Strauss & co - 8 - 11 November 2020

2008 ‘Dujac’s 2008 Echezeaux displays a cool, aloof flavor personality, featuring lightly-cooked yet somehow crisp-edged red fruits, high-toned herbs, and elusive suggestions of salt and peat. These traits are beautifully complimented by subtly soothing creaminess of texture and tannic tenderness for a very Dujac-typical performance. Ravishingly long and refined, this represents a sort of alter ego to the collection’s Malconsorts, yet possessed of its own vibrant inner- energy. Look for a dozen years’ pleasure and intrigue.’ – David Schildknecht, Wine Advocate 2009 ‘The 2009 Echezeaux is another inward wine. With time in the glass, some of the layers of fruit begin to flesh out, showing the depth I sensed when I tasted the wine from barrel. There is plenty of elegance and finesse, although today the 2010 appears to be more promising by a touch. Anticipated maturity: 2017-2039.’ – Antonio Galloni, Vinous.com 2010 ‘The 2010 Echezeaux fleshes out beautifully on the palate with layers of seamless, totally integrated fruit. All of the elements meld together with supreme grace, making it hard to pick out the specific components. A deep, implosive finish laced with dark fruit, cassis, spices and minerals stains the palate. This is a fabulous showing. Anticipated maturity: 2020-2040.’ – Antonio Galloni, Vinous.com R 38 000 - 50 000 60 Domaine Dujac Vosne- Romanée 1er Cru Aux Malconsorts 2008 – 3 bottle lot ‘The 2008 Vosne-Romanée Aux Malconsorts blossoms with endless layers of dark fruit. This is a totally sensual, enveloping wine graced with finesse, class and elegance. The Malconsorts is a pretty open 2008, but it will be even better in another few years’ time. Anticipated maturity: 2016-2028.’ – Antonio Galloni, Vinous.com R25 000 - 35 000 65 Domaine Dujac Bonnes-Mares 2009 – 1 bottle lot ‘The 2009 Bonnes-Mares is cool, implosive and totally reticent. In other words, classic young Bonnes-Mares. Sweet red cherries, flowers and mint sit on a bright, sinewy frame that gradually relaxes just enough to release the wine’s potential. There is more than enough verve and structure to support several decades of fine drinking. Today the blend of Dujac’s holdings in Bonnes- Mares is approximately equally divided between terres rouges and terres blanches. Anticipated maturity: 2024- 2044.’ – Antonio Galloni, Vinous.com R14 000 - 18 000 61 Domaine Dujac Clos Saint Denis 2007-2009 – 3 bottle lot 2007 ‘Black tea on the nose; a stony background on the palate; and palate inflections of ginger and rhubarb all offer counterpoint to an almost raspberry syrup-like sweetness of fruit as well as a vanillin overlay in the Dujac 2007 Clos St. Denis. While this might sound like the recipe for yet another bifurcated wine of its vintage, somehow the whole Gestalt works. The combination of relative delicacy with intensity of flavor; tenderness of texture with a focused if elusive sense of minerality; and satisfying primary juiciness all suggest a wine as worth revisiting 4-5 years from now as it is a delight today. “It’s a quintessential Dujac wine,” says Seysses, more or less summarizing my impressions. It should be worth following for close to a decade.’ – David Schildknecht, Wine Advocate 2008 ‘The 2008 Clos St. Denis emerges from the glass with layers of fruit. This is an especially round, generous wine for the vintage. The Clos St. Denis has plenty of underlying structure to support the fruit and also allow for significant aging. The finish lingers on the palate for what seems like an eternity. The qualities of the vineyard as seen through the lens of the year come through loud and clear in this profound Burgundy. Anticipated maturity: 2018-2033.’ – Antonio Galloni, Vinous.com 2009 ‘The 2009 Clos St. Denis initially comes across as big and powerful. The wine finds a more feminine side of its personality with time in the glass. Despite its deceptively mid-weight body, the 2009 has plenty of underlying structure and ideally needs to be cellared for at least a few years. The Clos St. Denis is the epitome of weightless elegance. Dark raspberries, flowers and sweet spices wrap around the eternal finish. Anticipated maturity: 2019-2039.’ – Antonio Galloni, Vinous.com R32 000 - 40 000 68 Domaine Dujac Echezeaux 2007-2010 – 4 bottle lot 2007 ‘Pomegranate and red raspberry set the tart, bright, yet ripe themes for Dujac’s 2007 Echezeaux, with vanilla, ginger spice, sage-like pungency, and cherry pit piquancy lending stimulating complexity to fruit of surprisingly liqueur-like sweetness and creaminess of texture, yet strongly lingering brightness. This is so ravishing now there’s no need to wait, but I would not be surprised to see it continue on excellent behavior for another 4-6 years.’ – David Schildknecht, Wine Advocate 17