Domaine Dujac Clos de la Roche Grand Cru 2024
(Cote de Nuits, Burgundy, France) - [VM 94-96] [DM 94] [JM 93-96] [WA 93-95] [BH 91-94]

About the Winery:
Domaine Dujac was founded by 26-year-old Jacques Seysses, son of a successful biscuit manufacturer, Louis Seysses. Jacques first developed his winemaking career as an apprentice to Gérard Potel at Domaine de la Pousse d’Or. After two harvests at this domaine, he learned the essentials of their winemaking style and met some of Burgundy’s most revered winemakers. In 1967, he purchased 4.5 ha (11 acres) at Domaine Marcel Graillet in Morey-Saint-Denis and renamed the winery after himself as the “Domaine of Jac”, or Domaine Dujac. 

From the start, Jacques set his mission on blending modern techniques with traditional winemaking, while also refining a style that he could call his own. In 1978, Jacques obtained a degree in oenology and, overtime, provided guidance to interns including Ted Lemon of Littorai and Jean-Pierre de Smet, former owner and winemaker of Domaine de l`Arlot. As Dujac’s holdings expanded – from 5 ha in 1968 to nearly 16 ha today – Jacques and his wife Rosalind looked beyond local markets and exported nearly 80% of their production to 18 countries around the world. 

Today, the estate is transitioning to the next generation with son Alec, assuming many of his father’s administrative duties, son Jeremy who is heavily involved in winemaking & marketing, and Jeremy’s wife Diana Snowden, a UC Davis graduate in enology in charge of managing the cellar. 

Terroir:
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.

Ratings & Reviews

94-96 Points - Vinous Media:
"The 2024 Clos de la Roche Grand Cru might be Dujac's standout this vintage. It has a touch more lift and fruit intensity compared to the Charmes-Chambertin. It is not opulent but would like to be. Lovely pure wild strawberry and raspberry scents, veins of blue fruit, becoming more floral in style with violet and peony. The palate is medium-bodied with an overtly spicy, curry leaf-tinged opening. Very cohesive, fine weight, the whole bunch vocal on the finish but simpatico with the fruit underneath. This will be very tempting in its youth but is one of the minority of 2024s that might repay cellaring." – Neal Martin (Jan 2026)

94 Points - Decanter Magazine:
"Surprisingly deep in colour, this is somewhat closed initially, but it opens marvellously on the palate with rich, plummy fruit aromas, hints of spice and bramble. It is more forward than the Charmes-Chambertin and also more substantial on the palate, with admirable density of texture and a good depth of fruit. Clean and pure, this is a winning Clos de la Roche that should drink well after five years in the cellar and for a further 20 beyond that." - Charles Curtis MW (Oct 2025)

93-96 Points - Jasper Morris’ Inside Burgundy:
"Bright purple. A mix of red fruit and stem influence on the nose. The Clos de la Roche becomes more perfumed, with middleweight fresh red berries on the palate, then a stronger white pepper behind. The stems are more influential than the fruit and terroir just at the moment, but all the components are there and will deliver. Drink from 2032-2040." (Nov 2025)

93-95 Points - Wine Advocate:
"More strongly marked by whole-cluster character than the Clos Saint-Denis, Dujac’s 2024 Clos de la Roche Grand Cru articulates aromas of cherry, raspberry, peony, iris and orange peel, mingled with a faint hint of moss. On the palate, it is medium- to full-bodied, supple and layered, with a pure, vibrant core of fruit framed by powdery tannins and animated by vibrant acidity; elegant in profile, it concludes with a long, saline finish." – Kristaps Karklins (Feb 2026)

91-94 Points - Allen Meadows' Burghound:
"This is also markedly spicy with slightly more floral influence suffusing the cool red cherry and currant scents. The supple yet more voluminous and more powerful flavors also conclude in a compact, serious and moderately austere finale that is sneaky long. Compared to the usual robustness of the Dujac CdlR, in 2024 it's more refined." (Jan 2026)