Description
88-91 Points Allen Meadows
A more deeply pitched and slightly earthier nose introduces more concentrated medium weight flavors that also possess better depth on the delicious and caressing finish. There is better underlying material and this should reward up to a decade of cellaring.
89 Points Robert Parker Wine Advocate
Unfurling in the glass with notes of raw cocoa, blackcurrants, sweet spices, vanilla pod and cedary oak, Rousseau’s 2017 Gevrey-Chambertin Village is medium to full-bodied, supple and velvety, with succulent acids and powdery structuring tannins, concluding with an expansive, lactone-inflected finish. It’s deeper and richer than I perceived it to be when I tasted it 2018, but it’s also surprisingly strongly marked by its time in barrel—especially since this cuvée sees no new oak.