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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[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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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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Enjoyed sax jazz master Charles Lloyd & his quartet getting lost in the music tonight. Thanks to longtime wine buddy Brad E for the ticket & Diane finding something even better to do tonight, grand kids! We did our best to bring some Burgs to compliment the music but even great wines can take a back seat to gifted jazz artists living in the moment and breathing new life into songs they've played many times before and yet, differently every time. That's jazz! This was gorgeous tonight with time in glass. Brad had decanted which I'm sure was a smart call but this really woke up in my Reidel Burg glass after 30 minutes or so and just kept adding weight and complexity till my last sip. Nose showed forest floor & spice notes. Signature Rousseau purity and elegance. Thanks Brad for the tickets to Charles and quartet and for bringing that well source Beze!
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1/1, good cork. Purchased from a good source (The Wine Society in the UK) in 2007 (for £115!) and well stored since. Pale/medium garnet core, wide pale garnet/mahogany rim. Nose is complex, quite rich but also aromatic, red cherry, strawberries, touch of mushroom, game quite a lot of spice. Later showing some grilled meat but all very much with a core of ripe, pure fruit. Medium bodied, lovely pure red fruits, layered, soft, tactile and seductive, touch of game emerging, lovely vibrant acidity provides plenty of energy, long. long finish with just a touch of grip remaining. Utterly compelling, drinking well now but should go for years.
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10/08/06/01 -- i found this quite similar to the 08 with more evolution and layering as you'd expect. But the concentration and balance have a lot in common. Super complex and intense meat spice.
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La Paulée de New York Gala Dinner (Pier Sixty, Chelsea Piers - New York NY): Late night flight of 10/08/06/01 at Paulee, each so different! Despite being the oldest of the flight, this vintage was nearly the brightest, with a gorgeous combination of fresh and maturing black cherry and berry aromas and flavors, along with a complex supporting cast.
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Red Burgundy GC 01 (London): Single blind in flight of four - a race with Bachelet Charmes 01 where Rousseau just pulled ahead. A wonderful wine this Beze, the telltale Rousseau purity and effortlessness on display, engaging and slightly cremy on the nose, so gentil yet deep. Then the cashmere texture on the palate. Felt to me that this wine probably needs another 5 years to reach its absolute prime window but so nice to try this today. My wine #3 in this wonderful evening just edging Mugnier Musigny for this spot. 96 with upside potential.
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Armand Rousseau Chambertin Dinner (State Street Manor - Chicago IL): Spiced aromatic start with earth and all black fruit, some game. Glorious start, more earth emerged with more time in glass, making this slightly less exciting when finished. There might have been the most faint cork taint here, but the wine was still great to start. Single blind alongside 2001 Chambertin. I correctly identified this based on a spicier character vs the Chambertin more powerful nature.
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Fully resolved, jolly delicate. Personal favourite amongst 01 DRC Richebourg and 01 Roumier BM. “Donatello among the wild beasts”, as Vauxcelles would say.
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Took its time to open -- started with chocolate which then turned to the typical musk, dense, intense, powerful, dark fruited, lots of energy and depth. Cellared since original release.
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Generous and full with notes of sweet meat, earth red berry and cherry. It is fleshy, with a cool feel. It really builds through the palate, finishing with minerally cut and leaving a spice laden calling card.
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Signs of seepage....great ullage though Pours pale garnet with orange bricking at the edge. Colour seems somewhat advanced Very earthy with leaner red fruit...cherry, meat, spice, bay leaf, herbs, mulch, wet leaf and earth. Fruit seems to be riding in the backseat on this wine. Finish is medium and has some ashy flavours that develop over time. Not sure if this is a completely representative bottle.
#1 of 6 bought on release. Paired with 2002 Rousseau GC Clos St Jacques, decanted at 2:00pm.
As soon as I pulled the cork I knew we clearly were in for a very serious burgundy. Fruit, spice and floral notes wafted up as I poured this dark beauty into the decanter. Splashed the remains, with some fine sediment through a coffee filter and into a glass.... swirling, sniffing, setting it down for 15 minutes and repeat. After an hour I couldn’t wait any longer and took my first sip, coiled primary fruit, remarkable length and complexity, balanced, framed and precise. Back in the bottle at 5:00 and over to dinner where it was served at 8:00 as the third flight.
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A classic and proper showing, youthful bottle a little tightly wound but still showing beautiful rusticity and soulful earthy tones in the dark cherry fruit. A unique texture that is hard to pinpoint but of high breed. More red cherry cola spice than expected and absolutely lovely. Technically very strong, super fresh bottle, imagine best days are still a ways ahead. 94 - 95.
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Zachys La Paulée "Warm-up" Dinner (Lafayette - New York NY): Late night small pour. Rich black cherry with woodsy spice and a very powerful and elegant finish that getting going on and on. I haven't had this wine in 7-8 years and it's better now vs then.
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Had vs the 01 Chambertin and tonight this was the better bottle. More open and giving. High toned red fruits, impeccable balance, such grace with so much power. Good spices and classic Rousseau character. In a great spot right now.
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Elegant and classy aromas of wild strawberries, smoke and a lot more. Light weighted, precise and extremely long. Still plenty of tannins to shed. One of those wines were you can smell the wine from the empty glass for hours.
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Deep and complex nose, ever changing. Tertiary aromas are present, but the fruit is still there and has tremendous clarity and purity. Palate is medium to large bodied, somewhat lacking stuffing but largely compensating with elegance. Fantastic length.
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Altogether more elegant and more supple than the Chambertin beside, this offers a similar cherry base but with a lighter profile and much more star anise, cardamom, and earth. A similar woodcock-like gamey aspect to the Chambertin.
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Simply fabulous -- as good a mature Clos-de-Bèze as I can remember. Pure, precise, fresh red fruits in a medium-weight body. The muskiness of Clos-de-Bèze is subdued here and I could easily have thought this was the Chambertin. Cellared since original release.
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Rousseau Chambertin Clos de Bèze: 1964 - 2014 (Per Se): Equally as showy as the ‘02 on the nose and probably a little brighter and more energetic, if a narrower spectrum of scents. Palate here has deep red cherry fruit with driving acid. Structured. Not as impressive overall as the '02.
