The cru of Grand Clos Rousseau is a high-altitude southeast-facing outcropping on the border of Maranges whose red, shallow soils and late-ripening microclimate produce the most structured and powerful red wine in Sylvain’s cellar—as it was with Jean-Marc and Albert. Like Champs-Gains above, this was vinified with 50% whole clusters and spent a year and a half in a combination of 228-liter and 350-liter barrels, 30% of which were new. Its air of seriousness derives more from its firm minerality than its dark fruit, and the irrepressible purity and lift that characterize all of Sylvain’s reds are on full display here as well. The finish shows a touch more clench than the Champs-Gains, but it is ultimately a more expansive and complex wine.