Dom Armand Rousseau - Ruchottes Chambertin 2012 (750ml)

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Producer	Dom Armand Rousseau
Country	France
Region	Burgundy
Subregion	Gevrey-Chambertin
Varietal	Pinot Noir
Vintage	2012
Sku	36583
Size	750ml

 

WA

94

BH

94

JR

18.5

V

93

This is beautifully elegant with its airy and cool yet markedly ripe nose of lavender, black raspberry, truffle and spiced plum scents. The sleek, well-delineated, intense and mineral-driven medium weight plus flavors possess fine mid-palate concentration before terminating in an attractively vibrant, harmonious and strikingly persistent finale. Lovely stuff that should age brilliantly well.

The 2012 Ruchottes-Chambertin Grand Cru Clos des Ruchottes is showing beautifully, even if it's still a handful of years away from prime-time drinking, wafting from the glass with aromas of wild berries, plums, peonies, orange rind and a deft framing of oak vanillin from its used cooperage. Medium to full-bodied, velvety and elegant, with beautifully refined tannins and this cuvée's signature purity of fruit, it concludes with a long and penetrating finish.  William Kelley

Bright medium red. Superripe aromas of black and purple fruits, violet and licorice, complicated by leather and game nuances. Highly concentrated, very ripe and palate-staining, with the black fruit and menthol flavors lifted by a note of violet. Finishes with a suggestion of chocolatey ripeness and outstanding breadth. Perhaps not as classy as its 2013 sibling but surprisingly easy to taste today.  Stephen Tanzer

20% new oak. Seductive, generous nose. Then very rich sweet fruit. A world away from the sweet concentration of, say, Bernstein, but absolutely gorgeous. Positively ripples across the palate. Great stuff even when tasted quite cool.