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Domaine Dujac, Bonnes Mares Grand Cru 2020
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Reviewed by: Neal Martin
The 2020 Bonnes-Mares has an expressive bouquet with red berry fruit, white pepper and light floral scents. The palate is well balanced with fine-grain tannins, quite sinewy, grippy and dense. I can imagine this being stoic and "grumpy" in its youth and therefore constitutes one of Dujac's most cellar-worthy wines. Patience in abundance required.
Reviewed by: Neal Martin
The 2020 Bonnes-Mares Grand Cru has a tightly-wound bouquet, quite linear and conservative for a Bonnes-Mares, lightly spiced with hints of tobacco and sea spray. The palate is well balanced with sappy black fruit, fine acidity, impressive density with a grippy but detailed, refreshingly minerally finish. This has a skip in its step, a beautifully-crafted Bonnes-Mares that will age with style.
Reviewed by: William Kelley
The 2020 Bonnes-Mares Grand Cru is one of the high points of the range. Revealing aromas of peonies, rose petals, Griotte cherries, pomegranate, blood orange and warm spices, it's full-bodied, layered and velvety, with a deep and perfumed core and supple tannins. It's remarkably seamless, even charming, for a wine that's often the most introverted and slow-evolving in the Dujac cellar.
Reviewed by: William Kelley
The 2020 Bonnes-Mares Grand Cru is performing every bit as well in bottle as it promised to in barrel. Exhibiting a deep bouquet of dark berries, orange zest, rose petal, coniferous forest floor and spices, it's full-bodied, pure and perfumed, its velvety attack segueing into a deep, layered mid-palate of striking energy and intensity of flavor. This is often my favorite wine in the Dujac cellar, though it invariably takes the better part of two decades to attain a semblance of maturity, and the 2020 is a benchmark rendition.
Reviewed by: Neal Martin
The 2020 Bonnes-Mares Grand Cru has a tightly-wound bouquet, quite linear and conservative for a Bonnes-Mares, lightly spiced with hints of tobacco and sea spray. The palate is well balanced with sappy black fruit, fine acidity, impressive density with a grippy but detailed, refreshingly minerally finish. This has a skip in its step, a beautifully-crafted Bonnes-Mares that will age with style.
About the Producer
Domaine Dujac is managed by the Seysses family. It was founded in 1967 by Jacque Seyesses. At the beginning, Château Dujac had only 4.5 hectares of vineyards in Morey-Saint-Denis. The vineyards were expanded with the purchase of Echezeaux, Bonnes MaresChambertin, Romanee St Vivant and Vosene-Romanee. The estate also owns 1.95 hectares of vineyards in the Clos de la Roche, where the vines are on average 45 to 50 years old. The estate also has 1.45 hectares of vineyards in Clos Saint-Denis, with vines of an average age of 45 to 50 years. In 2005, Château Dujac, together with Chateau de Puligny-Montrachet, acquired Domaine Charles Thomas, acquiring Charles Thomas' shares in the vineyards of Chambertin, Vosne- Romanee and other vineyards. However, the estate sold some of its vineyards after the purchase in order to finance the purchase. However, this acquisition allowed the estate to expand to around 15.5 hectares. Under Jacques' leadership, Château Dujac has developed very well. The grapes were pressed whole and the must was fermented in new oak barrels, and in 1999, when Jacques handed over the running of the estate to his son, the way the estate was made changed dramatically: the grapes were sometimes destemmed and the barrels used for fermentation were probably only 25% new oak. However, the estate's Grand Cru wines are still matured in new oak barrels, while the Grand Cru wines are matured in 60% to 80% new oak barrels. Bottling usually takes place in February or March of the following year. The estate produces around 4,650 bottles/hectare of wine.
