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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
The Gevrey-Chambertin Aux Combottes is one of the highlights in the 2015 lineup. This wine is coming from a cool terroir below the Monts Luisants hill. This is a brilliant wine and clearly the best Aux Combottes I have tasted from Dujac so far .. and I have followed this wine for two decades of …
[Read more...] about Domaine Dujac, Gevrey-Chambertin Aux Combottes 2015
The Morey 1er cru is showing its beauty claiming its right in the 2015 lineup. It's a very harmonious effort offering the best sides of the 2015 vintage. The bouquet offer charming red and dark fruit - very juicy and with a nice deep earthy minerality - textbook Morey. On the palate fine mid-palate …
[Read more...] about Domaine Dujac, Morey-Saint-Denis 1er cru 2015
Starting with one negociant wine .. the Morey-Saint-Denis village - a lovely and elegant village. The nose offer fresh red and dark berry fruit - lovely depth for this level. On the palate juicy fruit - quite weighty with fine almost silky tannins. Love the balance and drinkability here ... a lot of …
[Read more...] about Dujac fils et Pere, Morey-Saint-Denis 2015
Domaine Dujac is an old favorite ... one of the first estates I visited in Burgundy back in the 1990s. A lot of wine has passed the palate since then - but Dujac is sort of a safe haven quality and aromatics wise. The tasting at Dujac was this year with a larger gathering of prominent sommeliers …
[Read more...] about Visit – tasting of the 2015s from Domaine Dujac
The year 2016 is rapidly closing in on 2017 ... thus it's time to look back. I do taste a lot of wines and it would be easy to take the best rated wines of the year and make a top 10 list. Wine is however much more than just points and ratings - its about timing - is the wine ready to taste or …
