Description

Red Wine: 2011 | Armand Rousseau | Gevrey Chambertin Clos St Jacques

Medium red. Liqueur-like red berries and high-toned peppery herbs on the nose. Rich, broad, dry and fine-grained, with youthfully tight flavors of bitter cherry, flowers and spices.

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Producer: Armand Rousseau

Ratings:WA | 93

Vintage: 2011

Size: 750ml

ABV: 13%

Varietal: Pinot Noir

Country/Region: France, Burgundy

Medium red. Liqueur-like red berries and high-toned peppery herbs on the nose. Rich, broad, dry and fine-grained, with youthfully tight flavors of bitter cherry, flowers and spices. A very laid-back, restrained vintage for this wine but the wine’s growing silkiness with aeration suggests that it will reward several years of aging.

Reviews:

• Wine Advocate: The 2011 Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Clos St Jacques was raised in 70% new oak. It has a ripe floral bouquet with red cherries, a touch of creme de cassis and violets once again all wrapped up in that nicely assimilated. Oak The palate is crisp and forward on the entry. This is not the most complex Clos Saint Jacques that I have tasted at this stage, but it is nicely focused with a precise, animated finish. It needs to show a little more character and personality within a couple of years.

Producer Information

Domaine Armand Rousseau is a highly regarded and critically lauded wine producer based in the village of Gevrey-Chambertin, in the northern Côte de Nuits. Arguably iconic in status, Armand Rousseau is one of Burgundy’s oldest and most revered family-run domains. It holds many grand cru plots in Gevrey-Chambertin as well as part of the much sought-after premier cru vineyard Clos Saint-Jacques.Founded at the start of the 20th Century by Gevrey native Armand Rousseau, the domaine initially owned small plots of vines throughout Gevrey-Chambertin. Over the next 100 years under both Armand Rousseau and his son Charles, who took over after the death of his father in 1959, the Domaine acquired various grand cru vineyards in Charmes-, Mazis- (labeled “Mazy” by the domaine) and Mazoyères-Chambertin, culminating in a plot in Le Chambertin itself in 1994.Today, the winery and vineyard are run by Charles’ son Eric and Eric’s daughter Cyrielle Rousseau.