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Fri, May 31, 2024 03:00PM EDT - Sun, Jun 2, 2024 09:00PM EDT
  • 2020
  • 750ml
  • France
  • Burgundy
  • Cote de Nuits
  • Pinot Noir
  • Red
  • GG217
  • GG217
Lot 96

2020 Domaine Armand Rousseau Chambertin Grand Cru - 1 bottle(s)-750ml

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This lot is comprised of 1 bottle(s) of 2020 Domaine Armand Rousseau Chambertin Grand Cru - 750ml. Estimate for this lot is between $3250 - $4800 with a BUY IT NOW of $4025. The wine in this lot belongs to collection 11417.

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A Toronto based consignor and storage client at Iron Gate who began collecting wine in 2007. Purchased through the LCBO, SAQ, and on trips to Europe, the bottles have all been meticulously cellared in temperature and humidity-controlled environments.
The score for 2020 Domaine Armand Rousseau Chambertin Grand Cru is 95-97 from Robert Parker and the tasting note - Rousseau's 2020 Chambertin Grand Cru is brilliant, unwinding in the glass with aromas of wild berries, orange rind, plums, exotic spices, Egyptian musk, woodsmoke and rose petals. Full-bodied, velvety and concentrated, it's deep and tightly wound, with striking intensity and energy. Still very primary, even after a year's élevage, it will require patience, but it's a magical Chambertin in the making. The 2020 harvest chez Rousseau began on August 24th, with below-average yields, as was so often the case in Pinot Noir up and down the Côte. Cyrielle Rousseau admires the wines' unexpected freshness and attractive natural balance, an admiration I share. Unusually saturated in hue and undeniably concentrated, though not at the expense of the suave Rousseau house style, readers with the necessary connections and disposable income shouldn't hesitate to acquire these wines. Given their structure and vibrant acids, it wouldn't surprise me if these shut down after bottling, even if I don't think they will ever seem actively austere, so plan on exercising a bit of patience.