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The Story
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.
The Rousseau ...
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Vintage 2003: A surprising vintage…to follow closely !
After a cold and snowy winter, the sun started to appear at the beginning of March and never left ! The months of February and March were very dry with no rain at all (40 to 50% less than normal). There was some spring frost at the beginning of April, but the Côte de Nuits did not suffer from it compared to the vineyards situated in the south of Burgundy. Then, weeks followed weeks in a...
