100 points Charles Curtis, MW (Decanter): "Rousseau Clos de Bèze is a blend of three plots that total 1.42 ha. Cyrielle believes the wine shows better in its youth than Chambertin. Both wines, however, are vinified in the same way: destemmed, long maceration, gentle extraction and ageing in new François Frères barrels. The result is sublime: charming in its youth, with accessible, ripe notes of red and black fruits, spice, mineral and game, plus a velvety, dense texture that is firm but not forbidding. This has the substance to last fifty years if cellared well. Drinking Window: 2029-2069. (Oct 2020)"
100 points La Revue du Vin de France: "The nobility of expression of the Clos-de-Beze imposes itself gently. Very rich, without asperities, this wine with such a concentrated framework succeeds in the feat of remaining pleasant and luminous from its earliest youth, delivering a glimpse of the immense promises to come, with the tactile limestone quality of its finish a fit crescendo.(2022)"
97-99 points Neal Martin (Vinous): "The 2019 Chambertin Clos-de-Bèze Grand Cru clearly has more intensity than the Chambertin. True, it is showing a little more wood at the moment, but I also find more fruit – raspberry and wild strawberry – interlaced with shavings of black truffle and forest fern. The palate is medium-bodied with supple but firm tannins. This is endowed with impressive depth and body weight and yet it retains disarming elegance on a finish that fans out gloriously. "This is the business" is the phrase that passed through my mind as I tried to keep a stoic face after encountering this fabulous Clos-de-Bèze. Drink: 2025-2055. (Dec 2020)"
98 points Allen Meadows (Burghound): "(1.42 ha; 100% new wood where the inside of the barrel has been steam washed first). Equally subtle wood frames the even spicier if slightly riper nose that reflects a layered blend of red currant, violet, rose petal, earth and a whisper of exotic tea. The full-bodied if slightly less concentrated flavors also reflect an abundance of minerality on the firm, serious and equally well-balanced, youthfully austere and hugely long finale. I usually prefer one or the other [Chambertin] at this stage each year but in 2019, while the two wines are noticeably different, it's not clear which will ultimately be the more interesting. In sum, this is a choice but one where there is no wrong answer as this too is brilliant! Drink: 2041+. (Jan 2022)"
96-98 points Jasper Morris, MW (Inside Burgundy): "It is Cyrielle’s choice to serve the Clos de Bèze after the Chambertin, as it takes longer to digest its oak, Similar full purple. Rather more sensual and giving than the Chambertin on the nose, jut lightly toasted. Elegant fruit dances across the palate, but with a thread of mineral intensity which is very pleasing. Darker and sweeter fruit than usual by a small margin but entirely recognisable as the same wine. Very fine indeed. (Oct 2020)"
95-97 points William Kelley (Wine Advocate): "Deeper-pitched and more carnal than the Chambertin, Rousseau's 2019 Chambertin-Clos de Bèze Grand Cru mingles aromas of cherries, cassis and raspberries with hints of Asian spices, incense, smoked tea, rich soil tones and grilled duck. Full-bodied, sumptuous and enveloping, it's bright and lively, with a fleshy core of concentrated fruit, succulent acids and powdery structuring tannins. Long and perfumed, this is a sensual Clos de Bèze in the making. (Jan 2021)"
100 points La Revue du Vin de France: "The nobility of expression of the Clos-de-Beze imposes itself gently. Very rich, without asperities, this wine with such a concentrated framework succeeds in the feat of remaining pleasant and luminous from its earliest youth, delivering a glimpse of the immense promises to come, with the tactile limestone quality of its finish a fit crescendo.(2022)"
97-99 points Neal Martin (Vinous): "The 2019 Chambertin Clos-de-Bèze Grand Cru clearly has more intensity than the Chambertin. True, it is showing a little more wood at the moment, but I also find more fruit – raspberry and wild strawberry – interlaced with shavings of black truffle and forest fern. The palate is medium-bodied with supple but firm tannins. This is endowed with impressive depth and body weight and yet it retains disarming elegance on a finish that fans out gloriously. "This is the business" is the phrase that passed through my mind as I tried to keep a stoic face after encountering this fabulous Clos-de-Bèze. Drink: 2025-2055. (Dec 2020)"
98 points Allen Meadows (Burghound): "(1.42 ha; 100% new wood where the inside of the barrel has been steam washed first). Equally subtle wood frames the even spicier if slightly riper nose that reflects a layered blend of red currant, violet, rose petal, earth and a whisper of exotic tea. The full-bodied if slightly less concentrated flavors also reflect an abundance of minerality on the firm, serious and equally well-balanced, youthfully austere and hugely long finale. I usually prefer one or the other [Chambertin] at this stage each year but in 2019, while the two wines are noticeably different, it's not clear which will ultimately be the more interesting. In sum, this is a choice but one where there is no wrong answer as this too is brilliant! Drink: 2041+. (Jan 2022)"
96-98 points Jasper Morris, MW (Inside Burgundy): "It is Cyrielle’s choice to serve the Clos de Bèze after the Chambertin, as it takes longer to digest its oak, Similar full purple. Rather more sensual and giving than the Chambertin on the nose, jut lightly toasted. Elegant fruit dances across the palate, but with a thread of mineral intensity which is very pleasing. Darker and sweeter fruit than usual by a small margin but entirely recognisable as the same wine. Very fine indeed. (Oct 2020)"
95-97 points William Kelley (Wine Advocate): "Deeper-pitched and more carnal than the Chambertin, Rousseau's 2019 Chambertin-Clos de Bèze Grand Cru mingles aromas of cherries, cassis and raspberries with hints of Asian spices, incense, smoked tea, rich soil tones and grilled duck. Full-bodied, sumptuous and enveloping, it's bright and lively, with a fleshy core of concentrated fruit, succulent acids and powdery structuring tannins. Long and perfumed, this is a sensual Clos de Bèze in the making. (Jan 2021)"
| Product SKU | 342993 |
| Producer | Rousseau |
| Country | France |
| Region | Burgundy |
| SubRegion | Côte de Nuits |
| Appellation | Gevrey-Chambertin |
| Varietal | Pinot Noir |
| Designation | Grand Cru |
| Vintage | 2019 |
| Size | 750ml |
| Color | Red |
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