The 2021 Gevrey-Chambertin Clos du Chateau offers up aromas of sweet red berries, loamy soil and spices, followed by a medium-bodied, supple and melting palate. Pretty and perfumed, it will offer a broad drinking window.

Offering up aromas of cassis and cherries mingled with hints of loamy soil, warm spices and orange rind, Rousseau's 2020 Gevrey-Chambertin Clos du Chateau is medium to full-bodied, lively and nicely concentrated, with bright acids, powdery tannins and a long, penetrating finish. It's the finest rendition of this bottling to date.

More vibrant and ethereal than its rich, muscular communal counterpart, Rousseau's 2018 Gevrey-Chambertin Clos du Chateau wafts from the glass with an inviting bouquet of red berries, raw cocoa and plums mingled with hints of cedar and spices. Medium to full-bodied, fleshy and charming, with lively acids and fine, powdery tannins, it's bright and beautifully balanced, despite the extremes of the vintage.

Aromas of sweet red berries, raw cocoa and candied peel introduce the 2017 Gevrey-Chambertin Clos du Chateau, a medium-bodied wine with a supple attack, tangy underlying acids and a light framing of chalky tannins that asserts itself on the finish. Cyrielle Rousseau tells me that work to rehabilitate this neglected parcel next to the chateau of Gevrey-Chambertin continues.