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Drank alongside the 01 Chambertin. Slow ox'd 12 hours prior. There was a lot more spice and wood notes on the nose than the Chambertin. More burly on the palate too. It needed every bit of the 12 hours and the 3 hours at dinner to shed the wood notes. Lots of dark fruit on the palate with nice length. Give this another 10 years.
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Lunch with JM Roulot and JM Fourrier. Pretty, crystalline garnet. Classic Rousseau nose, invitingly sweet. Very polished, round and retains nice acidity. Delicious.
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Initially sour cherry and some funky note on the nose but getting brighter and sweeter when it sits in the glass. Very intense and restraint. However, this does keep evolving in the glass, it hits the right balance and becomes seductive with great precision when fruits started to show. The length just getting better and better. There is a touch of herbs at the back which added complexity. Quite a majestic Beze but with the feminine touch in it.
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[IWFS-Vic Top Burgundy Grand Crus Dinner at Dinner by Heston Blumenthal, Melbourne] Translucent medium deep ruby-purple. Enticing black & red cherry bouquet with notions of earth, mineral, dried flowers, black raspberry, cranberry, strawberry, kirsch, blood orange peel, spice, vanilla & subtle oak. Medium plus, deep, intense, fresh, juicy, vibrant, lush, somewhat spicy & quite complex red & black fruit flavors, seamlessly assimilated with silky smooth tannins, ripe powdery extracts, fine acidity & fully absorbed oak; an impressive wine of sophisticated silken structure & wonderful flavor intensity. Long refined, silky finish. (93.5)
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Showstopping aromas from the first whiff. Dark intense color, and a brooding wall of fruit and tannin to match. Massive with looooooong finish. Didn't open much in the glass, good as it is now, a world class future lies ahead in 15 years.
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Stunning nose of baking spice, tart red cranberries. Popped 4 hours in advance to slow ox but it didn't need it. Tannins in balance with the fruit. A hint of vanilla emerged but otherwise no intrusive oak notes. Power without weight, iron fist in velvet glove, and every other cliche you can think of. I dare say even better than a recent 96 beze.
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Deep ruby purple color with zero sediment and slight lightning at the rim. A fantastically complex nose of plum, date and spice.
If a date, this was a 20 year old model-turned-entrepreneur who dazzles you all evening with her intelligence and worldliness before bringing you home and dazzling you in other ways.
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The Godfather Turns Sixty: Go Big or Go Home - Rousseau, Margaux, Lynch, a Trio '02 Champagnes and More! (La Belle Vie, Mpls): Medium red color with subtle lightening on the margin. PNP, drank a 70+ml pour over 2 hours. Ooh la la, this was singing from the start. I loved the spectacular nose with a mix of savory, orange, orange peel, cherry, lacquer, dried earth and as this evolves a burst of pure red berry fruits. The palate offers up a mix of red fruits, deep earth, mineral, spice and a savory lacquer like mid palate with definition and mountain like peaks; well integrated tannins and mind boggling length. Fantastic and showing more for me than the Chambertin tonight. What a delight and as great as this is, still has so far to grow. Thanks Craig! 95+pts.
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Can't argue with Paul S's recent gushing but accurate notes from April. This wine is amazing but what's even more amazing is, at age 14yrs+ its only, maybe, 60% of the way along to where its ultimately going to be in 5-10yrs. Still incredibly youthful but so seductive and so... Grand Cru. My all round favorite producer and at this point still more upside. 2 more left to find out. Next btl in 2020+ Darker color than its companion 2001 Chambertin tonight and a bit more open. Especially on the huge nose. Luckily, I bought this long ago when I could still afford Grand Cru Rousseau. Paid $165, back in the day. My WOTN.
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2001 Gevrey-Chambertin Grand Cru Dinner (Kheam Hock Road): We were transported to Burg heaven with this last bottle. We had already gone through a fantastic line-up by this point int the evening, so it is really saying something that this was unanimously voted the wine of the night. The Rousseau Chambertin that came may have been amazing, but there was just something a little extra about the Clos de Beze. It had a prettier nose than Chambertin, more feminine, with pure aromas of red cherries and dried flowers and a gentle flush of spice, all traced with a little whiff of toasty oak. Absolutely gorgeous stuff. In the mouth, it was soft and seductive, with velvety tannins and absolutely melting acidity draped over a delicious core of sweet cherries and berries. Perfectly integrated and complete and impeccably balanced, I could have sipped this all night. However, it was the ethereal clarity of the wine that really got to me – this was purity personified, almost crystalline in its clarity and breathaking transparency. Great finish too – long and absolutely effortless, full of seductive feminine wiles, with perfumed notes of flowers and spice and a tiny little touch of earthiness pulling away with just a little grip right at the end. Wow, wow and wow! This was everything you would want a Clos Beze to be. A lithe beauty, lighter than the Chambertin, but clearer, cleaner and purer; a wonderful, wonderful wine. Great now, it may be even better in a couple of years time.
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A bit more maturity on this bottle than expected, but still a delicious wine with the nose showing berries, dried fruit, brown sugar notes. The palate is quite full and refined without being too showy. There is a lot of 2001 here, introducing a tender note.
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What a treat to be served such a legendary wine, alas it was far too young. Fragrant nose of roses, dried fruit, and vanilla. Serious weight here, and the wine will need a long, long time to unfold. Even after a couple of hours in the glass it didn't budge much. Be patient, and give this wine until 2020 at the very least.
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Wines with Larry, Huw and Paul in Martinborough: Popped and poured. Deep ruby colour. An aromatically explosive, lovely bouquet of musk, tobacco, forest floor and largely red fruits. The bouquet showed a little age. On palate, everyone had this as a top quality Côte de Nuits Burgundy, with Gevrey Chambertin the favourite village. This wine was clearly WoTD, being complex, multi-layered and showing serious fruit weight, power and length. The wine was actually quite primary, drinking much younger than 2001, sitting on its fruit at the moment. I’d give this Clos de Bèze at least five more years. Thanks Paul.
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We got a corked one at first, so our sommelier came with a new one and decanted it for us.
