2001 Domaine Claude Dugat Gevrey-Chambertin
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The 2001 Gevrey-Chambertin Village is drinking beautifully at age 21, offering up aromas of cherries, berries and sweet forest floor, followed by a medium to full-bodied, fleshy palate that's rich and concentrated, framed by the vintage's telltale structuring tannins that continue to contribute some back-end grip. On opening, it's a hearty, characterful wine, but it's only after 30 minutes that it begins to reveal all the plenitude and style—perhaps best characterized in this case as "noble rusticity"—of a great bottle. Anyone who has shaken hands with Claude Dugat will immediately understand what this wine tastes like.
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Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
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Red-ruby. Aromas of black raspberry, bitter cherry and oak; distinct suggestion of crystallized fruits. Round on entry, then rather powerful and a bit backward in the middle palate, with cooler flavors of licorice and bitter chocolate. Not a particularly sweet example, and in need of three or four years of aging. Showing much as it did a year ago from barrel.
Bright ruby-red. Inky aromas of blackberry, cassis, bitter chocolate and spices. Intensely flavored and penetrating, with notes of eucalyptus and torrefaction adding interest to the dark berry notes. Rather structured, powerful, tightly wound village wine.