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Subregion | France > Burgundy > Côte de Nuits > Gevrey-Chambertin |
Colour | Red |
Type | Still |
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The 2012 Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru from Claude Dugat is in deep hibernation, but its quality is nonetheless apparent, its reticent nose of black cherry, coniferous forest floor and dried flowers introducing a medium-full, sappy wine with a deep core of crunchy fruit, a polished chassis of chalky tannins and a long, penetrating and juicy finish. That this has already seemingly metabolized its new oak augers very well for its future development. Count on cellaring this until 2022 at the bare minimum.
**Note: a 50/50 blend of Craipillot and La Perrière; the two parcels total .35 ha**
This is more elegant still and slightly more complex if compositionally similar to the nose of the Gevrey villages. There is good delineation to the intense and chiseled mineral-inflected medium weight flavors that possess good drive on the ever-so-mildly austere, balanced and lingering finish. A lovely and understated wine that has the stuffing to age.
The 2012 Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru comes from two lieux-dits: “Les Craipillot” and “La Perriere”, the latter with more limestone soils. The nose is very well defined with superb mineralite – a clear level up from the village cru and with time there is an alluring, feminine dried rose petal scent. The palate is medium-bodied with very fine tannins - a feminine, beautifully focused with fine tension on the finish. Poised and balletic, but just 4 barrels this year.