Edmond Ng

9.5

After some oyster and Swedish cheese, heavenly....the acidity was gone, just pure creaminess... — 11 years ago

Gilbert Van Hassel

9.2

Leather spice box, half the price.of a 2010 has the world gone mad — 12 years ago

Rob Lateiner

10

Chocolate, a little green bell pepper twang that reminds me of VA but It definitely is not. Some heat though the wine is definitely too warm. Lighter bodied, less textural refinement compared to the 08 which is silk but everything could change with air. The wine was just popped and put on ice. Showing much better cooler but still needs lots of air. Unless the fantastic 2008 is still to shut down, this shows tremendous longevity. Fully ripe, fully loaded tannins, this is the most structured Vintage of Clos Rougeard I have tasted yet. Wine gets too cold and the oak becomes more prominent. Gets to the ideal temp and the oak comes across nicely and balanced, if not significantly so. Seems like a classic mid/mid-plus toast. Not the char of vosne nor the low coconutty temps of chambolle. The importance of oak matching fruit can hardly be overstated and is perfectly executed here. Could even be perceived as a touch heavy for some purists but that would be too nitpicky for me. Almost a gamey side to the great oak that plays in here, it's like the nuttyness and the char of the oak that seems to contribute this. Comes across more Vosne like when temp is cooler. Reminds a bit of Grivot actually. Black currant fruit here to the slightly lighter shades in the 08. Some black cherry in a more intense way than burgundy. Unfortunately no decanter but as the wine opens up after an hour and a half, the fruit comes out a whole lot more. The initial green, lighter body is gone and the profile is dark fruit with a little touch of ash momentarily evolving into incredible deep cigar tobacco with gorgeous blackberry notes. Not decanting this wine for an hour was probably one of the bigger mistakes I have made in wine consumption. This blackberry and cigar is the true nature of the wine as it has filled out. Always a humbling experience to see a wine change so incredibly like this. Unbelievable and beautiful. Texture will get there I imagine but isn't wildly seductive yet like the '08. The last sip is some incredible wild maine blueberry syrup/all those wild dark berries from around New Foundland, with a wild savory quality. Not at all sweet in an excessive way, just in the purest flavors of perfectly ripe and highly concentrated fruit. Probably the most dynamic shift in a wine I have seen other than Barolo. One of the better wines I've had though tannin and texture suppleness is not there yet. Jesus. — 12 years ago

Ned Gray Creed

9.3

Very impressed. Savory notes, pinch, baller showing. I like it more than my Cayuse experience. — 12 years ago

with Mark

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9.1

This keeps getting better with air. It's almost gone now, after 2.5+ in the decanter, and it's probably a 92 at this point. — 12 years ago

Saman Hosseini

Writer Maison Abattoir

8.9

Massive. Basically the Macalllan 12 of chardonay; it might as well have been aged in sherry casks. Liquid apple cobbler/piñappple upside down cake. impressive in its own context. — 13 years ago

Chris Plance

9.2

Thick and a bit sweet. The duoro style. I'll never google this girls porn, and I'll always take her home. — 12 years ago

with Robert

Bob Pratt

8.9

With Sunny and the girls, Thanksgiving weekend in Shanghai — 12 years ago

Evyn Wright

9.2

So good we got a second bottle! Jackson's girls wine Sunday. — 13 years ago

Andrea De Michieli

9.6

A great Chardonnay from Murphy's. Bought on girls weekend. — 13 years ago