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Clos de la Roche, Domaine Dujac 2008

RegionBurgundy
Subregion France > Burgundy > Côte de Nuits > Morey-Saint-Denis
ColourRed
TypeStill
Grape VarietyPinot Noir

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Tasting Notes

Since day one, I have loved the entire range of 2008s from Domaine Dujac and the Clos de la Roche is still showing beautiful potential as it starts to approach its tenth birthday. The wine has now moved into a stage where one can really sense what it will be like at maturity, with the first stirrings of secondary layers of complexity showing on both the nose and palate. The vibrant bouquet delivers scents of cherries, beetroot, mustard seed, coffee, still a touch of its youthful stems, gorgeous soil tones, woodsmoke and a discreet framing of spicy new wood. On the palate the wine is pure, full-bodied, complex and tangy, with a lovely core of red fruit, excellent soil signature, fine-grained tannins and excellent length and grip on the vivid finish. To my palate, this is an utter classic in the making. 2020-2050+.

96
John Gilman, View From the Cellar (64), August 2016

Airy and cool red berry fruit cut with hints of stone, game and leather leads to detailed, robust and firmly muscular broad-shouldered flavors that are presently very backward, serious and superbly long. The supporting tannins are quite prominent but the overall impression is a well-balanced effort that will require plenty of cellar time to realize its full, and considerable potential.

93
Allen Meadows, Burghound.com (41), January 2011

The Dujac 2008 Clos de la Roche displays a grip, oily bitter-sweetness, and density to match its pungent smokiness and resinous as well as ripe dark berry aromas. There is a distinctly medicinal aura here and I’m ready to take the medicine, which finishes with truly vibratory intensity of herbs, berries, and smoky as well as crushed stone mineral essences. This plush, finely-structure, remarkably and intensely interactive Pinot is probably truly good for you; I’m almost certain it’s good for 12-15 years in your cellar.

94
David Schildknecht, Wine Advocate (189), June 2010

The 2008 Clos de la Roche is particularly refined in this vintage. The wine literally floats on the palate with weightless elegance in its intensely perfumed fruit. Crushed flowers and red berries linger on the silky, impossibly fine finish. This is a fabulous effort from Dujac. Anticipated maturity: 2018-2033.

95
Antonio Galloni, Wine Advocate (194), May 2011

Unfortunately, relatively strong reduction obliterates all but wisps of red berry fruit but the transparency is much better on the detailed, robust and firmly muscular broad-shouldered flavors that are presently very backward, serious and superbly long. The supporting tannins are quite prominent but the overall impression is a well-balanced effort will require plenty of cellar time to realize its full, and considerable potential.

91/94
Allen Meadows, Burghound.com (37), January 2010
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