Emmanuel Rouget Bourgogne 2022
Tasted blind, this showed strawberry and raspberry with a strong burnt, charred smell.
Region: Bourgogne · Type: Red · Vintage: 2022 · Producer: Emmanuel Rouget · Grape: Pinot Noir
Tasted 2025-02-26
In the glass
I guessed that a lot of charred oak had been used. Poured again later on, the brett came through strongly; at first it had been hidden behind the charred wood and smoke. As the brett kept blowing off, the raspberry opened out nicely. It is a Pinot made from very ripe grapes. It was also thought not to seem like a Rouget: a Rouget should carry its characteristic whisky note, and the brett seemed to have chased that away.
Producer
Emmanuel Rouget originally trained as a tractor mechanic. He began working in wine in 1976, when his uncle Henri Jayer gave him a job. The first Cros Parantoux under the Rouget name, from a premier cru vineyard, came out in 1989.
Site
This is a Bourgogne Rouge made from Pinot Noir, from Bourgogne in France.
Vinification
The wine is aged in oak barrels that have already been used for a year. Across the domaine, the grapes are sorted twice, in the vineyard and again in the winery, fully destemmed, and macerated at low temperature before fermentation.