Ruby red color. Beautiful and sparkly clear. Nose is pleasant though a bit muted. Did not show much at first. On the palate on the other hand, this wine was very good. Strength and power combined with timeless elegance. This is very good stuff.
But when the Chambertin 2001 came as our next blind wine it was apparent that this is only the little brother.
50+5+12+17+8 (92p)
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Decanted 30 minutes in advance. A fairly deep ruby colour; strawberry and raspberry fruit on the nose; the palate is quite rich and complex, with a touch of sweetness. The wine evolved in the glass, taking on secondary flavours of mushroom and spice. Very concentrated with a long finish. The wine is certainly ready to drink, but it should keep well.
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Angela's Belated Birthday Dinner (Crown Wine Cellars, 18 Deep Water Bay Drive, Shouson Hill, Hong Kong): Popped and poured then enjoyed over two risottos of Asparagus and Duck Confit. Lovely bright, jeweled transparent ruby red colour. Nose is pinpoint-perfect wild woodland strawberries and a touch of sous-bois then bright red cherry.....very refined and hard to put into words. Palate is "oh my gosh!" gorgeous...so focused and refined - like an amplified version of the nose. The tannin cuts in more aggressively but still chiselled and light then some 30 minutes after pouring then it harmonises into a wonderful light melange of Swiss white chocolate and nougat with a deft oak frame. Great length and gorgeous resonance of perfume floating inside your head that is softly heady. Captivating. 95-96.
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Drank the 01 and 02 Rousseau Beze side by side. The 02 showed a brighter tone, and was slightly preferred to the more reserved 01. Both were good, but not stellar as both of these wines can be.
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Dinner at Cory's. Drank over two hours. Lots of spice, dark fruit, pleasant stemminess on the nose. Great texture the glides yet grips your tongue. Excellent concentration without being heavy. Vibrant. Lots of spice and a long powerful finish. I wish we had saved some of this for later in the evening because it was getting better with every sip. Really nice.
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Lunch (Somewhere) in Europe (Not Burgundy): Open and given a little air before serving. Started surprisingly musty and just moderately attractive. This took awhile to unfold, but after approx 90 minutes more fresh black fruit emerged with some good gamy notes. More ripe black fruit flavors also emerged with a forward, ripe character and lots of density and spice I'd associate with well prepared Boeuf Bourguignon.
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Color medium density crimson/pink. Nose complex mix of red fruits, strawberry, earth and game. More on the red fruit end of the Gevry spectrum. Palate silky and elegant with great mouthfeel. Just a little clipped at the end compared to 99 or 02 : a common 2001 feature. Delicious accompaniment to a range of wines over a long dinner with friends.
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Hard to call a score on a wine this good. Only "flaws" = oak (integrated for the most part but still could use a bit more) and a slight astringency on the finish; otherwise sublime and pretty damn close to perfection. Loved it.
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My 40th birthday (Blairgowrie): Probably the biggest disappointment of the night and I would think that it was not a great bottle of this wine. Very showy and sweet fruited with not a lot of the tell tale Clos de Beze power or minerality. If I didn't have experience with this producer and vineyard it would probably rate as a nice wine but it was not a typical Rousseau Clos de Beze on this showing for me. I guess the normal question had to be asked. Was it too young? Sure it looked a bit primary still but the 96 Ruchottes looked younger and had much more going on. This was not overly complex, had a slightly cloying aspect to it which I've never seen in a Rousseau Beze before and lacked that trademark length which marks this wine head and shoulders above the rest (with the exception of his Chambertin of course). This didn't glide across the palate but more clunked it's way conveying none of that familiar synergy of power and ethereal weightlessness. I wanted to come back to this and see it progress as it aerated but sadly it never did and I'm convinced it was not a great bottle so no score given.
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From mag. A very good wine, but still on the young side relative to other 01 GC's. I'd hold on these for a while more, or would suggest a good two/three hour decant.
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Drunk with the 01 Chambertin. The Beze is still reticent and not fully ready to come out of its shell. This is and will be a great wine, but I'd save these for a while and drink up the Chambertin's.
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Saturday at Knightsbridge (Northbrook, IL): Wine tasting. Popped and poured. Black fruit on nose with dense, meaty spice. Plum and blackberry flavors with lots of spice coming through on long, dense, powerful finish.
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2011 Special Session 1 - Aoki revisited (Aoki @ Shaw Centre): Alcohol :: 13.5% Highly perfume, but display it's terroir well: powerful and intense, but the power was well in check that show elegance, complexity in a absolutely seductive sense. A bit tight at first, but fanned out in the glass and continue to develop, gained weight and depth. Violet, raspberry, strawberry, blackberry intermixed harmoniously with cloves, pepper, spices, mineral and most importantly, black sugar that marked the distinctiveness from the Dugat Griotte. Just stepped into secondary on the palate. Soft entry that is really refreshing and mouth watering, such detail, layer, focus and precision. With seductive pure sweet red and black cherry fruits that perfectly balance with orange, sweet juicy mineral as well as spices that formed the immense, elegance mouth feel with soft, polish texture that buffer off the underlying power and structured, so harmony that highlight the finesse and grace effortlessly with the complex finish with black tea aftertaste that last more than a min. As great as this, this still has some upside potential for the mid term, classy juice. 94-95+
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The Big Two (Bar Boulud): This is the first wine in the whole lineup to show any woodiness in the aroma whatsoever, but the effect was still sweet and enticing. There's no doubting from the texture that this wine is something grandiose - it just has that caressing mouthfeel, and the red and black fruits get more and more stony accents as it sits in the glass. Tough to choose a favorite between this and the Chambertin this time; this one was definitely the more refined of the two from a textural perspective but the Chambertin had more things going on.
