June 20, 2022 - Young now, not in a sense that is difficult or closed but in the sense that is just a juicy, fruit driven wine and in a way one dimensional. A fine wine for sure but ( and especially for the price) this needs time to evolve further and grow a more secondary side. Once there it will for sure be magnificent but for now is almost wasted. 91-92
January 29, 2022 - Let me please start with a story of this remarkable day,
in my house there are 4 climat wine cabinets,
as a wine nerd wihout the accuracy of one Eric le vine, I still note down by hand on paper, all my wines, purchase, auctions,
the full cellar 60km abroad though,
never really got familiar with computers, write a note, a mail, informations, but thats it,
so busy looking for one special Rousseau, one bottle in the right , one, two in left hand,
dropped one, crushed, the sharps cut an 6cm wound,
hospital, sewn, back home,
invited, wanted to bring my one and only Gevrey 2010 Rousseau to my friends, the crushed one,
so grabbed this bottle finally,
a little shy on the nose in the beginning, did not develop much scent at first, o. k. shy fruit, some forest floor,
needs one hour to come more together, fine dark fruit on the palate, forest floor, some mineral grip, and meaty as meaty can be,
finesse like swallowing, lovely silky flow but in the finish the unrevealed fist,
long convincing aftertaste, great bottle, **(**), around 92, 93 potential in a decade++,
very different showing from the Fremiets from the afternoon, but Bourgogne is my favourite, as there are many other fine ones worldwide!
May 8, 2021 - Dark cherries, underbrush, smoke, graphite. Fine texture on the palate. The mouth perfume here is lifted and persistent. Tannins melding in well now.
February 27, 2021 - Coravin- fun, so poured a full Bourgogne glass, choose this vintage cause found some other bottles in a very good condition right now, and the 2009 vintage is more open than others,
the nose is full of herbs and meaty aromas, flowered, earthy, in the background some dark fruit,
the palate shows nearly the same, not much fruit today, a lot of steak meat and forest floor, good spicy flow, all on the very elegant side, not much weight but deepness of flavors here, think, needs some more time in the bottle to reveal more, very long intense finish, not sure how to rate this, **(*-****), around 91, 92(+) potential, for today
September 20, 2020 - An Embarrassment of Riches: Dinner at Chez Dalluge (Dave & Desi's Place, Somewhere in Western MN): Medium red color. Drank a glass over an hour plus in a trio with an '05 d'Angerville Volnay 1er Clos des Ducs and '10 Gelin Chambertin-Clos de Beze. I'm going to prety much echo Chablis28's coments as they mirror my own thoughts. A solid wine, lots of minerality, firm and more austere structure, tart, a bit metallic minerality, and cherry fruit. The fruit does sit in the background here and there isn't the purity you'd expect - especially for the vintage.
September 20, 2020 - Lonny's btl at Chez Dalluge's last 2020 deck harrah. Said to be the largest Ler Cru vineyard in Gevrey Chambertin. Rousseau is one of many producers with a parcel. Mature semi translucent ruby garnet red color. This drinks more like an 08 then the typically riper 09 vintage. Terroir driven this emphasizes an earthy crushed rock minerality with red fruit and underbrush on both the nose and the palate. All of this is a appealing if only the fruit was a bit more generous and the tannins a bit more resolved. Love the opportunity to drink any Rousseau but this falls a bit short of expected purity, balance and finesse I associate with most Rousseaus. 91+ Thanks Lonny, I'll bring the '06 version soon.
November 9, 2019 - Fullish, expressive nose with good depth. Blueberry, cherry, earth, undergrowth and spice. Gently, gently oaky. Quite sumptous.
Lush and fullish palate. Some rustic tannins. Quite rich. Succulent generous warm fruit. Very spicy and with typical Gevrey iron/blood minerality. Long finish. Some elegance and grip lacking for even higher score. But very satisfying. Ready.
July 10, 2019 - PnP. Needed time to come up from cellar temperature.
Initially, while cold, it gave just pure cherry aromas. The palate was fine and cool, but nothing exciting. After an hour or so it gave off more complexity - some blue fruits and graphite. But mainly a sweet, kirsch aroma. The palate is where it changed mainly. It became much more textural. Elegant and poised wine in the mouth. With a decent length. Should develop more with time.
June 7, 2017 - SLDS June 2017 #1: Earthy, cherry, graphite, lifted violets and licorice - a little bit of everything on the nose. Palate is quite fine, there is good acid and fruit restraint. Good structure and quite appealing now, though more complexity should come with time.
June 7, 2017 - Typical pure red fruits and developing some complexity now.