Clos de la Roche, Domaine Dujac 2022

An expressive, ripe and airy nose features the relatively primary essence of plum liqueur, kirsch, spice and earth notes. The strikingly intense and sleek larger-bodied flavors possess only average concentration yet there is impressive power on the moderately austere and beautifully long finish that tightens up noticeably as it sits on the palate. I suspect that this will flesh out and add richness with time in bottle though like several wines in the range, this is going to require extended patience. Drink: 2037+

The 2022 Clos de la Roche Grand Cru on this encounter was so pure and suave that one might have mistaken it for the Clos Saint-Denis. Offering up aromas of raspberries, cherries, sweet spices, orange zest and peony, it's full-bodied, supple and seamless, with a deep core of fruit, sweet, powdery tannins and a long, sapid finish. There is more underlying muscle and tannin here, however, and I would be surprised to see that assert itself a little more obviously in bottle.

Rich dense purple. Gorgeously attractive if a little more restrained than the Clos St-Denis. Some of the traditional blueberry. So much in reserve. I prefer the weave of the texture here especially if keeping for the longer term. On the cusp of red and black fruit at the finish, and with excellent persistence. Drink from 2032.

The 2022 Clos de la Roche from Jeremy Seysses is an absolutely stunning young wine. The bouquet is deep, complex and bottomless, offering up scents of black plums, red and black cherries, mustard seed, spit-roasted pigeon, bonfire, a superb base of soil, raw cocoa, a touch of nutskin, sweet stem tones and cedary new oak. On the palate the wine is pure, full-bodied and ripely tannic, with a rock solid core of fruit, excellent focus and grip, fine balance and a very, very long, very complex finish. This is a brilliant young Clos de la Roche, but it is going to demand some patience before it starts to soften up and drink with true generosity. (Drink between 2032-2100)