Domaine Armand Rousseau Chambertin Grand Cru 2000 Saturday, Jul 5 2008
Tasting Notes and France and Burgundy and Variety and Red and pinot noir
A Rousseauist friend opened this as part of a rather fine evening. It was blind but the oak and fruit style are very, very distinctive and I must confess that once my suspicions were there, I played the person. The nose has the classic pencil shavings aroma I often associate with Francois Freres barrels but with superb red cherry. The palate is very clean and has great hang time as it gently perfuses the red cherry with a soft woody background. This is drinking well now but should last many years yet. I have tried this wine about half a dozen times since 2003 and although it is developing, it is very slow.
Other Vintages : 1999, 1999, 2000, 2002
Rated : 95 Points
Tasted : Oct07
Alcohol : 13%
Price : $205
Closure : Cork
Drink : 2007 - 2015
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5 Responses to “Domaine Armand Rousseau Chambertin Grand Cru 2000”
July 5th, 2008 at 9:03 am
Fabulous wine, and now looks cheap for what it is….almost. What does ‘perfuses’ mean?
GW
July 5th, 2008 at 11:59 am
Whatever big pants wants:-)
July 7th, 2008 at 4:05 pm
Had the 2005 as a curio at lunch the other day, which is perhaps the best Chamb ever.
July 7th, 2008 at 4:24 pm
Is that like the best Olympics ever? Hell of a curio..
GW
August 2nd, 2008 at 12:41 pm
Yep, hell of a curio. I was lucky enough to taste the 2005 amongst a bracket of twelve grand cru 2005’s and it looked so good. Time will tell whether it will be the Chambertin of the vintage and possibly Rousseau’s best ever. I think so. It was a little sad to see the corks ripped out of 05 now but I no complain.