Gevrey-Chambertin

The village cuvée from Rousseau's roughly 3 ha of Gevrey-Chambertin AOC holdings (a figure that also contains the separately bottled Clos du Château monopole). It is drawn from parcels on the south and east sides of the village - around nine of them, average vine age about 35 years, on clay-limestone (per merchant sheets; the domaine publishes no per-wine data).

Winemaking follows the house line: mostly destemmed with an occasional small stem fraction, 4-5 days of cold maceration, native yeasts, then 18-22 months in used one- and two-year barrels - new oak at Rousseau is reserved for the top crus. Single racking, no fining, light filtration only when needed. Bottled May 2025.

2023 in the Côte de Nuits: a very large crop off a cool, damp summer, then a sharp early-September heat spike that ripened everything fast - most fruit was picked in the first three weeks of September. Consensus register: ripe, charming, early-drinking, with freshness where yields were controlled.