Community Tasting Note

• Beaune Yard wrote: 94 points

  May 5, 2013 - 1983 Rousseau Clos de Bèze and Clos St. Jacques side by side over dinner. Opened one hour before dinner, but not decanted.
  
  Both wines showed signature Rousseau bouquet of perfumed potpourri jumping out of the glass (not VA), wonderfully expressive and beguiling. On the nose the Clos de Bèze was “darker”, the Clos St. Jacques brighter with pronounced mineral notes. Similar profile on the palate, the Clos de Bèze offering dark red fruit with plenty of old Burgundy secondary flavors of sous bois; the dusty tannins and dry extract providing a nice base for the flavors. The Clos St. Jacques offered a noticeably brighter profile of red fruit with mineral flavors mixed in with the sous bois; showing a somewhat lighter and fresher style. A very interesting comparison, both the Rousseau style and vineyard terroir signatures were readily apparent, each wine as they should be.

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