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Wine Description
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 ...
Wine Information
The autumn 2006 was extremely sweet with records of temperature, particularly during October and November. From December untill February, except some brief wintry periods, the temperatures were even superior to the normal, making of the winter 2006-2007 one of the most moderate since the beginning of the statements. During this period, despite October, the precipitation were overdrawn from November to January. The quantity of the rain in Febru...
