Dugat Py - Charmes Chambertin Grand Cru Vieilles Vignes 2017

The Wine Advocate: "I have already tasted the 2017 Charmes-Chambertin Grand Cru three or four times since it was bottled, and it is an immensely appealing young wine that exemplifies the stylistic evolution that Loïc Dugat-Py has subtly enacted at this estate since taking the helm a few years ago. Soaring from the glass with an expressive bouquet of cherries, licorice and sweet coniferous forest floor, it's full-bodied, ample and exquisitely velvety, with a deep and concentrated core, mouthwateringly succulent acids and a long, intense finish. More immediate and overtly charming than the Lavaux Saint-Jacques, anyone who wants to understand contemporary Dugat-Py could be forgiven for tasting a bottle young."

Burghound: "This is quite ripe with its notes of poached plum, red and dark cherry and a hint of newly turned earth. The mouthfeel of the middle weight flavors is velvety and seductive yet with fine size, weight and volume with excellent power on the dusty, intense and impressively persistent finish. Patience strongly suggested."