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Rouget 2018

£630.00 - £630.00
£630.00
£630.00 - £630.00
£630.00
Bottle price:
£52.50
Country:
France
Region:
Bordeaux
Sub-region:
Pomerol
Vintage:
2018
Grape:
Merlot
ABV:
14.5%
Score:
90, Neal Martin
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Availability:
20 in stock, ready to be shipped
Case Size: 12 Bottle Case 12x75cl

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Tasting notes

Neal Martin, vinous.com, March 2021 90

The 2018 Rouget is extraordinarily ripe on the nose, featuring luscious black cherries, kirsch, iodine and raisin aromas, and becoming quite lactic with continued aeration. To be honest, I find that the ripeness shades the Pomerol DNA, so that served blind I would struggle to identify where it is from. The palate is, again, very ripe and dense, offering plush, sweet tannins, plenty of new oak and a decadent, dark-chocolate-tinged finish. This is a huge wine, but it flirts with just being a bit trop. 2024 - 2044

James Suckling, JamesSuckling.com, March 2021 97

Blueberries, blackberries, elderberries, mushrooms and earthy notes. Spices as well. It’s full-bodied with an unctuous texture. Balanced and savory with a fine, chewy tannin structure. Flavorful finish with length. One of the best ever from here. Try after 2025.

Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW, Wine Advocate (End of Mar), March 2021 91+

Deep garnet-purple colored, the 2018 Rouget offers up expressive scents of baked black cherries, blackberry preserves and boysenberries with hints of underbrush, pencil lead and cedar chest, plus a waft of bouquet garni. The full-bodied palate is chock-full of muscular, oak-infused black fruit with lots of earthy accents and a sturdy frame of firm, grainy tannins, finishing just a little warm and tannic. There is a lot going on here, but it's all a bit disjointed right now. Give it a good 4-5 years in bottle and drink it over the next 15 years or more. 2025 - 2040

Jancis Robinson MW, JancisRobinson.com, February 2022 16

Tasted blind. Looks more evolved than most. Sweet with liquorice and a minty note. A determination to charm without necessarily moving with the times. Just a little hot on the end and softer than most. 14.5%Drink 2025 – 2038

Julia Harding MW, JancisRobinson.com, April 2019 16.5

85% Merlot, 15% Cabernet Franc; 25% new oak. Barrel sample. Very dark black-cherry colour. Sweet vanilla-laced black fruit, nicely stony/dusty to balance the sweet blueberry fruit. Extremely smooth, polished and rounded and a touch of vanilla sweetness on the finish. (JH) 15%Drink 2023-2030

Jeb Dunnuck, JebDunnuck.com, May 2019 91/93

Deeply colored, the 2018 Château Rouget is another impressive Pomerol, which is a region loaded with impressive wines in 2018. Cassis, black raspberries, white chocolate, and a touch of spicy wood all flow to a medium to full-bodied, beautifully layered, expansive 2018 that has top-notch mid-palate depth, notable purity of fruit, and silky tannins. Give bottles 2-4 years of bottle age and enjoy over the following 10-15.

Matthew Jukes, MatthewJukes.com, April 2019 17.5+

Organic, in conversion to biodynamic. Tart and hard, this is a mineral-led wine with a sour edge to it which needs time to soften, but there is good blackberry fruit here and the oak is well-judged. This is the finest young Rouget I have tasted and it will develop slowly, and blossom into a beautiful wine.

Neal Martin, vinous.com, November 2019 90/92

The 2018 Rouget offers ripe kirsch, blackcurrant and violet aromas on the nose, quite potent and rich compared to its peers. The palate is medium-bodied with succulent ripe tannins. There is a lot of oak here that overshadows the fruit at the moment and there is a headiness that slightly detracts from the detail on the finish. Hopefully it will calm down by the time of bottling and gain some refinement, but there is certainly plenty of substance here. 2024 - 2044

James Suckling, JamesSuckling.com, April 2019 96/97

This young wine really sings with a level of purity and precision that I’ve never seen from here. Medium to full body, ultra fine tannins and beautiful red-berry and floral character at the end.

Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW, Wine Advocate (April 2019), April 2019 91/93

Deep garnet-purple in color, the 2018 Rouget sports quite a lot of oak at this stage, opening out to lively red and black plums notes and notions of baked cherries, blueberry compote and dried mulberries plus wafts of raisin cake, tree bark and bouquet garni. Full and concentrated, with a firm, fine-grained frame, it fills the palate with berry preserves and offers plenty of spicy and earthy nuances on the long finish.

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