Dugat Py Gevrey Chambertin 1er Cru Petite Chapelle Vieilles Vignes 2020 (BH95)

Country:             France
Region:                Burgundy Rating:                 BH95, RP95
Grape Variety:  100% Pinot Noir
Type of Wine:    Red Wine
Bottle Size:        750ml

Allen Meadows - Burghound 95
An overtly floral and expressive nose exhibits notes of wild dark cherry, anise and a hint of wood. The more elegant and refined middle weight flavors aren't quite as powerful but they are more complex and just as concentrated on the youthfully austere finale. This wonderfully stylish mineral-driven effort isn't as structured but it's more complete. *Burghound Sweet Spot Outstanding!*

By Robert Parker's Wine Advocate 95
A cuvée that continues to go from strength to strength at this address, the 2020 Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Petite Chapelle is immensely promising. Unwinding in the glass with aromas of dark berries, burning embers, rose petals, wild plums, exotic spices and espresso roast, it's medium to full-bodied, deep and concentrated, with a tightly wound core of fruit, tangy acids and powdery tannins. Concluding with a long, penetrating finish, it's worth a special effort to seek out. The 2020 is another brilliant vintage for a domaine that has been on one of the hottest hot streaks in contemporary Burgundy in recent years. Vibrant flavors, beautifully refined tannins, striking concentration and moderate alcohols are the order of the day, and these young wines seem to unite the charm of 2019 and the seriousness of 2018 (at least at this address, which produced some of the wines of the vintage) with supplemental reserves of energy that mark them out as very special indeed. Clearly, the domaine's innovative viticulture, emphasizing high, unhedged canopies and biodynamic preparations, with soils cultivated to encourage deep rooting, meant the vines were better equipped to resist the heat and drought in 2020 than many of their neighbors (something a walk through Gevrey a few days before harvest 2020 enabled me to see for myself).