(91-93) This is much more deeply pitched than usual with notes of earth and violets and while there are traces of red berry aromas, this hails more from the dark berry side of the fruit spectrum. There is excellent volume to the very rich and round middle weight plus flavors that possess a velvety mouth feel on the focused and impressively long finish. This also exhibits more depth of material than it usually does and this is one of the better Rousseau Charmes of recent years.

(93+) What a beautiful vintage for the Rousseau Charmes-Chambertin! The 2010 offers up a beautifully expressive and sappy nose of cherries, a touch of blood orange, grilled meat, strikingly pure soil tones, mustard seed, coffee and an impressively complex base of minerality. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied and utterly refined, with a sappy core of pure fruit, stunning transparency and elegance, laser-like focus and brilliant backend length and grip on the tangy and energetic finish. If one were to ask for a wine that defines the style of the very best 2010 red Burgundies, this would be a perfect example to demonstrate the uncanny combination of purity, sappiness and soil-driven elegance of the vintage. (Drink between 2018-2045)