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Wine Dinner at 12B (Vancouver, BC): Opened one hour before pouring. Medium red in colour. The nose is somewhat tight compared to the Chambertin. After some hearty swirling it opened up a bit and gave a glimpse of its awesomeness with notes of manure, funk and cool red fruits. Intense flavours of strawberries, ripe red cherries and papaya that seem to go on and on. Lots of depth and structure with great acidity and firm tannins and a gorgeous mouth feel although the Chambertin seems to have a bit more finesse. Once this opened up it was incredibly intense and extremely enjoyable. This also needs 5-10+ years to show its full potential. Outstanding. 94+
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A step up from the Clos St. Jacques and quite good. Black fruit, truffles, mushrooms, and a touch of earth but very, very elegant. It has a solid mid palate and excellent structure. Very similar nose to the Chambertin but the Chambertin has a bit more finesse. After an hour or so, there is more raspberry than black fruit, the wine becomes much more perfumed and the wine is just incredibly well balanced amongst the fruit, minerals and acid.
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Very Feminine mint + Strawberry nose with the addition of Butterscotch Caramel/honeycomb. Wine of the evening for me but Rousseau's 1990 Mazy Chambertin came very close but 1990 was a sensational vintage so incomparable?
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Great tasting Domaine Armand Rousseau (De Librije(***), Zwolle, The Netherlands): Dense, fine nose. A lot of terroir here, rich. A little darker than the Chambertin, more minerality as well. Very broad, but not quite so powerful. This wine also needed a lot of time. After more than an hour, this was at least on the level of the Chambertin 2007, but in fact a more typical wine, more terroir. This still needs time. Great class. 18,5
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nose of wild cherry, strawberry, earth, wet leaf, forest floor palte was equally complex notes and moves on to a finish that is long, layered, and so complex....unreal wine...best burgundy i have ever had
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Un superbe nez offrant des fraises confites, du tabac blond, de la terre humide, ainsi que des prunes mûres; envoûtant et complexe. La bouche est à la fois puissante, racée, et d’une grande finesse. Le tout demeure encore sur la réserve et sera magnifique après un repos supplémentaire en cave; espérons qu’il prenne de l’amplitude avec le temps. Une longue finale épicée. Un grand départ à cette dégustation! 92
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Sandalwood, intense cherry, oven roasted tomato and beetroot on the nose. Muscular and powerful fruit on the palate. There is structure there behind the immense red fruit and I think this will improve over the next 10 years.
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Began rather tight on the palate but opened with time in glass. Very inviting nose and just a classy wine all around - I'd resist opening more for at least 5 years.
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Wildman Tasting and Dinner (Knightsbridge - Northbrook IL): Red fruit and great spice on the nose with interesting espresso and vanilla contributions. Charming red and black fruit on palate also with great fresh herbs and spice. Long, alluring finish. This is showing better than the Chambertin tonight, certainly for now, unclear for longer-term.
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Rousseau / Potel / Prieur Dinner (Knightsbridge): Full red purple color. Lovely lighte lifted purple fruit nose. Mmmn, huge bowl of black cherries with plenty of spice and sweet. Tons of complexity going on here too. Just a step above the Chambertin for WOTN. 95-96 pts.
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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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8/31/2023 - chablis28 wrote: 96 Points
Enjoyed sax jazz master Charles Lloyd & his quartet getting lost in the music tonight. Thanks to longtime wine buddy Brad E for the ticket & Diane finding something even better to do tonight, grand kids! We did our best to bring some Burgs to compliment the music but even great wines can take a back seat to gifted jazz artists living in the moment and breathing new life into songs they've played many times before and yet, differently every time. That's jazz! This was gorgeous tonight with time in glass. Brad had decanted which I'm sure was a smart call but this really woke up in my Reidel Burg glass after 30 minutes or so and just kept adding weight and complexity till my last sip. Nose showed forest floor & spice notes. Signature Rousseau purity and elegance. Thanks Brad for the tickets to Charles and quartet and for bringing that well source Beze!
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12/7/2022 - AValdes Likes this wine: 95 Points
Drank against the 86 (which, unfortunately, had a bit of sediment). The 01 showed nice maturity and brightness. Will last a long time.
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11/7/2022 - fcxj wrote: 90 Points
Starts slightly reduced with destemmed aromatic profile. Palate never really sings, lacks precision.
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10/16/2022 - Paul D wrote: 98 Points
1/1, good cork. Purchased from a good source (The Wine Society in the UK) in 2007 (for £115!) and well stored since.
Pale/medium garnet core, wide pale garnet/mahogany rim.
Nose is complex, quite rich but also aromatic, red cherry, strawberries, touch of mushroom, game quite a lot of spice. Later showing some grilled meat but all very much with a core of ripe, pure fruit. Medium bodied, lovely pure red fruits, layered, soft, tactile and seductive, touch of game emerging, lovely vibrant acidity provides plenty of energy, long. long finish with just a touch of grip remaining. Utterly compelling, drinking well now but should go for years.
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8/17/2022 - wlayne Likes this wine: 93 Points
One of the lighter CDB I have had, especially for Rousseau but beautiful fruit and acidity typical of this Domaine.
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5/4/2022 - jhngo Likes this wine: 97 Points
Beautiful bright cherries! Fresh delicious and still very primary.
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3/12/2022 - Nanda wrote: 95 Points
10/08/06/01 -- i found this quite similar to the 08 with more evolution and layering as you'd expect. But the concentration and balance have a lot in common. Super complex and intense meat spice.
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3/12/2022 - Burgundy Al wrote: 94 Points
La Paulée de New York Gala Dinner (Pier Sixty, Chelsea Piers - New York NY): Late night flight of 10/08/06/01 at Paulee, each so different! Despite being the oldest of the flight, this vintage was nearly the brightest, with a gorgeous combination of fresh and maturing black cherry and berry aromas and flavors, along with a complex supporting cast.
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2/9/2022 - BenBlu Likes this wine: 96 Points
Red Burgundy GC 01 (London): Single blind in flight of four - a race with Bachelet Charmes 01 where Rousseau just pulled ahead. A wonderful wine this Beze, the telltale Rousseau purity and effortlessness on display, engaging and slightly cremy on the nose, so gentil yet deep. Then the cashmere texture on the palate. Felt to me that this wine probably needs another 5 years to reach its absolute prime window but so nice to try this today. My wine #3 in this wonderful evening just edging Mugnier Musigny for this spot. 96 with upside potential.
