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Auction Ends: 10/6/2022 6:00:00 PM PDT

Lot #202. Domaine Dujac Clos de la Roche 2006

Description: Consists of 1 Bottle, 0.75L
Score: 95 WA.
"The Dujac 2006 Clos de la Roche is a dark, brooding Pinot no less complex or long than its Clos St.-Denis sibling. Here, the animal side is a gamey, faintly sweaty beast; the fruits dark and as bitter as they are sweet; and the sense of chocolate-like richness remarkable in the context of the vintage. And rather than an energetic sense of interplay, this conveys a layering of fruit, meat, and stony, saline mineral elements, supported by tactile viscosity and a sappy sense of almost indelible cling. Lucky are those who can follow and compare both of these wines . . . . Jeremy Seysses only destemmed a minority of his 2006 fruit, and in some appellations none. The results demonstrate that Dujac got things ripe – not to mention right – . . . with a collection that need not fear comparison with 2005 at this address. (Perhaps, if anything, 2005 ought to look to its laurels!) The team here started picking only on September 23, and then very meticulously and selectively. Clos de la Roche, for example, was picked in two passes nearly a week apart. The top wines came in at between 13 and 13.5% natural alcohol, with minimal chaptalization employed in some instances to extend fermentation. 'Color and flavor extraction was easy,' says Seysses, 'and we did more punch-downs than in 2005, because we felt quite confident of our material. The fruit is fresh and crisp . . . and we had no jamminess. It was just right. There's very little to complain about.' Indeed!" Wine Advocate #186, Dec 2009
Provenance: The Nantais Cellar
Lot Location: Orange County
Estimate: $800

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