2005 Dujac Fils et Pere Vosne Romanee les Beaux Monts 勃根地 - 750ml

“2005 Dujac Fils et Pere Vosne-Romanée Les Beaux Monts Burgundy - 94 pts! The Seysses’ 2005 Vosne-Romanée Les Beaux Monts smells of ripe plums and black raspberries, star anise, musky, narcissus-like flowers, resinous herbs, black pepper and smoked meats. Rather lean and firm on entry “like its Malconsorts sibling,” this offers much more generous and juicy primary fruit, with more suggestions of underbrush and noble fungus. There is no lack of animal spirits or meaty depth on display in this no-nonsense, cut-to-the-terroir wine. It finishes with a torrent of flavor. I expect this and the Malconsorts should be given at least 5–7 years in the cellar. The newly acquired Thomas-Moillard portion of this site actually touches the Domaine’s existing (and recently replanted) parcel. The already rich array of crus at Domaine Dujac has recently been augmented on two fronts. The purchase (along with de Montille) of the Société Civile du Clos de Thorey (Thomas-Moillard) has brought them a raft of choice parcels, including three new grand cru holdings (for a staggering total of eight). Meanwhile, they have expanded their négociant arm (with control over harvest and green harvest as a prerequisite) to supplement, in particular, their volumes of village-level wine. (Those wines “labeled Dujac Fils & Pere” are indicated in the above listing. In fact, due to a legal technicality, the 2005 vintage wines from the properties newly acquired by the domaine “but not subsequent vintages” will also read Fils & Pere rather than Domaine.) Even with California-trained oenologist Diana Seysses (née Snowden) joining her husband Jeremy and in-laws Jacques and Alec, and with a new winery (though at the old address), I wonder how they are able to keep up with the magnitude of their responsibilities. Yet despite so many parcels and vines new to them this year, the results are consistently outstanding and at times astounding. Much of the vinification “increasingly as one goes up the hierarchy of crus” was with whole clusters. Malos finished (finally) by November, and the wines were bottled in December and January. RP”