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12/19/2021 - Bobby Burgundy Likes this wine: 96 Points
Nice bottle!
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10/28/2021 - Burgundy Al wrote:
Armand Rousseau Chambertin Dinner (State Street Manor - Chicago IL): Spiced aromatic start with earth and all black fruit, some game. Glorious start, more earth emerged with more time in glass, making this slightly less exciting when finished. There might have been the most faint cork taint here, but the wine was still great to start. Single blind alongside 2001 Chambertin. I correctly identified this based on a spicier character vs the Chambertin more powerful nature.
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7/11/2021 - jchan1 wrote: 96 Points
Fully resolved, jolly delicate. Personal favourite amongst 01 DRC Richebourg and 01 Roumier BM. “Donatello among the wild beasts”, as Vauxcelles would say.
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5/21/2021 - cfk49 wrote: 97 Points
Took its time to open -- started with chocolate which then turned to the typical musk, dense, intense, powerful, dark fruited, lots of energy and depth. Cellared since original release.
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5/10/2021 - Jeremy Holmes wrote:
Generous and full with notes of sweet meat, earth red berry and cherry. It is fleshy, with a cool feel. It really builds through the palate, finishing with minerally cut and leaving a spice laden calling card.
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4/5/2021 - fcxj wrote: 96 Points
Cherry, floral aromatics. Palate is in harmony today, very drinkable and open. Nice sweetness.
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1/2/2021 - Dave Canada wrote:
Signs of seepage....great ullage though
Pours pale garnet with orange bricking at the edge. Colour seems somewhat advanced
Very earthy with leaner red fruit...cherry, meat, spice, bay leaf, herbs, mulch, wet leaf and earth. Fruit seems to be riding in the backseat on this wine.
Finish is medium and has some ashy flavours that develop over time. Not sure if this is a completely representative bottle.
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12/27/2020 - paul195 wrote: 97 Points
#1 of 6 bought on release. Paired with 2002 Rousseau GC Clos St Jacques, decanted at 2:00pm.
As soon as I pulled the cork I knew we clearly were in for a very serious burgundy. Fruit, spice and floral notes wafted up as I poured this dark beauty into the decanter. Splashed the remains, with some fine sediment through a coffee filter and into a glass.... swirling, sniffing, setting it down for 15 minutes and repeat. After an hour I couldn’t wait any longer and took my first sip, coiled primary fruit, remarkable length and complexity, balanced, framed and precise. Back in the bottle at 5:00 and over to dinner where it was served at 8:00 as the third flight.
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11/19/2020 - WIBA Likes this wine: 90 Points
Enjoyable and elegant but was expecting more concentration.
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7/17/2020 - The Vines That Bind wrote: 94 Points
A classic and proper showing, youthful bottle a little tightly wound but still showing beautiful rusticity and soulful earthy tones in the dark cherry fruit. A unique texture that is hard to pinpoint but of high breed. More red cherry cola spice than expected and absolutely lovely. Technically very strong, super fresh bottle, imagine best days are still a ways ahead. 94 - 95.
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6/4/2020 - fcxj wrote: 92 Points
Slightly burned, roasted aromatics.
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3/5/2020 - Nanda wrote: 98 Points
Pre La Paulée Zachy's BYO Dinner (Lafayette NYC): A wow++ nose of serious black cherry with intense meat and spice. Palate is so silky and alluring. Long, pure and penetrating finish.
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3/5/2020 - Burgundy Al wrote: 96 Points
Zachys La Paulée "Warm-up" Dinner (Lafayette - New York NY): Late night small pour. Rich black cherry with woodsy spice and a very powerful and elegant finish that getting going on and on. I haven't had this wine in 7-8 years and it's better now vs then.
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4/25/2019 - Kemo Sabe Likes this wine: 95 Points
Had vs the 01 Chambertin and tonight this was the better bottle. More open and giving. High toned red fruits, impeccable balance, such grace with so much power. Good spices and classic Rousseau character. In a great spot right now.
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4/5/2019 - AudunG wrote: 95 Points
Elegant and classy aromas of wild strawberries, smoke and a lot more. Light weighted, precise and extremely long. Still plenty of tannins to shed. One of those wines were you can smell the wine from the empty glass for hours.
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1/25/2019 - thomasito2001 Likes this wine: 95 Points
Deep and complex nose, ever changing. Tertiary aromas are present, but the fruit is still there and has tremendous clarity and purity. Palate is medium to large bodied, somewhat lacking stuffing but largely compensating with elegance. Fantastic length.
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1/19/2019 - englishman's claret wrote: 95 Points
Altogether more elegant and more supple than the Chambertin beside, this offers a similar cherry base but with a lighter profile and much more star anise, cardamom, and earth. A similar woodcock-like gamey aspect to the Chambertin.
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4/22/2018 - cfk49 wrote: 97 Points
Simply fabulous -- as good a mature Clos-de-Bèze as I can remember. Pure, precise, fresh red fruits in a medium-weight body. The muskiness of Clos-de-Bèze is subdued here and I could easily have thought this was the Chambertin. Cellared since original release.
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2/4/2018 - The Vines That Bind wrote: 93 Points
Rousseau Chambertin Clos de Bèze: 1964 - 2014 (Per Se): Equally as showy as the ‘02 on the nose and probably a little brighter and more energetic, if a narrower spectrum of scents. Palate here has deep red cherry fruit with driving acid. Structured. Not as impressive overall as the '02.
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4/23/2017 - BradE wrote:
Very nice, but out-shined tonight by it's sibling, the 01 Chambertin.
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4/20/2017 - FYC wrote:
Drank alongside the 01 Chambertin. Slow ox'd 12 hours prior. There was a lot more spice and wood notes on the nose than the Chambertin. More burly on the palate too. It needed every bit of the 12 hours and the 3 hours at dinner to shed the wood notes. Lots of dark fruit on the palate with nice length. Give this another 10 years.
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3/9/2017 - tinybubbles Likes this wine: 93 Points
Enjoyable but with a slightly stemmy and green character hiding underneath. Not sure where this wine is going, but good today. 93-?
