1999 Domaine Armand Rousseau Père et Fils Clos de la Roche- France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Clos de la Roche Grand Cru (11/6/2014)
This wine showed very well up against a solid bracket of CdlR from Dujac and Ponsot last year and last night in isolation it was terrific. There was just a faint whiff of compost to the aroma showing that the wine was beginning to develop but it is still very fresh and youthful. There are cherry and blueberry fruits and an engaging thread of flora. It is silky in the mouth with good depth and lovely savoury nuance. Length is very persistent and proportion perfect.
I bought 7 of these a couple of years ago. I had the first one a year ago and loved it…absolutely delicious!!! Really wanna drink another one soon, but I know they will be even better with time. Hard to keep my mits off them (especially with 6 more) but I think they may be a few years away from their apogee
Michel- I completely agree! Picked my '99s up on the cheap because most people seem to feel that the CdlR is the red-headed stepchild in the Rousseau range. Fine by me
Loveley note, Jeremy. I quite like this wine and have been holding out on a final bottle.
The '99 Ponsot CdR drunk this past weekend has a definite pleasant funk to it, whereas the Rousseau is incredible pure.