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    742
  • Producer ranking ?

    53
  • Decanting time

    2h
  • When to drink

    Now

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Chambertin – Domaine Armand Rousseau

Chambertin gained a reputation from the patronage of Napoleon I, who is rumoured not to have drunk anything else and watered down his Chambertin with plenty of water. He favoured it at five to six years old and never drank more than half a bottle with a meal. When the ex-Emperor was exiled on St. Helena, he was forced to drink claret, since that was easier to ship to the isolated island.

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The next bottle was an equally rare, old Burgundy, a 1952 Rousseau Chambertin. This is the third time I had a bottle of this batch thanks to the Chalet Collection, the second of which we had with Cyrielle Rousseau in Burgundy on one rainy afternoon. The first bottle, however, was the most memorable: epic, legendary, insert your own superlative here. This bottle was still outstanding, but it did not achieve the heights of that first time. It’s all about the bottle for those old Burgundies, all about the bottle. There was similar sweetness to the LT, but the Rousseau was more autumnal. It was smooth and nice with good brown sugar and earth flavors. ‘Tasty’ came from the crowd, and I concurred (95).

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“The fabulously complex and classy nose explodes from the glass carrying warm, expressive and generous high- toned aromas of spice, earth, game, tea, leather and smoke - it is genuinely kaleidoscopic in its breadth! The powerful and full-bodied flavors are sappy, still vibrant and muscular with superb concentration and the finish- ing richness and punch are seriously impressive. In sum, this is a monumental wine from nose to tail as it were and the vibrancy and lift suggests that it will continue to hold for another 20 years. In a word, awesome.”(95pts BH)

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Origin

Beaune, Burgundy

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