Winemaker Notes
Professional Ratings
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Jasper Morris
Bright purple. A mix of red fruit and stem influence on the nose. The Clos de la Roche becomes more perfumed, with middleweight fresh red berries on the palate, then a stronger white pepper behind. The stems are more influential than the fruit and terroir just at the moment, but all the components are there and will deliver. Drink from 2032-2040.
Barrel Sample: 93-96 -
Vinous
The 2024 Clos de la Roche Grand Cru might be Dujac's standout this vintage. It has a touch more lift and fruit intensity compared to the Charmes-Chambertin. It is not opulent but would like to be. Lovely pure wild strawberry and raspberry scents, veins of blue fruit, becoming more floral in style with violet and peony. The palate is medium-bodied with an overtly spicy, curry leaf-tinged opening. Very cohesive, fine weight, the whole bunch vocal on the finish but simpatico with the fruit underneath. This will be very tempting in its youth but is one of the minority of 2024s that might repay cellaring.
Barrel Sample: 94-96
Thin-skinned, finicky and temperamental, Pinot Noir is also one of the most rewarding grapes to grow and remains a labor of love for some of the greatest vignerons in Burgundy. Fairly adaptable but highly reflective of the environment in which it is grown, Pinot Noir prefers a cool climate and requires low yields to achieve high quality. Outside of France, outstanding examples come from in Oregon, California and throughout specific locations in wine-producing world. Somm Secret—André Tchelistcheff, California’s most influential post-Prohibition winemaker decidedly stayed away from the grape, claiming “God made Cabernet. The Devil made Pinot Noir.”
While Morey-St-Denis of Burgundy might not get the same attention as its neighbors, Gevrey-Chambertin to the north and Chambolle-Musigny to the south, there is no reason why it shouldn’t. The same line of limestone runs from the Combe de Lavaux in Gevrey—all the way through Morey—ending in Chambolle.
There are four grand cru vineyards, moving southwards from the border with Gevrey-Chambertin: Clos de la Roche, Clos St-Denis, Clos des Lambrays, Clos de Tart and a small segment of Bonnes-Mares overlapping from Chambolle. Clos de la Roche is probably the finest vineyard, giving wines of true depth, body, and sturdiness for the long haul than most other vineyards.
Pinot Noir from Morey-St-Denis is known for its deep red cherry, blackcurrant and blueberry fruit. Aromas of spice, licorice and purple flowers are present in the wines’ youth, evolving to forest and game as the wine ages.