2016 Dujac Clos St Denis GC 1x75cl

Neal Martin 96

The 2016 Clos Saint-Denis Grand Cru really delivers on the nose. It is just as ebullient in bottle as it showed in barrel with vivacious red cherries, crushed strawberry and mineral scents. A subtle touch of pressed rose petals emerges with time. The palate is medium-bodied with a fine structure that grips the mouth, quite dense with a mixture of red and black fruit laced with tobacco and a light marine/saline note that becomes more accentuated with time. Superb. Tasted at Flint Wines Domaine Dujac tasting in London. [Neal Martin, 19/03/2019]

Anticipated maturity: 2022-2050

Vinous 91-94

Good dark red. Deeper-pitched and more reticent on the nose than the Clos de la Roche, hinting at darker fruits and mocha; I would almost certainly have confused these two wines if they had been served blind. Very ripe and concentrated but medicinal and tightly wrapped, even a bit compact today. I don’t find the usual definition and delicacy of young Clos Saint-Denis but this impressively thick wine finishes ripe, spicy and long, with a repeating medicinal aspect. Hard to taste today: I wanted a bit more verve. [Stephen Tanzer, 01/01/2018]

Wine Advocate 95-97

“The 2016 Clos Saint-Denis Grand Cru has a superior bouquet to the Clos de la Roche, with ebullient raspberry and wild strawberry fruit, quite floral in style with orange blossom scents developing in the glass. There is an underlying sense of terroir, but it feels very discrete at the moment. The palate is medium-bodied with fine delineation, harmonious and fresh with a long, tender, noble finish that is pulled out of the top drawer. This is a potentially awesome Clos-Saint-Denis that has a very bright future, one that might surpass the excellent 2015.” [Neal Martin, 29/12/2017]

Anticipated maturity: 2022-2050