Drouhin Charmes Chambertin 2015
Very satisfying for a 2015, elegant and perfumed, red berries and cherry, long and mineral finish. Still young, and will hold the rest of my bottles. I guess for all my 2015s 
Las Cases 2007 demi classic black currant and graphite. Silky and mature. Savoury and drinking a point now.
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Thanks for joining and sharing the Dujac!! Incredibly generous 
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I haven’t had the best luck with Dujac so far. Small sample size, granted, but it hasn’t ever felt like a producer in which I’d want to invest more resources
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Oh man Dujac is just about my favorite. Restrained and structured with a great sense of place. Superb holdings. Though you have to be okay with stems and they ideally need a significant amount of with age.
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Definitely gathered they need quite a bit of age based on my limited experience. We had the 2018 MSD a couple weeks ago and I was really surprised by the structure. For my tastes, I felt it needed more time. Others liked it quite a lot, however, so YMMV.
The 2017 Malconsorts is the only ‘17 I’ve had that wasn’t even close to open.
I’ll be having a 2017 MSD in a few days, will report back to base.
Yea a 2018 Dujac opened in recent memory is not gonna be particularly giving or representative of the heights they can hit, in my humble experience. I haven’t had Dujac’s Malconsorts, but my secondhand understanding is it’s a site that hasn’t quite come into its own yet in Dujac’s hands, compared to the field. Someone please correct me if your experiences run counter to that. I’ve actually not had any of Dujac’s Vosne wines.
I’ve really enjoyed some “off” vintage Dujac. Last year I had a 2013 Clos St Denis that I thought was beautiful.
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I opened up a 2010 village Gevrey Chambertin two nights ago, Lucien Boillot Evocelles.i posted notes elsewhere so won’t repeat. I don’t get much opportunity to drink 10’s these days but it reminded me why its my favorite vintage. 12’s come close for me but 2010 is just perfect. It was an interesting experience as i cannot recall drinking a 16 year old village wine before and being this impressed.
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Nice wine to come back from hiatus. I hope all went well and you’re on the up and up!
Thank you, Phil!!!
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Completely wonderful bottle of wine. @Peter_Chiu eat your heart out! Huge, dark, rich nose of black fruits, spice, licorice, a whiff of barnyard (I wish it had more of that, you know, cow shit
) — haunting. Delightful fine-boned tannins, super soft and round on the tongue.
The palate is a long, powerful, slow procession of blackberries, stewed plums, kirsch, smoke, rich black potting soil with a slight bit of espresso bitterness on a finish that goes on and on for 90+ seconds. Completely thrilled to have paid just $147 for this terrific experience!
Bought today in person at Woodland Hills Wine. Beautiful showroom and wonderful staff. Grateful to have scored three bottles of this wonderful stuff: 93-94 points.
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Wow,that is a wonderful catch…for a aged and matured Corton at US$147 ( or arund CA$ 200 ). Wish I live in US of A. 
Poor Peter.
Really sweet, demure wine that started to shine after two hours of air. Only gripe was the shy nose thoughout, but toward the end the palate gave a nice show of subtle, delicate fruit notes. Very weightless without a ton of power. Intersting to detect the same lovely little note of tangerine peel that I found in the 2007. Really happy that I have it in 2009 and 2012 as well. Would be fun to try all four vintages together, but I wonder if the 2012 isn’t ready yet? - 91 prints
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I also buy a case every year - and some half bottles that the Belgian importer brings in.
And if you ever visit burgundy, Vincent is one of the most charming and generous hosts in the cote de beaune!
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Thank for that, Jozef!
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Does anyone have any experience with Vogue Musigny vs Vogue CM 1’er? Same terroir, just younger vines for less than half the price, sounds too good to be true.
Anyone who has tried both wines in the same vintage, how big is the difference in quality?
Thanks!
It’s not anywhere near as good, but probably accessible earlier in some cases.
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There was a serious stylistic change in 2021 with a new winemaker. I cant say I loved the old regime, but really like what is happening now. 2021 and 2022 Musigny are superb, but these are wines for my son to enjoy in twenty plus years.
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Any idea if the winemaking technique is the same between the two? If so, seems like this is a massive validation of VV wine being significantly better than non-VV wine?
How is the 1’er compared to other 1’er CM’s in the price range - $400-$500/bottle? Is it a good wine by its own merits (regardless of comparison to the Mus) or is it just sort of a snoozer all around?