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Clos de la Roche 2014

Clos de la Roche / Rousseau

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Tasting Notes

A mix of sweet, ripe cherry and berry fruit, with underlying stone and savory elements, mark this sleek, compact red. Fresh, elegant and superlong on the finish. Best from 2021 through 2038.

Score: 94

Bruce Sanderson, Wine Spectator Maturity: 2021-2038 20 September 2017

This is also moderately reduced and impossible to properly assess. Otherwise there is excellent volume to the equally muscular big-bodied flavors that are richer but don't quite have the same sense of underlying tension before terminating in a palate coating and quite firmly structured finish that delivers terrific length. This is a big but seamlessly well-balanced effort that should also amply repay extended cellaring.

Score: 92 - 94

Allen Meadows, Burghound Maturity: 2029+ 15 January 2016

(10% new oak): Bright medium red. Captivating nose offers aromas of cherry, brown spices, mocha, menthol and underbrush lifted by high notes of blood orange and flowers. Liqueur-like raspberry and spice flavors show outstanding precision and perfume thanks to a firm mineral spine. Finishes spicy, refined and very long, saturating the mouth without leaving any impression of weight. This really perks up the salivary glands. Rousseau owns a full hectare of Clos de la Roche in the lower part of the cru, just under Clos Saint-Denis, and another half a hectare higher up on the hillside.

Score: 91 - 94

Stephen Tanzer, Vinous.com 01 January 2016

The 2014 Clos de la Roche Grand Cru has a fragrant bouquet, coquettish at first, then opening with wet limestone, Morello and cassis scents; it is very defined and focused though not powerful. The palate is silky smooth on the entry, beautifully poised with pure red cherries infused with orange sorbet and captivating mineralilé on the finish. This is one of the best Clos de la Roche that I have tasted from Rousseau in recent years.

Score: 94 - 96

Neal Martin, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com Maturity: 2019-2040 01 December 2015