99+ The 2014 Domaine Rousseau Chambertin is every bit as magical as the Clos de Bèze this year, offering up a pure and utterly refined bouquet of black cherries, plums, black raspberries, grilled meats, cocoa, a gorgeous base of soil, woodsmoke, violets and cedary wood. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied, very pure on the attack and quite primary on the backend, with a sappy core of fruit, great transparency, ripe, suave tannins and simply stunning length and grip on the youthful and very, very complex finish. Brilliant wine.

Powerful and lush, with cherry, rose and vegetal elements that are quickly encased in serious tannins, this is monolithic today and just hinting at its full potential, with a finish that keeps coming in waves. Best from 2023 through 2045. From France. — B.S.

There is enough wood to notice framing the exuberantly spicy red and dark currant aromas that display an abundance of sauvage and earth nuances. The cool and pure medium weight plus flavors are remarkably refined for a young Chambertin yet there is clearly plenty of power lurking beneath the refined veneer. This is a big but not massive vintage for the Rousseau Cham and I like the sense of proportion and particularly so on the harmonious, superbly long and seamlessly well-balanced finale. As is the case with the 2015 vintage, it's going to be very interesting to see which of these two is the better wine in 15 to 20 years.

Beautifully lifted black fruit, sweet spice, a velvet texture and savoury finish. Ample with great power yet so refined. Rousseau makes wines of incredible intensity, and this wine illustrates that better than any other in Gevrey-Chambertin.

Tasted blind at the Burgfest 2014 tasting, Rousseau's 2014 Chambertin Grand Cru has a fruit-driven bouquet laden with black cherries, crushed strawberry, ink and a touch of bay leaf. As it aerates, the fruit seems to take more of a back seat and the terroir comes through. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannin, very pure and elegant, iron fist/velvety glove and so forth. This is what a grand cru should be. Utterly seductive and captivating, its satin texture might lure you into opening a bottle too soon. Give it a decade to admire Rousseau at full flight. Tasted September 2017. - Neal Martin

A glowing crimson red, with edges starting to evolve. The bouquet shows immediate majesty, yet with Rousseau’s classic balance, a sweetly savoury red fruit that is so evenly spaced right across the wine. As usual, you barely detect the new oak. Supreme balance, length and elegance.