Gevrey-Chambertin, Côte de Nuits, Burgundy, France
Soft dark fruit. Black cherry, blue fruit, a minerality and iron note gives this a lush brooding midpalate. Super lean and delicious. Time ahead but great now.
Soft dark fruit. Black cherry, blue fruit, a minerality and iron note gives this a lush brooding midpalate. Super lean and delicious. Time ahead but great now.
Mar 13th, 2024oh wow. Soft cherry and violet. Gorgeous intense yet light midpalate. So much complexity and so seductive. A heartbreaker. Omg.
oh wow. Soft cherry and violet. Gorgeous intense yet light midpalate. So much complexity and so seductive. A heartbreaker. Omg.
Mar 13th, 2024Supple floral nose with soft raspberry and a gorgeously expressive and enticing nose. Long, haunting and light. Oh lord.
Supple floral nose with soft raspberry and a gorgeously expressive and enticing nose. Long, haunting and light. Oh lord.
Mar 13th, 2024Anisman cassoulet, Yountville.
Anisman cassoulet, Yountville.
Mar 27th, 2023Sappy and vital. Gorgeous soft opening. Still quite young and with a way to go. Very pretty. Loads of dense and delicious fruit. Needs time to unfurl. Very, very good substance
Sappy and vital. Gorgeous soft opening. Still quite young and with a way to go. Very pretty. Loads of dense and delicious fruit. Needs time to unfurl. Very, very good substance
Mar 15th, 2023
Great! Still very young with apparent oak, but so seductive at this stage. A real “power without weight” wine and in a way, almost an antithesis of the Roty. Red fruit dominated, with flowers, spices, heaps of minerality, and traces of meat. Powerful, especially in Rousseau-sense, yet so elegant and pure with lacy textures and superb salinity. Boah! I really did love the minerality here. Drinking so well now, but will take some time before it hits its peak (NB: the mind-bending 76’ Beze we had a few months back is surely proof).
Great! Still very young with apparent oak, but so seductive at this stage. A real “power without weight” wine and in a way, almost an antithesis of the Roty. Red fruit dominated, with flowers, spices, heaps of minerality, and traces of meat. Powerful, especially in Rousseau-sense, yet so elegant and pure with lacy textures and superb salinity. Boah! I really did love the minerality here. Drinking so well now, but will take some time before it hits its peak (NB: the mind-bending 76’ Beze we had a few months back is surely proof).
Nov 14th, 2022Deep and gnarly. Plum, garrigue, black cherry, a touch of cola. Still young but profound. Needs time but beautiful
Deep and gnarly. Plum, garrigue, black cherry, a touch of cola. Still young but profound. Needs time but beautiful
Oct 28th, 2022Impeccable bottle from the legendary cellars of La Tour d’Argent. So pure and intense, yet incredibly lithe. Cherry liqueur, roses, and some earthy nuances. Emotional, really.
Impeccable bottle from the legendary cellars of La Tour d’Argent. So pure and intense, yet incredibly lithe. Cherry liqueur, roses, and some earthy nuances. Emotional, really.
Jul 24th, 2022
Tasted blind and served next to something that looks identical... light tawny and translucent. But this is very different in the nose. Cherries, rose petals, very perfumed. Very complex. In the mouth it's rich with a long finish. Great acidity, perfectly in balance with the fruit. I guessed 90 Rousseau Clos de Beze before both Beze bottles are revealed. Bingo. This bottle was awesome tonight, and shows why Rousseau commands such a premium price.
Tasted blind and served next to something that looks identical... light tawny and translucent. But this is very different in the nose. Cherries, rose petals, very perfumed. Very complex. In the mouth it's rich with a long finish. Great acidity, perfectly in balance with the fruit. I guessed 90 Rousseau Clos de Beze before both Beze bottles are revealed. Bingo. This bottle was awesome tonight, and shows why Rousseau commands such a premium price.
Aug 16th, 2020Wow. Such incredible defined fruit on the nose. Wild herbal notes, complex red and blue fruit, seductively supple and lush. This is just fantastic. So intense and beautiful. Stand back and sigh-and a loong time ahead. Exceptional
Wow. Such incredible defined fruit on the nose. Wild herbal notes, complex red and blue fruit, seductively supple and lush. This is just fantastic. So intense and beautiful. Stand back and sigh-and a loong time ahead. Exceptional
Oct 25th, 2019
