Wine Dinner- Clos de la Roche vs Clos St Denis

[Sanjay_Nandurkar]

@J Wei

Thanks for the notes Sanjay. Agreed that the 1999 Dujac Roche is quite a wine - only had it once a few years ago for Charlie’s birthday and it was phenomenal. 2002 comes close as well. I’ve had the 2005 Dujac Roche just last year and it was a beast of a wine. Incredibly concentrated and structured. Should be amazing and be on the same level as 1999 or surpass it given another 10 years in the cellar. I’m not sure Dujac’s Clos de la Roche is always better than its counterpart, the Clos St Denis. I think there are, on occasions, where the Clos St Denis outshines the Clos de la Roche. Of course, it is all about personal preference.

I had opened a 2002 CdlR from my cellar last year for an wine function and it was voted as the WOTN.

[paul_hanna]

@Sanjay Nandurkar

@J Wei

Thanks for the notes Sanjay. Agreed that the 1999 Dujac Roche is quite a wine - only had it once a few years ago for Charlie’s birthday and it was phenomenal. 2002 comes close as well. I’ve had the 2005 Dujac Roche just last year and it was a beast of a wine. Incredibly concentrated and structured. Should be amazing and be on the same level as 1999 or surpass it given another 10 years in the cellar. I’m not sure Dujac’s Clos de la Roche is always better than its counterpart, the Clos St Denis. I think there are, on occasions, where the Clos St Denis outshines the Clos de la Roche. Of course, it is all about personal preference.

I had opened a 2002 CdlR from my cellar last year for an wine function and it was voted as the WOTN.

I think the '01 is showing much better than the '02 at present…

Agree on the '99’s, very, very good wines, but even better in 10-15 years.

[Sarah_Kirschbaum]

@Claus Jeppesen

@Jeremy Holmes

The CSD is every bit as good too!

Indeed

If not better.

[nicholas_wilton]

great write up Sanjay, many thanks.
I was happy, but very surprised, to see the 99’s show so well. Mine are still locked up tight, as are most GC’s from that vintage. My experiences with 05 are not dissimilar, still pretty tight.
Were the wines decanted prior, and if so, for how long?
Also great to see the Potel do well, the modern vintages have not been so good generally. These are freely available to me, I will seek one out and try for myself!!!

[Sanjay_Nandurkar]

@nicholas wilton

great write up Sanjay, many thanks.
I was happy, but very surprised, to see the 99’s show so well. Mine are still locked up tight, as are most GC’s from that vintage. My experiences with 05 are not dissimilar, still pretty tight.
Were the wines decanted prior, and if so, for how long?
Also great to see the Potel do well, the modern vintages have not been so good generally. These are freely available to me, I will seek one out and try for myself!!!

The ones from my cellar were opened at 4 pm just to get a small taste to ensure they were sound (i.e. not corked, no TCA). They were not decanted.
These were:
1999 Dujac CdlR
2005 Potel CdlR
2005 Jadot CdlR
2005 Jadot CSD
2006 Dujac CdlR
2010 Rousseau CdlR

The 1999 Jadot CSD and 2006 Dujac CSD from my friends cellar were opened in a similar fashion at 6 pm. My friends cellar is maintained at 12C

The remainder were opened at the restaurant between 7-7.30 pm.

The White Burgundies were opened in the restaurant at 6.30 pm.

The Vintage Port was opened in my house at 4 pm and decanted in to another bottle to check it and remove sediment.