April 2, 2021 - Sous bois, flowers, earth, alongside an array of red and black fruit. Decent for the vintage with moderate length, yet it is a bit short of weight and density. The sweetness somewhat offsets that shortfall. 91-92
December 4, 2020 - What a beautiful nose, wow! Sous bois, some cherry flavors, spices, very lifted and intriguing. Great acidity and quite light bodied on the palate with tart berries and blood orange flavors. Tons of depth and complexity. Drinking perfectly right now. Really appealing and at the same time fascinating and hard to understand. This is a showstopper wine.
March 7, 2020 - La Paulée de New York Gala Dinner (Pier Sixty, Chelsea Piers - New York NY): Clearly ripe and rich, but so fresh bright and balanced - more so than I'd ever expect from the challenging vintage.
February 21, 2019 - Very much Chambertin in the nose with earth and meat aromas. On the palate dried cranberry and tart cherry fruit with a hint of sous bois. This started out wonderful then went into an awkward acidic inbalanced phase only to emerge balanced with those harsh edges disappearing 2 hours later. A wonderful wine up against some tough competition in field of Jayer, Truchot, and 00 Rousseau Chambertin.
December 10, 2018 - Nose is expressive, rustic, even a little animal (which blows off), and floral. Showing the peak of Rousseau Chambertin aromatics right now. Certainly showing older than the ‘96 in the next glass, but holding nothing back still showing and still with ripe and fresh scents and flavours. Ripe and viscerally delicious blue and red berry fruit. Very happy with this. 94-95.
November 3, 2018 - Enticing black fruit aromas come across as very ripe and nicely mature. Similar flavors, just less intense. If served blind, I’d probably have thought this a great 1989.
October 14, 2018 - Floral aromatics. Savory, surprisingly intense palate. Not the best Rousseau Chambertin but decent window at the moment.
July 14, 2017 - almost tea brown - full of character and complexity although not of great length - certainly in decline so drink sooner
March 16, 2017 - Chez Flint Gevrey dinner browning on rim, nice complex classy nose, black fruit driven, palate more diffuse, undoubted quality but too broad, not quite falling apart, but drink up, suspect better 3 years ago. F (17.5).
March 4, 2016 - Pre-Paulee Warm-up Dinner (Piperade - San Francisco CA): Another wine that just keeps getting better with more age. That shouldn't be a surprise since it IS Rousseau Chambertin. Black fruit throughout, ripe but nicely balanced without any flabbiness too common in 1997s. Persistent and very good length.