Château Rouget

Pomerol Red Bordeaux Blend

8.73 ratings
-no pro ratings
Pomerol, Libournais, Bordeaux, France
Red Bordeaux Blend
Chili & Hot Spicy, Potato, White Rice, Mushrooms, Pasta, Pork, Salami & Prosciutto, Pungent Cheese, Lamb, Tomato-Based, Onion, Shallot, Garlic, Beef, Hard Cheese, Venison
Top Notes For
Byron Fuller

This second bottle from case was excellent. Needed masses of air. Initially mute & stalky on the nose. With an hour started to wake and at three was singing. Definitely an older style— less precise even at forty years than modern vintages but you could also see where this was heading. Should evolve and improve flavor definition further & further while at plateau for next 10-15 (very youthful). For me characteristic Rouget “iron” terroir note coming through beautifully in mid-palate. Excellent value

This second bottle from case was excellent. Needed masses of air. Initially mute & stalky on the nose. With an hour started to wake and at three was singing. Definitely an older style— less precise even at forty years than modern vintages but you could also see where this was heading. Should evolve and improve flavor definition further & further while at plateau for next 10-15 (very youthful). For me characteristic Rouget “iron” terroir note coming through beautifully in mid-palate. Excellent value

Jun 17th, 2022
Jerry Raphael

Rehearsal dinner wine. Drinking great, earthy on the nose. This was in mag and my son's birth year. Too much going on to take good notes.

Rehearsal dinner wine. Drinking great, earthy on the nose. This was in mag and my son's birth year. Too much going on to take good notes.

Sep 27th, 2015
Dave Kluz

Initially bright clean fruit with cedar and earth. Acetone quickly took over and it was swampy.

Initially bright clean fruit with cedar and earth. Acetone quickly took over and it was swampy.

Oct 28th, 2014
Carter White

Past peak, oxidized and sour.

Past peak, oxidized and sour.

Dec 31st, 2021