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1/14/2017 - fcxj wrote: 94 Points
Lunch with JM Roulot and JM Fourrier. Pretty, crystalline garnet. Classic Rousseau nose, invitingly sweet. Very polished, round and retains nice acidity. Delicious.
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12/30/2016 - Sleepy Dave wrote:
Initially sour cherry and some funky note on the nose but getting brighter and sweeter when it sits in the glass. Very intense and restraint. However, this does keep evolving in the glass, it hits the right balance and becomes seductive with great precision when fruits started to show. The length just getting better and better. There is a touch of herbs at the back which added complexity. Quite a majestic Beze but with the feminine touch in it.
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9/13/2016 - astroman Likes this wine:
SL Birthday Dinner: Still very primary fruits with honey coffee like nose. Layered palates with amazing length.
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6/16/2016 - AHVinoFile Likes this wine: 94 Points
[IWFS-Vic Top Burgundy Grand Crus Dinner at Dinner by Heston Blumenthal, Melbourne] Translucent medium deep ruby-purple. Enticing black & red cherry bouquet with notions of earth, mineral, dried flowers, black raspberry, cranberry, strawberry, kirsch, blood orange peel, spice, vanilla & subtle oak. Medium plus, deep, intense, fresh, juicy, vibrant, lush, somewhat spicy & quite complex red & black fruit flavors, seamlessly assimilated with silky smooth tannins, ripe powdery extracts, fine acidity & fully absorbed oak; an impressive wine of sophisticated silken structure & wonderful flavor intensity. Long refined, silky finish. (93.5)
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4/7/2016 - Alex G. Likes this wine:
Showstopping aromas from the first whiff. Dark intense color, and a brooding wall of fruit and tannin to match. Massive with looooooong finish. Didn't open much in the glass, good as it is now, a world class future lies ahead in 15 years.
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1/3/2016 - FYC wrote:
Stunning nose of baking spice, tart red cranberries. Popped 4 hours in advance to slow ox but it didn't need it. Tannins in balance with the fruit. A hint of vanilla emerged but otherwise no intrusive oak notes. Power without weight, iron fist in velvet glove, and every other cliche you can think of. I dare say even better than a recent 96 beze.
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10/2/2015 - dharrison93 Likes this wine: 93 Points
Deep ruby purple color with zero sediment and slight lightning at the rim. A fantastically complex nose of plum, date and spice.
If a date, this was a 20 year old model-turned-entrepreneur who dazzles you all evening with her intelligence and worldliness before bringing you home and dazzling you in other ways.
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8/13/2015 - rocknroller wrote: 95 Points
The Godfather Turns Sixty: Go Big or Go Home - Rousseau, Margaux, Lynch, a Trio '02 Champagnes and More! (La Belle Vie, Mpls): Medium red color with subtle lightening on the margin. PNP, drank a 70+ml pour over 2 hours. Ooh la la, this was singing from the start. I loved the spectacular nose with a mix of savory, orange, orange peel, cherry, lacquer, dried earth and as this evolves a burst of pure red berry fruits. The palate offers up a mix of red fruits, deep earth, mineral, spice and a savory lacquer like mid palate with definition and mountain like peaks; well integrated tannins and mind boggling length. Fantastic and showing more for me than the Chambertin tonight. What a delight and as great as this is, still has so far to grow. Thanks Craig! 95+pts.
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8/13/2015 - chablis28 wrote: 97 Points
Can't argue with Paul S's recent gushing but accurate notes from April. This wine is amazing but what's even more amazing is, at age 14yrs+ its only, maybe, 60% of the way along to where its ultimately going to be in 5-10yrs. Still incredibly youthful but so seductive and so... Grand Cru. My all round favorite producer and at this point still more upside. 2 more left to find out. Next btl in 2020+ Darker color than its companion 2001 Chambertin tonight and a bit more open. Especially on the huge nose. Luckily, I bought this long ago when I could still afford Grand Cru Rousseau. Paid $165, back in the day. My WOTN.
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7/24/2015 - dream wrote: 90 Points
Lovely, elegant and earthy. Slightly weak and I wonder if this wasn't a slightly off bottle?
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4/17/2015 - Paul S wrote: 96 Points
2001 Gevrey-Chambertin Grand Cru Dinner (Kheam Hock Road): We were transported to Burg heaven with this last bottle. We had already gone through a fantastic line-up by this point int the evening, so it is really saying something that this was unanimously voted the wine of the night. The Rousseau Chambertin that came may have been amazing, but there was just something a little extra about the Clos de Beze. It had a prettier nose than Chambertin, more feminine, with pure aromas of red cherries and dried flowers and a gentle flush of spice, all traced with a little whiff of toasty oak. Absolutely gorgeous stuff. In the mouth, it was soft and seductive, with velvety tannins and absolutely melting acidity draped over a delicious core of sweet cherries and berries. Perfectly integrated and complete and impeccably balanced, I could have sipped this all night. However, it was the ethereal clarity of the wine that really got to me – this was purity personified, almost crystalline in its clarity and breathaking transparency. Great finish too – long and absolutely effortless, full of seductive feminine wiles, with perfumed notes of flowers and spice and a tiny little touch of earthiness pulling away with just a little grip right at the end. Wow, wow and wow! This was everything you would want a Clos Beze to be. A lithe beauty, lighter than the Chambertin, but clearer, cleaner and purer; a wonderful, wonderful wine. Great now, it may be even better in a couple of years time.
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4/10/2015 - lepetitchateau wrote: 93 Points
A bit more maturity on this bottle than expected, but still a delicious wine with the nose showing berries, dried fruit, brown sugar notes. The palate is quite full and refined without being too showy. There is a lot of 2001 here, introducing a tender note.
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3/3/2015 - ricknat1 wrote: 95 Points
this was the wine of the night to me. No one does Beze like Rousseau and the 01s are drinking fabulously and probably will for a long time
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2/21/2015 - Alex G. Likes this wine:
What a treat to be served such a legendary wine, alas it was far too young. Fragrant nose of roses, dried fruit, and vanilla. Serious weight here, and the wine will need a long, long time to unfold. Even after a couple of hours in the glass it didn't budge much. Be patient, and give this wine until 2020 at the very least.
