Domaine Armand Rousseau Père et Fils Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Clos St. Jacques

Melody of pickled cabbage and cool blue fruit. Much deeper than any other wines from this vintage. Opened earlier than last bottle and it is rewarding. 94

2011 vintage

So well balance for such a young wine. But as I had been advised the 2011 has opened up already. Which it had. It was in a wonderful position to be consumed. A beautiful burg nose with fruits and ripens. The pallet full of read fruit, sweet, and smooth. Rousseau really knows how to make wines even when the harvest was not the very best quality. Cheers

2011 vintage

A touch thin. Still very CSJ mineral characters and red fruit. Light on its feet, but not a ton of substance here. Quite nice today.

2011 vintage

Perfuming nose with ripe red cherry, red currant, mushroom, violet, flora and mineral. Medium+ acidity and medium tannin. Did not use a proper Burgundy glass to get its full aromatic nose.

2011 vintage

Opened 2 hours and certainly needed. Very much on the fruit, fragrant and delicious. Great with pigeon with foie and choux en feuillete.

2011 vintage

Lucky to taste it twice in a short period of time. Perfuming nose with ripe red cherry, red currant, mushroom, cinnamon, violet, rose, flora and mineral. Medium+ acidity and medium tannin. Tannin is soft and integrated. Outstanding wine. If the finish and body is more, I would have rated it 100 pointer.

2011 vintage

Decent transparent blue fruit and grilled meat spice despite the vintage thinness problem, which is as obvious as the classic CSJ lifted texture. Perhaps a touch better than the Chambertin and Beze from this vintage. 93

2011 vintage

Nice ripe fruits. Baking spice, prune, oak, red currant, cream, iron

2011 vintage

Simply the most enjoyable refined and delicious Pinot noir I have had in the past 12 months

2011 vintage

Pronounced nose intensity with notes of red fruits, strawberry, flora. Needs a lot of aeration. It gets better with more air. Probably one of the best 2011 vintage wine I have tasted.

2011 vintage

blind At his peak, very balanced, fruits in the background, good length. Violet and tar. 96

2011 vintage

Very refined. Displays celery inflection oft associated with 2011. As the wine becomes deeper and richer with air, any less desirable inflection is negligible. Excellent wine in a mediocre vintage.

2011 vintage

Having had the 2011 Rousseau Clos Saint Jacques a few times this year, I can confirm that Rousseau didn’t do so well in 2011, unlike Fourrier 2011 (which are beautiful). Restrained nose of mixed berries, with a stern stemmy bouquet. Subtle perfume and underlying sweet earthy Gevrey note with austere green tannins. Gevrey Chambertin 2013? (89-90/100)

2011 vintage

Pnp, bright garnet in color, stemmy nose with strawberry/cranberry aroma which I adore a lot, a personal preference. Quite concentrated on palate, good acidity with mild sweet fruits and oak, tannin evolving and quite approachable. Hint of hawthorn and the acidity renders the wine very enjoyable im a perfect harmony. Definitely punching above its weight as a premium cru. Entering drinking window.

2011 vintage

Even though the 2011 Rousseau Clos Saint Jacques is delightful and doesn’t lack complexity, it couldn’t get away from the typical 2011 characteristics. The tannins are slightly green and austere, not the best vintage of Rousseau. Stepping into its drinking window. Fresh bouquet of spices, red cherries, low pitched sous bois. Medium bodied with good structure, persistent finish. Personally I prefer the 2011 Fourrier Clos St Jacques. (89/100)

2011 vintage

Drank at 67 Another beauty from Armaud. Deep complex nose with a smooth velvet palate.

2011 vintage

Coming after the '02 Rousseau CSJ, it was a tough act to match. Red-dark fruits driven with mineral & earth coming through, this was definitely more "clenched (fruit-density)" than the '02 (which was brighter & more lifted) but one could certainly discern the underlying layers/quality, potential complexity (that would come with ageing). Even at this stage, this was streets ahead (even from an enjoyment perspective) of the preceding CdlR, Charmes, Mazis & Ruchottes. I can certainly imagine this will be …

2011 vintage

Pnp. Transparent kirsebærrosa. Mye mindre grønn enn forventet/fryktet. Tydelig stilk, men ikke mer enn f.eks. 13 Bachelet Charmes Chambertin, drukket like før. Fin kirsebærfrukt. Floral som få. Utrolig attraktiv. Ganske fyldig i munn, men med en delikat og lett frukt, som samtidig har en upåkeligelig kons og tilstedeværelse. Herlig friskhet. Delikate tanniner som bygger på seg mot finish. Avsluttet ganske tørt med en svak tannisk bitterhet som trekker noe ned hvis man skal være veldig kritisk. Sjokkerende nok overgikk denne …

2011 vintage

excellent wine - the fruit here is spectacular, particularly for the vintage. Great lengths and layers. A little early but wow wine.

2011 vintage

Tasted blind. Bright red and dark fruit with pronounced acidity dominating. Good complexity. Relatively closed at first but opened up after a few hours and got better and better. There was a nice stalky note coming through as well. I would give this till 2024 before drinking.

2011 vintage

Drank in London Just WOW

2011 vintage

During a Paulee dinner, so only brief impressions. Quite dense for a 2011, much more dark fruit than I remember seeing in the Chambertin Grand Cru. Compact, good structure, closed. Good material underneath. Dont open before 2023.

2011 vintage

Beautiful bouquet but like many 11s it’s lacking oomph. There are better vintages to be spending a lot of money on

2011 vintage

Lacks the structure of the '05 and the depth and transparency of the '10 but a very good performance for the vintage and an enjoyable, if young, wine for current drinking. Upside here.

2011 vintage

Among all 2011 Clos St Jacques it is most restrained but with deep, balanced complex notes. Layers by layers on palate, great depth and good focus. Better in 3-5 years.

2011 vintage

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