Claude Dugat, Chapelle Chambertin Size:12x750ml elegant and admirably pure nose

elegant and admirably pure nose offers up notes of anise

offering deeply concentrated raspberry

dark cherry and an array of floral elements

A more deeply pitched and brooding nose only grudgingly reveals its aromas of cassis plum liqueur and pungent earth where the latter is also found on the vibrant and well-detailed big-bodied and tautly muscular flavors that deliver excellent depth and persistence

Claude Dugat, Chapelle Chambertin Size:12x750ml elegant and admirably pure nose(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