2012 Maison Louis Jadot Clos de la Roche

Pro Reviews

Vinous Media (VM)

(Jadot buys wine from two growers, but the wines were made in Jadot’s barrels, mostly with whole clusters): Good bright medium red. Black cherry, chocolate and roasted herbs on the nose, lifted by pepper and menthol. Then creamy-sweet and expressive in the mouth, with red fruit flavors leavened by herbs, pepper and spices. Densely packed, sweet and very long.

Wine Advocate (WA)

The 2012 Clos de la Roche Grand Cru has a primal bouquet that opens up with encouragement, but only slightly, with mulberry and raspberry fruit, touches of briary and damp moss. The palate is underpinned by very fine tannins. This is a feminine, harmonious and sensual Clos de la Roche prioritising elegance over power. There is a long tail on the finish that is velvety smooth and caressing. This is very seductive and classy.

Burghound (BH)

A pungently earthy nose also offers supporting aromas of menthol, wood, spice and both red and dark fruit components. There is excellent richness and body to the large-scaled, mineral-inflected and openly powerful flavors that possess plenty of tannin-buffering dry extract before terminating in a striking long finish. This can’t match the Musigny for sheer depth but this is a very fine wine all the same with excellent cellaring potential.