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9/1/2014 - HowardNZ Likes this wine:
Wines with Larry, Huw and Paul in Martinborough: Popped and poured. Deep ruby colour. An aromatically explosive, lovely bouquet of musk, tobacco, forest floor and largely red fruits. The bouquet showed a little age. On palate, everyone had this as a top quality Côte de Nuits Burgundy, with Gevrey Chambertin the favourite village. This wine was clearly WoTD, being complex, multi-layered and showing serious fruit weight, power and length. The wine was actually quite primary, drinking much younger than 2001, sitting on its fruit at the moment. I’d give this Clos de Bèze at least five more years. Thanks Paul.
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4/30/2014 - Shiaxonna wrote: 92 Points
We got a corked one at first, so our sommelier came with a new one and decanted it for us.
Ruby red color. Beautiful and sparkly clear. Nose is pleasant though a bit muted. Did not show much at first. On the palate on the other hand, this wine was very good. Strength and power combined with timeless elegance. This is very good stuff.
But when the Chambertin 2001 came as our next blind wine it was apparent that this is only the little brother.
50+5+12+17+8 (92p)
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4/4/2014 - La Grappe Likes this wine: 93 Points
Decanted 30 minutes in advance. A fairly deep ruby colour; strawberry and raspberry fruit on the nose; the palate is quite rich and complex, with a touch of sweetness. The wine evolved in the glass, taking on secondary flavours of mushroom and spice. Very concentrated with a long finish. The wine is certainly ready to drink, but it should keep well.
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8/3/2013 - Goldstone Likes this wine: 95 Points
Angela's Belated Birthday Dinner (Crown Wine Cellars, 18 Deep Water Bay Drive, Shouson Hill, Hong Kong): Popped and poured then enjoyed over two risottos of Asparagus and Duck Confit. Lovely bright, jeweled transparent ruby red colour. Nose is pinpoint-perfect wild woodland strawberries and a touch of sous-bois then bright red cherry.....very refined and hard to put into words. Palate is "oh my gosh!" gorgeous...so focused and refined - like an amplified version of the nose. The tannin cuts in more aggressively but still chiselled and light then some 30 minutes after pouring then it harmonises into a wonderful light melange of Swiss white chocolate and nougat with a deft oak frame. Great length and gorgeous resonance of perfume floating inside your head that is softly heady. Captivating. 95-96.
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7/25/2013 - BradE wrote:
Drank the 01 and 02 Rousseau Beze side by side. The 02 showed a brighter tone, and was slightly preferred to the more reserved 01. Both were good, but not stellar as both of these wines can be.
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7/23/2013 - johnh1001 wrote: 94 Points
Dinner at Cory's. Drank over two hours. Lots of spice, dark fruit, pleasant stemminess on the nose. Great texture the glides yet grips your tongue. Excellent concentration without being heavy. Vibrant. Lots of spice and a long powerful finish. I wish we had saved some of this for later in the evening because it was getting better with every sip. Really nice.
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6/30/2013 - Burgundy Al wrote: 93 Points
Lunch (Somewhere) in Europe (Not Burgundy): Open and given a little air before serving. Started surprisingly musty and just moderately attractive. This took awhile to unfold, but after approx 90 minutes more fresh black fruit emerged with some good gamy notes. More ripe black fruit flavors also emerged with a forward, ripe character and lots of density and spice I'd associate with well prepared Boeuf Bourguignon.
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12/1/2012 - drjb Likes this wine: 94 Points
Color medium density crimson/pink. Nose complex mix of red fruits, strawberry, earth and game. More on the red fruit end of the Gevry spectrum. Palate silky and elegant with great mouthfeel. Just a little clipped at the end compared to 99 or 02 : a common 2001 feature. Delicious accompaniment to a range of wines over a long dinner with friends.
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11/22/2012 - Sycamore wrote: 95 Points
Hard to call a score on a wine this good. Only "flaws" = oak (integrated for the most part but still could use a bit more) and a slight astringency on the finish; otherwise sublime and pretty damn close to perfection. Loved it.
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7/22/2012 - AJ72 wrote:
My 40th birthday (Blairgowrie): Probably the biggest disappointment of the night and I would think that it was not a great bottle of this wine. Very showy and sweet fruited with not a lot of the tell tale Clos de Beze power or minerality. If I didn't have experience with this producer and vineyard it would probably rate as a nice wine but it was not a typical Rousseau Clos de Beze on this showing for me. I guess the normal question had to be asked. Was it too young? Sure it looked a bit primary still but the 96 Ruchottes looked younger and had much more going on. This was not overly complex, had a slightly cloying aspect to it which I've never seen in a Rousseau Beze before and lacked that trademark length which marks this wine head and shoulders above the rest (with the exception of his Chambertin of course). This didn't glide across the palate but more clunked it's way conveying none of that familiar synergy of power and ethereal weightlessness. I wanted to come back to this and see it progress as it aerated but sadly it never did and I'm convinced it was not a great bottle so no score given.
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7/15/2012 - BradE wrote:
From mag. A very good wine, but still on the young side relative to other 01 GC's. I'd hold on these for a while more, or would suggest a good two/three hour decant.
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5/13/2012 - BradE wrote:
Drunk with the 01 Chambertin. The Beze is still reticent and not fully ready to come out of its shell. This is and will be a great wine, but I'd save these for a while and drink up the Chambertin's.
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1/7/2012 - Burgundy Al wrote: 94 Points
Saturday at Knightsbridge (Northbrook, IL): Wine tasting. Popped and poured. Black fruit on nose with dense, meaty spice. Plum and blackberry flavors with lots of spice coming through on long, dense, powerful finish.
