2015 Armand Rousseau, Charmes-Chambertin Grand Cru 1x75cl

JancisRobinson.com – 17

Two-thirds Mazoyères. They pulled out some of the older vines after the 2014 harvest. Intense and heady. Mouth-filling, crisp cherry fruit. Very neat and lively. More edge and freshness than the Rousseau norm. Zesty but lighter than I remember. Vivacious and long.  [10/11/2016]

Anticipated maturity: 2026-2042

Robert Parker – 88

“Tasted blind, the 2015 Charmes-Chambertin Grand Cru displays a very attractive and expressive bouquet of red berries, cherries, rich loamy soil, peony and raw cocoa, subtly framed by some cedary, recently used oak. On the palate, the wine is full-bodied, ample and juicy, with a supple attack, an open-knit palate but a disappointingly firm, compact-even somewhat drying-finish. While in February this performed quite modestly given its pedigree and appellation, my score when tasting blind was a few points lower.” [31/10/2018]

Anticipated maturity: 2020-2035

Vinous – 90

The 2015 Charmes-Chambertin Grand Cru has a well-defined nose of morello cherry and crushed strawberry suffused with rose petals; it is one of the finest bouquets in this peer group flight, although it fails to articulate the promise it demonstrated in barrel. The medium-bodied palate offers supple tannin, crisp acidity, good focus and detail and a fine seam of mineralité on the finish. It just lacks a bit of substance and doesn’t quite possess the persistence you expect. Tasted blind at the annual Burgfest tasting. [Neal Martin, 13/11/2018]

Anticipated maturity: 2021-2034

Burghound – 91-94

This is aromatically more elegant if perhaps not quite as ripe as the Cazetiers with its herbal tea, forest floor, red cherry and softly spicy and earthy aromas. The supple, round and delicious flavors possess a seductive mouth feel but with more size, weight and mid-palate concentration that helps to buffer the firmer tannic spine on the balanced and harmonious finale. Lovely and I like the complexity here. [15/01/2017]