For me, DRC, Roumier, and Rousseau form the holy trinity of red Burgundy producers.
Some of my greatest wine experiences have been provided by Rousseau. The heights that Rousseau can achieve are simply magical.
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From top to bottom, Rousseau's wines are vigorous, saturating yet graceful, supremely elegant, and devastatingly complex red Burgundies.
In recent vintages, I've been loving Rousseau's Gevrey Villages. It offers a beautiful window into the genius of Rousseau. What Rousseau achieves with this basic bottling is jaw-dropping and not to be missed. There's such a complex spectrum of red fruits, earth, minerality, and a subtle untamed quality. All of this is delivered with the breeding that is Rousseau's signature.
The 2021 is an incredibly vivid and classically structured wine. There are many examples of leaner vintages that Rousseau nailed. The 2021 impressively highlights how amazing Rousseau can be in these vintages. The wines combine energy with a beautifully appealing texture.Â
The difficult part with the 2021 vintage is how severely reduced quantities are. I've been on the hunt for Rousseau's 2021s for some time and only now have found enough of the Gevrey to offer. It's a modest parcel of an absolutely dazzling bottle.Â
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Ian McFadden
Director, Fine & Rare
Crush Wine & Spirits
Burghound: "This is also cool and very fresh with its combination of red and blue pinot fruit, forest floor and vague suggestion of the sauvage. The supple and seductively textured medium weight flavors possess a bit more volume while exhibiting slightly better length on the smoky, long and balanced finale."