Armand Rousseau Clos de la Roche Grand Cru 2016

Armand Rousseau Clos de la Roche Grand Cru 2016

this is disappointingly thin and while there is good complexity

This is a bouquet that demands attention and in this blind tasting

The 2012s from Diamond Creek represent an homage to founder Al Brounstein and the winery’s 40th anniversary

and quantity of fruit are more than sufficient to balance out the wine's tannic ferocity

black-raspberry

Here the equally brooding nose is slightly more elegant with its cool and restrained nose of red currant

A trace of bricking is now in evidence

its bright demeanor makes its fruit lifted and drives the medley of flavors home

Sexy and delicious

with a delineated minerality in the mouth

or those white soils

Silky and spicy