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GEVREY CHAMBERTIN

2016 1er Cru Petite Chapelle Domaine Bernard Dugat-Py

EN PRIMEUR
Pinot NoirRedFrance,BurgundyCôte d'OrCôte de NuitsGevrey Chambertin1er Cru 13%Petite Chapelle

50% whole bunch used this year. Lovely new oak wafts out here in tandem with the powerful, firm dark fruit notes. This has an amazing feel. Perfect shape. The oak is still very much in evidence - it's a high-note in this deep dense, low octave brooding juice. Wow - there are 'peps' here too. Little bursts of tingling electricity dart about your palate - but this is broad, beautifully ripe and well measured. Bravo, a big boy for the future. L&S (Nov 2017)

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(from a .32 ha parcel; vinified with 50% whole cluster). An ultra-fresh and cool array reluctantly displays its notes of forest floor, dark cherry, herbal tea and violet scents. There is terrific verve to the gorgeously textured, delicate and lightly mineral-inflected medium-bodied flavors that carries over to the markedly firm finish that stops just short of being chewy. Plenty of patience will be required for this muscular effort to mature. Drinking range: 2031 - Rating: 93 Allen Meadows, www.Burghound.com (Jan 2019)

Savoury and fresh nose. Real energy and drive here. Not luscious – quite strict. A strict line here. Fine tannins and pretty solid and dense. Drinking range: 2024 - 2030 Rating: 16.5 Jancis Robinson OBE MW - www.JancisRobinson.com (Feb 2018)

(vines at the bottom of this cru sustained some frost damage; vinified with 50% whole clusters; aging in 100% new oak, as are all of the other crus here): A sexy musky note of animal reduction to the aromas of purple and black fruits, violet and saddle leather. Juicy and youthfully imploded but not at all hard, showing a penetrating core of sweet black and purple fruits with solid mineral support. Dense, thick, captivating wine with serious tongue-coating tannins. The palate-staining finish really stimulates the taste buds for such a ripe wine. Rating: 91-93 Stephen Tanzer, www.vinousmedia.com (Jan 2018)

(from a .32 ha parcel; vinified with 50% whole cluster). This is also quite firmly reduced today. Otherwise there is terrific verve to the gorgeously textured, delicate and lightly mineral-inflected medium-bodied flavors that carries over to the lilting, balanced and chiseled finish. An understated wine of class and refinement yet make no mistake, it is still a Gevrey 1er and will age accordingly. Drinking range: 2028 - Rating: 91-93 Allen Meadows, www.Burghound.com (Jan 2018)

The 2016 Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Petite Chapelle comes from three parcels, only slightly touched by the frost (10% to 15%). Matured in new oak with 50% whole-cluster fruit, it has an intense nose of blackberry, bilberry and cedar aromas, a little opaque at the moment due to the dominance of the oak, though it feels in sync with the fruit. The palate is well built with firm tannin, solid and stocky, although I would have preferred less new oak toward the finish to allow more terroir expression. Give this 4 to 5 years in bottle. Drinking range: 2022 - 2036 Rating: 89-91 Neal Martin, www.vinous.com (Dec 2017)

Domaine Dugat-Py, along with only DRC, Roumier, Rousseau and Leroy, is rated in the top Three Star category by the 'Classement' published by the Revue du Vin de France. These are the essence of robust Burgundy, wines of huge scale and concentration. Patience is required, so lay down a few grand bottles for your dotage.

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