2015 Gevrey Chambertin Les Cazetiers
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Tasting notes
The 2015 Gevrey-Chambertin Les Cazetiers 1er Cru feels odd on the nose, with a bruised apple scent suggesting light oxidation. The palate is simple and smudged, lacking depth and contrast, and bereft of tension toward the finish. I have doubts about how representative this bottle is and will not judge it. Tasted blind at the annual Burgfest tasting.
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William Kelley, Wine Advocate
Jancis Robinson MW
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Tasted blind, the 2015 Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Les Cazetiers was showing quite well, though I suspect it's beginning to shut down. Offering up aromas of orange rind, peony, red cherries, raw cocoa and forest floor, the wine is medium to full-bodied, supple and ample, with an expansive attack and a creamy, textural mid-palate, concluding with an oak-inflected finish. The Cazetiers is often one of my favorite bottlings chez Rousseau, but this rendition seemed more overtly woody than it usually is. But I suspect its evolution in bottle will make this score look conservative.
Full medium red. A bit more medicinal on the nose than the Lavaux, without quite as much lift. Then creamy but classically dry in the middle, with its strawberry and raspberry fruit flavors a bit shortened on the back end by rather strong tannins for a young Rousseau wine. Fuller-bodied than the Lavaux Saint-Jacques but a bit musclebound today.
About the producer
Based in Gevrey-Chambertin, Domaine Armand Rousseau is one of Burgundy’s most famous estates. Revered for making unearthly expressions of Pinot Noir, the estate’s wines are some of the most collectable in the world.