floral and tea

this pretty wine presented a united front

Saturated ruby

The wine should be accessible fairly early and age for decades

Various vineyards are named after members of the Catena family

Claude Dugat, Chapelle Chambertin Vintage:2017 floral and tea(from 60+ year old vines in En Gmeaux that produce around 1 barrels, half of which is actually commercialized by Dugat). Restrained and distinctly cool aromas only reluctantly reveal deeply pitched nuances of spiced plum, freshly turned earth and a whiff of black cherry. The beautifully sleek, intense and mineral inflected large scaled flavors evidence obvious muscularity as well as excellent length on the very firmly structured and youthfully austere