M&PD Tasting: Westward (Seattle, WA, USA): Funk, deep, silky, so vibrant, red fruit, coming back to more notes of the silky, enveloping palate. With more air some mushroomy forest floor and distinct pine forest notes come out.
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A fairly deep colour, mature, garnet; full and concentrated on the nose and palate, with an array of flavours (dried fruit, orange peel, cinnamon), intense and very long. It may be showing its age now, but it just kept growing in the glass, becoming livelier with time. A great wine.
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(Armand Rousseau Chambertin) This was very very tight out of the gates and never really got going but showed hints of its greatness throughout the night. The nose was pure heaven out of the gates with the Burgundy symphony in full effect. Lots of flowers, ripe cherries and other types of wild berries, earth, tree bark. So much nuance and complexity. As it grew in the glass there was a lovely resinous quality to the nose. The palate was tight yet focused with a laser beam of acidity and wonderful purity. It grew more concentrated as the night went along and fleshed out a but still had a firm tannic backbone. Great wine but truly the only case of infanticide of the night. Would love to revisit in twenty years.
(Rousseau Armand Chambertin) Medium, medium-plus ruby-red. Quite an intense minerally nose that becomes higher toned and I thought just a little lactic but this a short phase before a nice creamier presentation. On the palate there's a dark aspect to the fruit, good acidity and a nicely expanding and intense presentation in the mid-palate. This is very long with a good creamy fruit flavour. Very nice and accomplished wine - second-best so-far.
(Rousseau Armand Chambertin) Medium-plus cherry colour. This has a fine, high-toned nose. Tannic palate but intense fruit to match. Very good acidity too. Last year at this stage I prefered the 'Bèze'. This year I prefer this.
(Armand Rousseau Chambertin) The most complex nose of the 2001 Rousseau's. Everything but the kitchen sink on this one. Very bacony. Unreal grip and concentration. Just takes over your mouth with its layers upon layers of fruit, earth and spice. Fresh and lively due to amazing acids. Great length. Probably a 45 second finish. I would love to taste this in twenty years. This definetly is not accesible but still amazing.
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3/3/2024 - Eric wrote:
M&PD Tasting: Westward (Seattle, WA, USA): Funk, deep, silky, so vibrant, red fruit, coming back to more notes of the silky, enveloping palate. With more air some mushroomy forest floor and distinct pine forest notes come out.
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3/3/2024 - Brolawa wrote:
EVH. Such a deep, complex wine. MPD at Westward.
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7/9/2023 - La Grappe wrote: 95 Points
A fairly deep colour, mature, garnet; full and concentrated on the nose and palate, with an array of flavours (dried fruit, orange peel, cinnamon), intense and very long. It may be showing its age now, but it just kept growing in the glass, becoming livelier with time. A great wine.
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3/25/2023 - fcxj wrote: 94 Points
Good but Rousseau can be better.
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11/7/2022 - fcxj wrote: 92 Points
Cleaner than Beze with dark cherry tones, but not something that moved me.
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