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.

Burghound 98 Points | This too evidences subtle wood influence on the ripe yet cool nose that combines notes of spice, earth and floral elements with those of dark berries and poached plum. There is excellent intensity to the full-bodied, concentrated and mineral-inflected flavors that coat the palate with sappy dry extract while delivering excellent depth and persistence on the beautifully balanced and imposingly powerful if decidedly compact finale. This strikingly pure effort is already Zen-like in its sense of harmony and should prove to be remarkably long-lived. Brilliant.

The Wine Advocate 96-98 Points | 2019 Chambertin Grand Cru is very promising, unwinding in the glass with aromas of exotic spices, grilled meats, cherries, cassis, dark chocolate, licorice and loamy soil. Full-bodied, deep and concentrated, it was the most introverted, tightly wound wine in the cellar on the day of my visit. Broad-shouldered and elegantly muscular, it's bright and precise, concluding with a penetrating finish.