2013 Emmanuel Rouget Echezeaux

Community Tasting Notes (5) Avg Score: 91.5 points

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  4/22/2023 - Peter Spijker Likes this wine: 92 Points

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  6/21/2022 - Burgundy Al wrote:

  Musique & Vin Festival BYO Dinner (Château du Clos de Vougeot): Small glass from bottle directly from the Domaine. Very large scaled but certainly showing a faint bitterness of the vintage. Lots here, lots of potential, but patience will be required, probably from 2028 forward, 91-92+ point potential.

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  2/12/2022 - Ozen wrote: 91 Points

  I need to start by saying I am a huge fan of Rouget (and Cecile Tremblay for that matter, who I believe have some similarity, super appealing typicity in taste, which is not totally surprising given the family link thru Jayer. And it is this unique taste that makes these wines truly epic at times). I tend to incorrectly describe as a subtle deep caramel-like flavor embedded in a rich fruit smorgasbord of typical burgundian pinot.
  
  This Echezeaux only disclosed some of that Rouget character the 2nd day, to fall back the 3rd day to a good but somewhat uninteresting wine of the 1st day,. This wine never really got into its own. You could imagine the grapes in 2013 never reached full maturity and the wine did not develop the usual complexity nor depth.
  Nevertheless it has good flavor and the typical pinot personality. Medium boddied, likewise bouquet and limited after taste. Even ignoring its very steep price tag the Echezeaux Rouget is delivering the goods in 2013.

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  3/31/2021 - Nanda wrote:

  Quite reductive and that does not blow off over two+ hours. On the palate, the reduction is less distracting and the fruit richness can offset the sulphur a bit. Never fully cleaned up and hard to judge.

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  3/31/2021 - Burgundy Al wrote:

  Echezeaux Dinner (State Street Manor - Chicago IL): In Echezeaux flight. A perplexing wine. Started with so much reductive SO2 and backward character that was frankly unappealing, despite it clear Grand Cru density and stuffing. 2013's green pepper, vegetal element could not be completely missed. Gradually, begrudgingly, powerful black and red cherry emerged with meaty character and woodsy spice. I never refilled my glass, and by the 2-hour mark it was enticing and enjoyable. Others who refilled kept finding it rugged and unwelcoming. This will need 5 years in the cellar, and 10 would even be better, making this the rare 2013 requiring such patience. 90-92 point potential, based on how it loses that green bitterness and retains it Grand Cru density.

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