2009 Domaine Claude Dugat Griotte-Chambertin Grand Cru
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A wine of striking purity and plenitude, Dugat's 2009 Griotte-Chambertin Grand Cru offers up aromas of sweet red berries, plums and cherries, mingled with subtle hints of spices and peonies. Full-bodied, rich and fleshy, it's seamless and enveloping, with an ample core of ripe but vibrant fruit, melting tannins, lively acids and a long, saline finish. This has developed beautifully and remains an adolescent today, but its supple, harmonious profile means it already offers irresistible drinking.
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Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
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Bright, deep red-ruby. Liqueur-like black cherry, minerals, mocha and chocolate on the nose. Round on the attack, then thick, spherical and utterly mouthfilling, showing the chocolatey richness of the year. Conveys a restrained sweetness but nonetheless comes across as almost heavy. Finishes with big, youthfully drying tannins.
Deep red-ruby. More tangy minerality to enliven the aromas of black cherry and flowers. The juiciest and most delineated of these 2009s, offering a lighter touch and good inner-palate perfume; less torrefaction here than in the foregoing samples. Silky but not thick; this is more my idea of pinot texture. Finishes with building but rather suave tannins and good energy.