4 bottles available.
One of the senior estates in Burgundy, Armand Rousseau have an established reputation for producing the very finest quality, to which many others are benchmarked – in particular for perhaps the last 50 years, they have produced the finest available Gevrey-Chambertin. To quote James Turnbull from his book - Burgundy, the 90 Greatest wines – "The Rousseau Chambertin is one of Burgundy’s greatest wines… in a good cellar 30 years is possible."
Corinne Rousseau reports that 2003 "is much better than we thought. It was so ripe at first that we weren’t sure what to make of it but now it’s clear that it’s at least very good and may very well turn out to be outstanding as the wines possess superb concentration… I believe that 2003 will age much better than many people believe, and this is particularly true at the grand cru level." Allen Meadows from Burghound.
2003 Charmes Charmes-Chambertin: The freshest nose to this point with exuberant, pure and very pretty red pinot fruit nuanced by spice, earth and subtle underbrush notes that give way to supple, easy and very forward middle weight flavours that don’t quite possess the same degree of finishing complexity as the Caz and this is a bit shorter as well. (87-89)/2008+ Allen Meadows from Burghound
