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Clos de la Roche 2008

Clos de la Roche / Rousseau

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Tasting Notes

New leather, black tea, and bright cherry and plum scent Rousseau’s 2008 Clos de La Roche, which comes to the palate bright and with tart chew of fruit skins and smokiness of black tea serving for invigoration in a finish of impressive persistence. Less exuberant and multi-faceted today than the corresponding Mazy, this also displays more aggressive - faintly gum-numbing - tannins than the several wines that preceded it in the present line-up.

Score: 89 - 90

David Schildknecht, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com 01 June 2010

Bright medium red. Reticent but pure aromas of black cherry and brown spices. Richer and sweeter in the mouth than the Mazy, with strong minerality and a faintly medicinal quality. Finishes with sneaky, mounting intensity of flavor and a fairly serious tannic impression.

Score: 89 - 92

Stephen Tanzer, International Wine Cellar 01 March 2010

A surprisingly high-toned nose of cranberry and raspberry trimmed in a bit of warm earth introduces very forward yet precise flavors that are quite round and supple yet deliver excellent authority and impressive depth on the balanced and lingering finish. This is not a big example or even especially muscular but it's harmonious and should age well.

Score: 90 - 93

Allen Meadows, Burghound Maturity: 2018+ 30 January 2010

Bright crimson. Firm, zesty nose. Polished tannins and extremely delicate fruit. Really quite lean and fine and restrained. This wine has been going to the gym! Mineral and very strongly marked by 2008. (17.5+ Points)

Score: 17 - 18

Jancis Robinson MW, JancisRobinson.com Maturity: 2014-2022 19 January 2010