Producer Profile
Domaine Type: Grower
Winemaker: Eric Rousseau
Estate Information
Area under vines: 15 hectares
Production: 65 000 bottles per year
Soils: Clay and Limestone
Average age of the vineyards 45 years
Wines are aged in barrels for 18 to 20 months
Planting density : 11 000 foots per hectares
Grape varieties : Pinot Noir
Appellation: Gevrey-Chambertin
Grand Cru Vineyard Holdings:
- Charmes-Chambertin Grand Cru – 1ha47
- Clos De La Roche Grand Cru- 1ha48
- Chambertin Grand Cru- 2ha55
- Chambertin Clos de Béze Grand Cru- 1ha42
- Mazy-Chambertin Grand Cru -0,53Ha
- Ruchottes Chambertin Grand Cru- 1ha06
Premiers Cru Vineyard Holdings:
- Gevrey Chambertin 1er Cru Cazetiers- 0,60ha
- Gevrey Chambertin 1er Cru Clos Saint-Jacques- 2ha21
- Gevrey Chambertin 1er Cru Lavaux-Saint-Jacques- 0,76ha
Tasting Notes
Vinous 98
The 2017 Chambertin Grand Cru is just a glorious success. Vivid red fruit, Morello cherries, wild strawberry and pressed violets on the nose, the aromatics here feel so animated and exquisitely defined. The palate is perfectly balanced with a killer line of acidity: crystalline red fruit, filigree tannins and more freshness than it knows what to do with. There is a sense of "channeled intensity" in this Chambertin and whilst there is no question that it is a 20- to 30-years wine, I felt no guilt in polishing this off in its youth. Tasted at Maison de Colombier in Beaune. [Neal Martin, 21/06/2022]
Anticipated maturity: 2022-2050
Robert Parker 96
Revisited from bottle, the 2017 Chambertin Grand Cru is showing beautifully, soaring from the glass with expressive aromas of sweet red berry fruit, smoked meats, coniferous forest floor, mandarin orange and peonies, framed by a deft application of cedary, spicy new oak. Full-bodied, sumptuous and enveloping, its velvety attack segues into an ample core of succulent fruit, concluding with a long and resonant finish. This is likely to be both deceptively approachable young and notably long-lived, offering a broad drinking window. [William Kelley, 28/12/2020]
Anticipated maturity: 2025-2060
JancisRobinson.com 19/20
This grand cru digests the oak more quickly than does Clos de Beze, apparently. Really spicy. Quite peppery and just a little smoky. But there’s that purple peony perfume underneath. Violet hearts. More chewy than most so far but still with succulent fluid fruit at the core. That chewiness changes to a really refined texture on the finish (unlike the vice versa of most wines). (JH) [27/11/2018]
Anticipated maturity: 2027-2045
