Day Three in Burgundy: Rousseau, Marchand, Dugat, Jadot

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Tasted Wednesday, July 3, 2013 by Burgundy Al with 1,572 views

Flight 1 - Domaine Armand Rousseau Père et Fils (7 Notes)

My first visit to Rousseau after years of trying, and this visit was uncertain until the last minute. Sensational 2012s. Mazis-Chambertin and Ruchottes-Chambertin were both too early in ML to try. Although 2012 yields are down everywhere, Rousseau is now producing more Lavaux St. Jacques, Charmes-Chambertin and Gevrey (Villages) based on the agreement with Chateau de Gevrey-Chambertin. All of these are going into the corresponding Rousseau cuvees. We also tasted Clos de la Roche, but from a new barrel, which will only represent 10% of the assemblage so don't think my note will be representative.

  • 2012 Domaine Armand Rousseau Père et Fils Gevrey-Chambertin

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Gevrey-Chambertin

    Barrel tasting at domaine. Red and black cherry aromas with subtle spice hints. Slightly more/mostly black on palate. Fresh and charming today.

    First note: this TN might not accurately reflect final assemblage because of varied use of new oak cross barrels. Second note: this wine include the Chateau de-Gevrey-Chambertin wine in the blend for the first time in 2012.

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  • 2012 Domaine Armand Rousseau Père et Fils Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Lavaux St. Jacques

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru

    Barrel tasting at domaine. All black cherry with subtle spice hints, all very fresh. some sauvage hints, all very nicely textured and good density. This cuvee includes the LSJ from Chateau de Gevrey-Chambertin so doesn't represent the exact same plot as from prior vintages. Also this note might not represent the final assemblage because of the varied new oak use across barrels.

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  • 2012 Domaine Armand Rousseau Père et Fils Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Les Cazetiers

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru

    Barrel tasting at domaine. Great fruit density vs. LSJ even if not as well textured or charming today, but this needs racking with some clear So2. All black fruit with a firm, meaty character.

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  • 2012 Domaine Armand Rousseau Père et Fils Charmes-Chambertin

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Charmes-Chambertin Grand Cru

    Barrel tasting at domaine. 60% Mazoyeres, 40% Charmes proper. Also clearly needing to be racked. Red and black fruit with braised meat spice. More textured and nuanced vs powerful for Grand Cru from Gevrey. Lots of charm today.

    First note: this note might not accurately represent the final assemblage because of varied new oak usage across barrels. Second note: this cuvee now includes the Charmes-Chambertin from Chateau de Gevrey-Chambertin in the cuvee starting this vintage.

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  • 2012 Domaine Armand Rousseau Père et Fils Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Clos St. Jacques

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru

    Barrel tasting at domaine. Ripe black cherry with robust meaty spice aromas. Firm all black fruit flavors, rather assertive overall, with great balance and surprising evenness already today. final assemblage will be 70% from new oak, so this note might not represent that blend completely accurately. 93-95 point potential.

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  • 2012 Domaine Armand Rousseau Père et Fils Chambertin-Clos de Bèze

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Chambertin-Clos de Bèze Grand Cru

    Barrel tasting at domaine. Huge blackberry, plum, black cherry aromas showcasing incredibly fresh, powerful fruit and background meaty spice. Identical on palate. Long, dense, chewy and expanding. 95-96 point potential for me this morning.

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  • 2012 Domaine Armand Rousseau Père et Fils Chambertin

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Chambertin Grand Cru

    Barrel tasting at domaine. Similar in overall profile to the Beze just tasted, slightly more black, certainly more brooding and backward. Very long and intense finish with both intense fruit and dense spice, powerful with a long, expanding finish.

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Flight 2 - Pascal Marchand (aka Marchand & Tawse, aka Marchand and Burch) (17 Notes)

Marchand brand names and labels show the complexity of Burgundy's business model today. Some of these might be Marchand-Tawse or Marchand-Burch or just Pascal Marchand based on where they are sold.

Flight 3 - Claude Dugat (8 Notes)

Visit and tasting with M. Dugat. Amazing 2012s. I expect these TNs to be representative of the final assemblage of the various cuvees since all 1ers and Grand Crus are in 100% new oak. We also tasted Marc and Fine from 2012 and Marc from 2002, for which I did not write notes.

  • 2012 Claude Dugat Bourgogne

    France, Burgundy, Bourgogne

    Barrel tasting at domaine. ML 90% complete. Sweet black cherry dominates, with very good balance. Always a great value wine, 2012 should be no different.

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  • 2012 Claude Dugat Gevrey-Chambertin

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Gevrey-Chambertin

    Barrel tasting at domaine. All black fruit, showing cherry, boysenberry and plum. Bigger, dense, fresher than Bourgogne, also much longer and more firm. From 15 parcels.

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  • 2012 Claude Dugat Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru

    Barrel tasting at domaine. 100% new oak. Always a personal favorite, I think the two parcels must be very complementary. Fat black fruit aromas with meaty spice, some fruit, some oak. Spice and mineral start with black cherry and blackberry flavors. Long and powerful with great balance already. Huge fruit from the start. Very good, in fact probably as good as the LSJ for me today.

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  • 2012 Claude Dugat Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Lavaux St. Jacques

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru

    Barrel tasting at domaine. Dense black fruit aromas with an element of smoked meat. Dense, sweet black fruit, almost giving a cherry pie character, yet all in savory. harmony. Firm and masculine finish. Tough to say if this showed better than the wonderful Gevrey 1er for me, but this is more likely better for the long haul.

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  • 2012 Claude Dugat Charmes-Chambertin

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Charmes-Chambertin Grand Cru

    Barrel tasting at domaine. Perfumed, spice driven start with great black cherry and boysenberry aromas. Very elegant and harmonious flavors, subtle for a Gevrey grand Cru, but clearly lots of great, soft tannins evident in background. Excellent.

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  • 2012 Claude Dugat Griotte-Chambertin

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Griotte-Chambertin Grand Cru

    Barrel tasting at domaine. Wonderful spice start with slightly leaner black fruit than Charmes, this is classically Griotte to me, relying on great textures and a velvety mouth feel vs power. Incredibly elegant already, this is my favorite of the Dugat 2012 lineup.

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  • 2012 Claude Dugat Chapelle-Chambertin

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Chapelle-Chambertin Grand Cru

    Barrel tasting at domaine. Plum and blackberry aromas, very lush, almost jammy, with good background spice. Identical fruit on palate, slightly more spice. Also slightly backward today, with firm structure in the forefront, with lots of tannins, albeit well textured. As always, the Claude Dugat cuvee in need of the most cellar time.

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  • 2011 Claude Dugat Gevrey-Chambertin

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Gevrey-Chambertin

    Tasting at domaine. Black fruit start with braised meat spice on nose and palate. Very good balance while also showing classic Gevrey firmness.

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Flight 4 - Louis Jadot (41 Notes)

Barrel tasting of 2012s. These were taken from barrel earlier and put into 375 ml bottles so it was impossible to tell/ask for each cuvee about the age of the oak barrels for what we were tasting vs the eventual assemblage. Tasting was with Sigfried Pic and Jadot's new technical director Frédéric Barnier.

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