1.5-2.0cm

The Clos de la Roche Grand Cru lies between the village of Morey-Saint-Denis to the south and Gevrey-Chambertin to the north, where the slope varies greatly, ranging from 4 to 23%. The plot ranges in altitude from 276 to 308 meters. The lieu-dit faces east. The soil changes from east to west. In the eastern part, the reddish-brown soil is about 40 to 50 cm thick, with many angular-to-blunt limestone fragments. Upslope, in the western part of the Grand Cru, the soil contains a great deal of angular limestone gravel. Two types of substratum underlie the Clos de la Roche Grand Cru. In the eastern part, fine-grained Premeaux limestone, light in color, with patches of flint-like chert nodules (chailles), crops out in beds tens of centimeters thick. In the western part, where the slope is steep, the bedded limestone scree (grèzes litées) lining the slope is composed of small angular Comblanchien limestone fragments.

96 CellarTracker

This bottle showed exceptionally well. It needed approximately 30 minutes to wake up, but afterwards it also only took 30 minutes to empty the rest of the bottle! The nose is sublime with lots of tobacco, liquorice root, muddled wild blackberry, ripe black cherry, cranberry, Christmas spices, earl grey tea and violets. The fruit was perhaps a touch overwhelming at first, but dialed down a notch to reveal more layers with air. Brilliant balance and length. This bottle still had lots of structure and tannin left and could undoubtedly age for another 10-20 years, but absolutely no shame in opening one right now. 2/25/2026 

96 Winehog

The Clos de la Roche 1999 from Dujac is one of the best wines I have tasted from this fine estate. It’s now starting to show matured notes – nose is brimming with red fruits, earthy minerality and sous-bois. On the palate rich, velvet and very long – the fruit is juicy and airy. It’s perfectly balanced and a textbook Clos de la Roche with tremendous depth. It was great from cask … and now fulfilling the promise it gave back in 2000. Steen Öhman April 28, 2016

94 CellarTracker

Intense, sweet palate. Matte rather than satin tannins. 1/19/2026