2001 Domaine Armand Rousseau Père et Fils Chambertin-Clos de Bèze

Community Tasting Notes (84) Avg Score: 94.4 points

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  4/21/2024 - Blair Curtis wrote: 96 Points

  Super wine. In a lineup of other vintages of Rousseau CdB (served with 2000, 2012 and 2017), the most interesting comparison for me with this one was the 2000. Striking similarities, but the 2000 was more fully ready and a wee bit less structured. The 2001 was more masculine and virile (some tasters said they would continue to cellar this wine). Powerful CdB but the 23 years of aging brought forth so much wonderful complexity too. It was my only bottle, but this was surely the right event to open it and share.

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  1/5/2024 - The Vines That Bind wrote: 94 Points

  [Blind] Fascinating comparison to the last glass (2000 Rousseau Beze) once revealed. Tonight I would say the '00 showed better, more ready and expressive, even if this '01 is technically bigger and has more and riper fruit. Coming around, also forward. Can hold these.

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  12/15/2023 - Alex G. Likes this wine:

  Burgundy For Lunch Bunch Holiday Event 2023 (Phoenix, AZ USA): I thought this was the youngest of the flight, as did several others. My guess was 2010 vintage owing to the purity and transparency which were striking.
  
  Total shock upon the reveal given another wine in the flight was 2009 Rousseau Beze. I was so suspicious about this, and there was little pour of the 01 left at the end so I grabbed a fresh pour to confirm. Yes indeed, this 01 was correctly identified and drinks as a 2010.
  
  This is a magnificent example of Rousseau Beze that will surely present even more complexity in time. Given the purity of fruit, transparency, and superb spice one could hardly be faulted for drinking now.

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  10/6/2023 - rnellans wrote: 94 Points

  Lafon Montrachet vertical with some great champagne and reds. (Four Seasons, Minneapolis, MN): Tasted alongside the '99 and '02. Excellent fruit.Dark cherries. Good structure. Backward to start but improved with time in the glass. Finish slightly bitter to me. My third favorite of the three.

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  8/31/2023 - BradE wrote:

  We were two for two tonight. A lovely bottle that started slowly and transmogrified from very good to excellent over three hours.

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