2006 Armand Rousseau, Chambertin-Clos de Beze Grand Cru 6x75cl

JancisRobinson.com – 16.5

Sweet start then very dry and rather tart. Very aggressive and just a bit too tarted up. Certainly very sweet. Start but then it dried up. The least sophisticated. [10/09/2009]

Anticipated maturity: 2012-2018

Vinous – 90+

Deep, bright red. Black raspberry, game and smoke on the nose. Fat and sweet on entry, then quite dry and backward in the middle, with a distinctly medicinal quality currently dominating the wine’s underlying fruit. This boasts impressive volume but I’m troubled by its rather dry-edged tannins. Hard to taste today. I note that a year ago Eric Rousseau pointed out that the wine began its life quite disjointed. [Stephen Tanzer, 03/01/2009]