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Chambertin 2014

Gevrey Chambertin / Rousseau

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Tasting Notes

Tasted blind at the Burgfest 2014 tasting, Rousseau's 2014 Chambertin Grand Cru has a fruit-driven bouquet laden with black cherries, crushed strawberry, ink and a touch of bay leaf. As it aerates, the fruit seems to take more of a back seat and the terroir comes through. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannin, very pure and elegant, iron fist/velvety glove and so forth. This is what a grand cru should be. Utterly seductive and captivating, its satin texture might lure you into opening a bottle too soon. Give it a decade to admire Rousseau at full flight. Tasted September 2017.

Score: 97

Neal Martin, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com Maturity: 2023-2055 31 October 2017

The 2014 Chambertin Grand Cru has such a vivacious bouquet, as intense and generous as the Clos de Beze with waves of pure red berries mixed with granite and limestone scents. There is just something aristocratic about this Chambertin. The palate is medium-bodied with fine, filigree tannin. There is a sense of focus and tension here, but so natural and elegant you don't know what to do with yourself. Then that mineral seam comes through on the long aftertaste. Predictably brilliant. I apologize for being so boring, but yes, this is the kind of wine that prompted God to invent the fermentation.

Score: 96 - 98

Neal Martin, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com Maturity: 2019-2045 01 December 2015

Powerful and lush, with cherry, rose and vegetal elements that are quickly encased in serious tannins, this is monolithic today and just hinting at its full potential, with a finish that keeps coming in waves. Best from 2023 through 2045.

Score: 98

Bruce Sanderson, Wine Spectator Maturity: 2023-2045 20 September 2017

There is enough wood to notice framing the exuberantly spice red and dark currant aromas that also display sauvage and earth nuances. The cool and pure medium weight plus flavors are remarkably refined for a young Chambertin yet there is clearly plenty of power lurking beneath the refined veneer. This is a big but not massive vintage for the Rousseau Cham and I like the sense of proportion and particularly so on the harmonious and once again superbly long and well-balanced finale. It's going to be very interesting to see which of these two is the better wine in 20 years. Don't miss!

Score: 93 - 96

Allen Meadows, Burghound Maturity: 2031+ 15 January 2016

Deep, saturated red. Tighter and more reticent on the nose than the Clos de Bèze but with outstanding purity to its aromas of raspberry, coffee, dried flowers and earth. Juicy and intensely spicy but extremely closed; more soil-driven than the Clos de Bèze but without that wine's exotic fruit character and youthful éclat. With a bit of air, this showed a silkier texture and emerging notes of raspberry and saline minerality. Best today on the incredibly suave, classically dry, endless whiplash of a finish, which displays great energy and cut. Atypically, this very understated wine comes across as more refined--more feminine--than the Clos de Bèze in the early going.

Score: 94 - 97

Stephen Tanzer, Vinous.com 01 January 2016