A slightly riper nose features aromas of cassis, spice, earth and violets along with sauvage nuances. There is plenty of muscle on the extract-rich, intense and impressively dense middle weight flavors that exude a fine bead of minerality on the overtly powerful and moderately rustic finish. This is a very serious Gevrey villages that will require at least a decade of bottle age before it will be ready for prime time. Drink 2023+.
– Burghound.com, Issue 57. Tasted: Jan 2015

(60% new oak; Dugat owns 2.5 hectares of vines here, making this his largest cuvée): Healthy deep red. Pure aromas of blackberry, licorice and violet. Juicy and sharply delineated, with the black fruit flavors complicated by an element of smoky torrefaction. Nicely balanced, linear village wine with good length. (Dugat's Vosne-Romanée Vieilles Vignes was still finishing its malolactic fermentation in November.)

50- to 104-year-old vines, 70% whole bunch, two-thirds new oak. Very sweet and ripe on the nose. Racy and with real zip. Should be very rewarding even if never subtle. Very firm for now but packed full of fruit. Quite a bit of acidity. (JR)