The rating for 2018 Domaine Dugat Py Tres Vieilles Vignes Gevrey Chambertin Champeaux Premier Cru is 94 points from Robert Parker and the tasting note - Aromas of wild berries, cherries, sweet spices and petals introduce the 2018 Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Champeaux, a medium to full-bodied, lively and muscular wine that's deep and concentrated, built around bright acids and an elegantly muscular chassis of tannins. Seamless and complete, this is beautifully balanced for the long haul. Loïc Dugat-Py was once again one of the earliest to pick in the Côte de Nuits, beginning his harvest with Charmes-Chambertin on September 9 with a team of fully 60 in the vineyards. He characterizes 2019 as very gourmand and, like me, finds it hard to choose between his 2018s—which number among the most successful wines of that uneven vintage and which we revisited together from bottle—and their younger siblings, suggesting that 2019 is more charming and immediate but that 2018 may prove the more serious over the long haul. Time will tell, but what is clear is that this domaine simply doesn't miss these days. Happily, with the addition of several Beaune premiers crus, the more accessible—both financially and structurally—part of Domaine Dugat-Py's range has expanded, and these cuvées will offer an excellent introduction to what is now going on at this address.