Tasting Notes
Vinous 91
The 2009 Clos de la Roche Grand Cru has an open, fleshy bouquet with redcurrant and cranberry fruit, fine delineation with touches of pine needle coming through with aeration, later white flowers. The palate has a little more maturity compared to the 2010, a little ferrous in style, surprisingly linear with great precision on the finish. Yet it does not quite deliver the bravura or the dramatics of the 2010. Drink now and over the next 15 years.
Anticipated maturity: 2025-2042
JancisRobinson.com 19
Stupendously sweet and fresh with lots of subtle layers of development and still lots to give. (JR)
Anticipated maturity: 2020-2040
Robert Parker 94
The 2009 Clos de la Roche is so beautiful today I could hardly blame anyone who chooses to enjoy this superb wine in its youth. Silky tannins frame an expressive core of fruit in this perfumed, polished Burgundy. The 2009 is quite a bit more floral and higher-toned than the 2010, perhaps because of the greater use of whole clusters during fermentation. Anticipated maturity: 2014-2029. Importer: Frederic Wildman & Sons, New York, NY; tel. (212) 355-0700
Anticipated maturity: 2014-2029