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10/31/2011 - Sleepy Dave wrote: 94 Points
2011 Special Session 1 - Aoki revisited (Aoki @ Shaw Centre): Alcohol :: 13.5%
Highly perfume, but display it's terroir well: powerful and intense, but the power was well in check that show elegance, complexity in a absolutely seductive sense. A bit tight at first, but fanned out in the glass and continue to develop, gained weight and depth. Violet, raspberry, strawberry, blackberry intermixed harmoniously with cloves, pepper, spices, mineral and most importantly, black sugar that marked the distinctiveness from the Dugat Griotte. Just stepped into secondary on the palate. Soft entry that is really refreshing and mouth watering, such detail, layer, focus and precision. With seductive pure sweet red and black cherry fruits that perfectly balance with orange, sweet juicy mineral as well as spices that formed the immense, elegance mouth feel with soft, polish texture that buffer off the underlying power and structured, so harmony that highlight the finesse and grace effortlessly with the complex finish with black tea aftertaste that last more than a min. As great as this, this still has some upside potential for the mid term, classy juice. 94-95+
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9/25/2011 - PeterH wrote: 96 Points
just a great bottle of burg...
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9/22/2011 - Keith Levenberg wrote: 97 Points
The Big Two (Bar Boulud): This is the first wine in the whole lineup to show any woodiness in the aroma whatsoever, but the effect was still sweet and enticing. There's no doubting from the texture that this wine is something grandiose - it just has that caressing mouthfeel, and the red and black fruits get more and more stony accents as it sits in the glass. Tough to choose a favorite between this and the Chambertin this time; this one was definitely the more refined of the two from a textural perspective but the Chambertin had more things going on.
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3/6/2011 - BradE wrote:
Still holding it back a bit, but this was my WOTN. Just a lovely, albeit reserved, wine.
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2/9/2011 - godx wrote: 94 Points
Wine Dinner at 12B (Vancouver, BC): Opened one hour before pouring. Medium red in colour. The nose is somewhat tight compared to the Chambertin. After some hearty swirling it opened up a bit and gave a glimpse of its awesomeness with notes of manure, funk and cool red fruits. Intense flavours of strawberries, ripe red cherries and papaya that seem to go on and on. Lots of depth and structure with great acidity and firm tannins and a gorgeous mouth feel although the Chambertin seems to have a bit more finesse. Once this opened up it was incredibly intense and extremely enjoyable. This also needs 5-10+ years to show its full potential. Outstanding. 94+
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1/29/2011 - Anonymous Likes this wine: 95 Points
A step up from the Clos St. Jacques and quite good. Black fruit, truffles, mushrooms, and a touch of earth but very, very elegant. It has a solid mid palate and excellent structure. Very similar nose to the Chambertin but the Chambertin has a bit more finesse. After an hour or so, there is more raspberry than black fruit, the wine becomes much more perfumed and the wine is just incredibly well balanced amongst the fruit, minerals and acid.
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11/19/2010 - roquenroell wrote: 96 Points
Very Feminine mint + Strawberry nose with the addition of Butterscotch Caramel/honeycomb. Wine of the evening for me but Rousseau's 1990 Mazy Chambertin came very close but 1990 was a sensational vintage so incomparable?
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11/18/2010 - presterjohn Likes this wine:
rocking and spicy, far too young but a huge, broad and deep mouth of unknit promise
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9/15/2010 - mwanasheria wrote: 94 Points
Blackberries, blueberries, herbs, smoke, earth.
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6/18/2010 - mikowhy Likes this wine: 92 Points
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5/12/2010 - MauriceE wrote:
Great tasting Domaine Armand Rousseau (De Librije(***), Zwolle, The Netherlands): Dense, fine nose. A lot of terroir here, rich. A little darker than the Chambertin, more minerality as well. Very broad, but not quite so powerful. This wine also needed a lot of time. After more than an hour, this was at least on the level of the Chambertin 2007, but in fact a more typical wine, more terroir. This still needs time. Great class. 18,5
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2/27/2010 - Dave Canada wrote: 99 Points
nose of wild cherry, strawberry, earth, wet leaf, forest floor
palte was equally complex notes and moves on to a finish that is long, layered, and so complex....unreal wine...best burgundy i have ever had
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12/19/2009 - BigJul wrote: 92 Points
Un superbe nez offrant des fraises confites, du tabac blond, de la terre humide, ainsi que des prunes mûres; envoûtant et complexe. La bouche est à la fois puissante, racée, et d’une grande finesse. Le tout demeure encore sur la réserve et sera magnifique après un repos supplémentaire en cave; espérons qu’il prenne de l’amplitude avec le temps. Une longue finale épicée. Un grand départ à cette dégustation! 92
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10/26/2009 - CamWheeler wrote: 92 Points
Sandalwood, intense cherry, oven roasted tomato and beetroot on the nose. Muscular and powerful fruit on the palate. There is structure there behind the immense red fruit and I think this will improve over the next 10 years.
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5/17/2009 - PeterH wrote: 92 Points
Just a tad leaner than I would like. Give me some 'fat' and I'll tack on 4 points! Maybe hold for another 5 years to see if things improve.
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5/16/2009 - Jossik wrote: 93 Points
Uno spettacolo, finalmente un borgogna non completamente giovanissimo
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4/20/2009 - spacewrangler wrote: 94 Points
Began rather tight on the palate but opened with time in glass. Very inviting nose and just a classy wine all around - I'd resist opening more for at least 5 years.
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2/6/2009 - Burgundy Al wrote: 94 Points
Wildman Tasting and Dinner (Knightsbridge - Northbrook IL): Red fruit and great spice on the nose with interesting espresso and vanilla contributions. Charming red and black fruit on palate also with great fresh herbs and spice. Long, alluring finish. This is showing better than the Chambertin tonight, certainly for now, unclear for longer-term.
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2/6/2009 - winefool wrote: 95 Points
Rousseau / Potel / Prieur Dinner (Knightsbridge): Full red purple color. Lovely lighte lifted purple fruit nose. Mmmn, huge bowl of black cherries with plenty of spice and sweet. Tons of complexity going on here too. Just a step above the Chambertin for WOTN. 95-96 pts.
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12/1/2008 - Rupert wrote: 94 Points
A Rousseau Dinner (Chez Bruce, Wandsworth, London): The oak is still very prominent here, showing vanilla and mint, gorgeous glossy texture, not complex, but very sexy
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5/27/2006 - peternelson wrote: 92 Points
Burghound Tasting: Notes of roses, cherries, lite earth, subtlety; concentrated mth; sm licorice, grt. a’s; super long fin.***powerful, good.
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