2015 Clos de la Roche, Grand Cru, Domaine Dujac, Burgundy

23 barrels made! New barrel but very rich and winning! Firm and sweet and round. But with a slight fall-off on the end. Spicy. 

Drink 2030 - 2045

Bright, dark red. Deeper-pitched on the nose than the Echézeaux, it offers scents of black raspberry, clove, mocha, and dark chocolate. Similarly, it is more soil-driven in the mouth than the 2016 version, but hick flavours of earth, spices, and saline minerality convey the touch for 2015. It finishes vibrant and long, with thoroughly ripe tannins and echoing minerality.

It has a very rich cherry nose but is not overblown. Firm attack, very concentrated, taut and rather inexpressive now because of the density and weight of fruit. It has grandeur and finesse and is definitely a wine for the long haul—a classic style, initially severe but with a great deal in reserve.

Drink 2020 - 2035

This is also relatively restrained with its more deeply pitched and gorgeously complex mélange of liqueur-like dark currant, newly turned earth, game, sandalwood and violet aromas. There is excellent mid-palate concentration present on the muscular and powerful big-bodied flavors that possess impressive focus and persistence on the hugely long, robust and very firmly structured finale. This breathtakingly good effort will also require extended cellaring to resolve the prominent tannic spine.

Drink 2035+

Domaine Dujac's 2015 Clos de la Roche Grand Cru is wonderful, one of the stars of the range this year, wafting from the glass with a kaleidoscopically complex bouquet of blackberry, cassis, cinnamon, dried rose, orange peel and pencil lead. The wine is full-bodied, multidimensional, and complete on the palate, with a deep core, fine-grained tannins, and perfect balance. Its finish is long and sapid. While this is concentrated—even powerful—it is also beautifully elegant, avoiding the overt muscularity of which this grand cru is capable.

Drink 2025 - 2060