2011 Griotte Chambertin
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Another strong performance from Dugat is the 2011 Griotte-Chambertin Grand Cru, a wine that transcends the vintage, offering up aromas of cherries, plums, spices and rose petals, without any of the somewhat herbaceous characteristics that sometimes mark out 2011s. Full-bodied, fleshy and seamless, it's sensual and layered, with a rich core of fruit, melting tannins and a saline finish. This vintage offers such immediate pleasure that it makes a good choice for drinking over the next decade.
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Allen Meadows, Burghound
Neal Martin
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Bright medium red. Enticing, ethereal aromas of urgent crushed berries, flowers and medicinal herbs. Shows less volume than the 2012 version but this is silky and balanced, with harmonious acidity giving shape to the smoky red and black fruit flavors. This should evolve gracefully and gain in sweetness and complexity with bottle age. Dugat told me he'd wait ten years before pulling the cork.
Bright, deep red. Knockout perfume of red cherry, framboise, flowers and crushed stone. Wonderfully silky and sweet on entry, then reticent and primary in the mid-palate, showing less obvious power than the Charmes. Not a powerful style but finishes with outstanding finesse of tannins and a whiplash of red fruits and stone. This will call for at least five or six years of bottle aging.
The 2011 Griotte-Chambertin is wonderfully lifted and perfumed in the glass, reflecting the true essence of Griotte. Here the flavors and textures inhabit an upper register of pure beauty. Sweet floral notes are layered into a finish of simply extraordinary finesse.