Reviews & Scores
Bright, deep red. Dark chocolate and medicinal berries on the rather closed nose. Concentrated and fresh but backward, with very ripe flavors of jammy morello cherry and cinnamon. As young and burly as this is, it shows more fruit today than the Echezeaux, and yet its medicinal reserve and concentration suggest that it will evolve slowly and go on for a couple of decades in the bottle. A distinctly powerful style of Charmes, but with subtle finishing minerality.
ST92March 2008
The parade of Dujac grand crus begins with their 2005 Charmes-Chambertin, assembled from several parcels in both Mazoyeres and “Ur-“ Charmes. Especially coming after the striking contrast of the two Vosne crus, this smells and tastes like the proverbial bowl of cherries. Polished and incipiently creamy, it’s like a pillow after the firm mattresses offered by the two Vosnes for long resting in the cellar. Licorice, chalk dust, and slight hints of game lend complexity to this wine’s forward fruit and inform a finish of refined structure and imposing length that should drink well early.
WA92June 2007
This is notably ripe yet still fresh and quite pretty with violet, plum and black cherry liqueur aromas that are trimmed in plenty of earth. The big, powerful and solid-concentrated middle weight plus flavors have really deepened and broadened since I last saw this in barrel. While I would stop short of describing it as robust the tannic structure is quite firm and this is clearly built to last for another 20 years. An impressive effort that is best left in the cellar for another 7 to 10 years as it will require at least that long for the tannic spine to mellow. This is definitely a lovely effort with excellent potential because despite all of the size, weight and punch, there is an impeccable sense of balance.
BH93