{"product_id":"domaine-dujac-morey-saint-denis-1er-cru-monts-luisants-2024","title":"Domaine Dujac Morey-Saint-Denis 1er Cru Monts Luisants 2024","description":"\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"7,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\" style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eGrape Variety:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e 100% Chardonnay\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"7,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\" style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eAppellation:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e Morey-Saint-Denis 1er Cru\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eVineyard:\u003c\/strong\u003e Monts Luisants\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"7,2,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\" style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eFarming:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e Certified Organic \/ Biodynamic principles\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"7,3,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\" style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eHarvest:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e Hand-harvested with rigorous sorting in the vineyard and cellar.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"7,4,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\" style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eVinification:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e The fruit undergoes a gentle pressing before indigenous yeast fermentation in French oak barrels.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"7,5,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\" style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eÉlevage:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\" style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e The wine is aged on its fine lees to build mid-palate texture and weight.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\" style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e Dujac exercises restraint with oak on their whites,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\" style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e typically utilizing a modest percentage of new French oak (roughly 25-30%) to frame the fruit without masking the vineyard's inherent minerality.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e Bâtonnage (lees stirring) is kept to a minimum to maintain tension and freshness.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 42, 0);\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eNR Vinous Media\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text-lg mb-2 print-text\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eThe 2024 Morey-Saint-Denis Monts Luisants Blanc 1er Cru was made but was not at a stage to be tasted so was not presented.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text-lg mb-2 print-text\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAs they have done in recent years, Dujac only conducted group tastings this year. Of course, I much prefer one-on-one visits, but that is compensated by the fact that Jeremy Seysses offers valuable insights on the vintage and a frankness that you do not see elsewhere.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e“Some cuvées are one barrel in quantity and so are not being shown,” he forewarns, though his portfolio was not as curtailed as Cécile Tremblay’s an hour earlier. “For the négociant side, there is now just our Nuits Saint-Georges Les Cras because we want to continue that contract, but again, it amounts to just one barrel in this vintage. In 2024, there were 65 high-pressure rain events that could contaminate the vines with mildew, and that is uncontainable. Nevertheless, we stuck to organic viticulture and did 18 or 19 treatments. Our results are no worse than those who conducted systemic spraying. Picking was from September 19 to 25. I originally planned on starting on September 12. Part of me just wanted to get it over and done with, but my vineyard manager [and brother] Alec persuaded me to wait for a week and get more from this vintage. This did help accumulate more sugar, and everything came in between 12.3 and 12.7%. No grapes stayed in tank for more than ten days. There was minimal extraction, with just three punch-downs and a small pumpover to wet the cap, then it was pressed off. We averaged at 18.5 hl\/ha, around half a normal crop. I ran out of small tanks, which makes it more difficult to punch down.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBefore discussing the important topic of whole bunch, Jeremy Seysses took the conversation in a much more personal direction. He mentioned that his father, Jacques, became seriously ill just before harvest, adding to his stress. It was his first harvest without him. He admitted that he wavered about using less whole bunch, but with everything going on, he threw caution to the wind. He used almost 100% whole bunch, and only slightly less for the Charmes-Chambertin. I suppose in the context of everything, Jeremy Seysses felt he had little to lose. So, why not take that gamble? In any case, he was intrigued by whole bunch in a cooler vintage, and he mentioned that he has done the same in 2025.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e“The pH was 3.2-3.3. There was less malic acid than I expected, so the malo was only slightly prolonged. The wines are on their fine lees, which we lightly stirred last week, and we will bottle in the first week of March. I was expecting the 2024s to be disastrous, but they are not. There is greenness, but not from underripeness, more from the whole cluster. There is some reduction but there is good purity of fruit.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eI will confess that when Seysses told me he had used almost 100% whole cluster, I wondered if he was bracing me for wines that were out of proportion. On the contrary, as I told him afterwards, the gamble quite simply paid off. Despite the high proportion of stems, they just added seasoning to the cuvées in barrel rather than defining them. It could have been very different and trust me, like elsewhere, I would not have pulled any punches if that had been so. The standout for me this year is the Clos de la Roche, but the Echézeaux and the Vosne-Romanée Aux Malconsorts also shine. Emblematic of 2024’s inequality and attesting to those that describe it as a terroir vintage, the latter was superior to the Les Beaumonts, which lacked a bit of stuffing by direct comparison.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSo, Dujac’s 2024s pulled victory from the brink of defeat and, most importantly of all, Jacques Seysses made a full recovery. \u003c\/em\u003e- \u003cstrong\u003eNeal Martin January 2026\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Burgundy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67935463637126,"sku":"ADV-Dujac-MoreyBlancLuisants","price":244.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0075\/0338\/0543\/files\/4a9950f0-df27-4e0a-a4f3-36b3d15cba9e.webp?v=1794423823","url":"https:\/\/www.winesolutions.com\/products\/domaine-dujac-morey-saint-denis-1er-cru-monts-luisants-2024","provider":"Wine Solutions","version":"1.0","type":"link"}