised at how tannic this is.

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  8/30/2016 - Sixchips600 Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Difficult to rate this wine. I go from loving the punchy acidity, to thinking it is too harsh/sharp. Overall good depth of flavor, dark fruit for this level. High toned intense spicy nose. Probably better when the acids and tannins calm down in a couple years.

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