History
Early in his winemaking career Emmanuel Rouget was lucky enough to have been taken under the wing of his uncle, Burgundy legend Henri Jayer. Now Emmanuel’s wines are almost as sought after as those of his universally lauded uncle.
The emphasis is placed on the vineyard, where much preparation and leg-work is done during the growing season to ensure that healthy, thick-skinned Pinot Noir can be harvested in September. In the cellar, a minimal intervention policy is in place, which sees the wines rest peacefully in oak barriques for a year and a half before bottling without filtration.
His wines are now very highly rated and keenly sought-after by connoisseurs worldwide. They continue broadly in the same style as those of Henri Jayer without perhaps touching the same heights – it may be a question of meticulousness, or just of green fingers – though they can still be breathtakingly good, and continue to command high prices in secondary markets. They are luscious, red-fruited wines with a perceptible oak aspect.