Rousseau Chambertin-Clos de Bèze 2017

98 points John Gilman (View From the Cellar): "The 2017 Clos de Bèze from Domaine Rousseau is an equally compelling wine in the making, but it is a bit the inverse right now of the Chambertin, as it is a bit more reserved on its youthful nose, but more open and flamboyant on the palate. The bouquet is very, very pure, precise and promising, offering up scents of red and black raspberries, cherries, raw cocoa, a very complex base of minerality, lovely spice tones and a very well-done framing of cedary oak. On the palate the wine is full-bodied, pure and sappy at the core, with superb transparency and grip, ripe, seamless tannins and a very long, very energetic and vibrant finish. The wine is already suave and caressing on the attack, with all of this sappy reserve at the core and yet, it finishes completely defined by its complex minerality. A great wine. 2030-2100. (Nov/Dec 2018)"

96-98 points Jasper Morris, MW: "Cyrielle prefers to serve this last as she finds the oak effect a bit stronger and the fruit darker. Richer more concentrated purple, the density is immediately apparent at the front, this has a more robust personality and an amazing length of dark raspberry fruit, black cherries too, just kept fresh by enough acidity. It may have just a fraction more intensity this year. (Nov 2018)"

96-98 points Fine Wine Review: "The Chambertin-Clos-de-Bèze, shown after the Chambertin for the second consecutive year (because it needs more time to digest the oak, says Cyrielle Rousseau), does show some oak in the nose, along with characterisitc musk aromas. The mouth is medium-weight with darker fruit than the Chambertin. The wine shows good density, structure, length, and tannic structure. (3/18/19)"

96 points and 'Don't miss!' Allen Meadows (Burghound): "(1.42 ha; 100% new wood where the inside of the barrel has been steam washed first). While the wood treatment is certainly evident it remains reasonably subtle on the overtly cool and restrained nose that is markedly spicy with its broad-ranging combination of exuberantly fresh aromas of dark cherry, raspberry, rose petal, violet, plum and a suggestion of earth. There is excellent power and punch to the large-scaled flavors that are a combination of power and refinement while being blessed with an abundance of sappy dry extract that imparts a seductive quality to the mouthcoating, hugely long and firmly structured and chiseled finish. While the Chambertin appears to have a slight edge at this very early juncture due to having slightly better complexity, it's going to be interesting in 20 to 25 years' time to see which is the better wine! Drink: 2027+. (Jan 2020)"

96 points Tim Atkin, MW (Decanter): "Sumptuously oaked and always poured last in any tasting at Domaine Rousseau, this is riper and plusher than the straight Chambertin bottling, with the power and density to age well, framed by 100% new wood and showing a bloody, ferrous undertone. Drink: 2027-2035. (Nov 2018)"

94-96 points Neal Martin (Vinous) (Jan 2019)

19/20 points Jancis Robinson: "A touch smoky, and that lovely chalky/dusty note. So fragrant (today). Then a powerhouse on the palate – ‘il y a du chevaux’ – there’s power but no aggression, like a chest puffed out or a balloon filled up: fine yet more voluminous. Dark fruited with just a hint of purple flowers. Incredible yet subtle perfume tangled up in the power, woven in with the fruit. Dark, spicy and rich on the long, long finish. Drink: 2027-2040. (1/21/19)"