Armand Rousseau Gevrey Chambertin Clos St Jacques 1er Cru 1992 750ml

Burghound.com., Mar 01, 2019
Heavy bricking though with a quarter-sized ruby core. An overtly spicy nose is composed almost exclusively by sous-bois inflected aromas where additional breadth is present in the form of warm earth and an interesting floral hint. The succulent, round and delicious medium weight flavors that offer perfectly good depth and persistence. This isn't an especially dense effort and the complexity isn't truly special but overall, I found this to be an impressively good effort for the vintage as the intrinsic class of Clos St. Jacques is in evidence.

As years go by, Armand Rousseau continues to enlarge his Domain with the purchase of more Grands Crus: Mazy Chambertin in 1937, Mazoyeres Chambertin in 1940, Chambertin in 1943 and 1956.
The Clos Saint Jacques is bought in 1954 in his son Charles's name who joins his father in 1945. In 1959, after Armand Rousseau's death, Charles Rousseau is at the head of a Domain, continue developing rapidly. He then decides to turn principally towards export. He develops the exchanges first with European countries, then to Canada, Australia, New-Zealand, Brazil, etc. and lastly Asia in the 1970's.
In 1982, Eric, his son joined the team after his studies. He starts in the vineyards and introduces new techniques as green harvest, leaf removal and a mechanic work of the soil without insecticides or chemical additions. He orientates the Domaine near a viticulture more biologic and get involve with the vinification. He keeps a traditional way of winemaking with the minimum of manipulations.
The wines from Domaine Armand Rousseau have improve over the years but it has always kept the same spirit as when Armand and Charles were making it. The Rousseau hand is a style of wine very recognizable. The wines are typically Burgundian wines: Fine, Elegant and a honest, truly expression of the vineyards through the Pinot grape and a little piece of the winemaker.

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