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  • Country ranking ?

    538
  • Producer ranking ?

    18
  • Decanting time

    2h
  • When to drink

    now to 2035
  • Food Pairing

    dry aged cheeses

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The Story

Unlike most Burgundian estates, whether they have been bottling for a number of decades or only embarked on this path recently, the Domaine Dujac is a recent creation. It dates from 1968. Jacques Seysses, the founder, is in his early 70s, and has now taken a back seat in favour of his sons Jeremy and Alec and Jeremy's wife Diana, a trained wine chemist (oenologue). They have been working as a trio now for a few vintages. Have things changed? Should we expect more radical differences in the wines to come compared with the Dujacs of old? I went up to Morey-Saint-Denis to find out.

The Clos Saint-Denis Grand Cru lies between the village of Morey-Saint-Denis to the south and 
Gevrey-Chambertin to the north, where the slope is very steep (13%). The plot varies in altitude from 284 to 309 meters. The lieu-dit faces east-southeast.

The soil changes from east to west. The reddish-brown soil in the eastern part is 40 to 50 cm thick, with some angular-to-rounded limestone fragments. Upslope, in the western part of this Grand Cru plot, the soil is richer in fine angular limestone gravel.

Two different substrata underlie the Clos Saint-Denis. To the east, the substratum is a fine light-colored limestone, occasionally containing flint-like chert nodules (chailles). This Premeaux limestone, crops out in beds tens of centimeters thick. To the west, where the slope is steeper, a thin layer of Comblanchien limestone scree in the form of fine angular gravel partly covers the slope.

 

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Wine Information

In 1961 Bordeaux had the last word; in 1978 Burgundy reigned supreme. A wet June led to uneven flowering. Less sun during summer than normal, but then an exceptional late Indian summer — the end of August and September made this a legendary vintage. Harmonious, silky and structured wines with great length. One of the best vintages of the century.

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Someone hailed the next flight as “one of the best flights ever” and “a 300 point flight!”  I had it at 291+ lol, but it was an amazing flight.  The 1978 Dujac Clos St. Denis was ‘textbook’ per Dave.  It was full of musk and had a long finish, in that stylish and elegant Burgundy way.  It was a gritty wine with nice tension and great minerality.  Purple fruits dominated its flavor profile.  Ultimately, this was the group’s favorite by far, but not mine (97).

  • 97p

Medium-full colour. Fully mature. Lovely nose. Aromatic, ripe, mature, complex and vigorous. Lots of depth and interest. This is really fine. Medium-full body. Very fine grip. Excellent fruit. A real treat.

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Origin

Morey-Saint-Denis, Burgundy

Vintage Quality

Outstanding

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