Domaine Armand Rousseau Chambertin Grand Cru 2019 750ml

Expert Reviews - Vintage 2019 Decanter 99 Points | The reference standard in Chambertin. This is every bit the equal of the Clos de Bèze, if slightly less approachable young. Blended from four parcels including a cooler section near the southern end and another near the top of the slope, this gives a wine of incredible concentration if a bit reserved initially. Here, ripe berry fruit, a strong mineral/saline edge and a gamey note all emerge with time, and the texture is firm and tightly wound. This should age gracefully for the better part of a century.  Jasper Morris 97-99 Points | Same deep mid purple. Firm, strict, authoritarian. Here the fruit is darker, some morello cherry, good acidity, very tightly knit. There is no overt sucrosity though of course the fruit is ripe, with all the layers of flavour which the 2009 did not have at the same stage. It is never easy to pull all the detail out of the grandest crus at this early stage, but this wine will clearly deliver what we hope for