99 points,

Burghound, January 2008

I was frankly quite surprised to find the Chambertin almost as expressive and every bit as broad aromatically as the Bèze as the nose is equally kaleidoscopic if featuring a more deeply pitched set of fruit aromas and more earth. The flavors are bigger if not finer with serious power and weight on the rich, full and driving finish that possesses an exuberant underlying sense of energy, all wrapped in a core of rock solid but ripe and balanced tannins. Like the potential of the Bèze, this too has a chance to ascend as one of the top vintages ever typified by such years as '34, '49, '52, '62, '66 and '91. Arguably the Chambertin of the vintage.

96 -98 points,

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, April 2007

Rousseau's 2005 Chambertin - assembled from four parcels, three of them in relatively cool, well-ventilated portions of this cru - offers high-toned aromas of plum distillate, tea and marzipan, but on the palate, chalk, raw beef, dried plum, bitter-sweet black fruits and roasted fennel flavors combine for a low-registered richness. This is the creamiest, plushest, most voluminous, and perhaps in the final analysis deepest wine of this year's Rousseau collection, with a savory meatiness, chalky minerality and a well of fruit impossible to plumb at such an early stage in what will certainly be three or more decades of testimony to the true greatness of this famous site.

96 points,

Stephen Tanzer's IWC, March 2008

Good full red. Pure aromas of dark, wild raspberry, candied cherry, smoke, game and mint, all lifted by an ineffable floral perfume. Wonderfully rich, fat and voluminous, combining great sappy cut with an utterly spherical, silky texture (yes, my note says this is possible). The rising finish features great palate-staining length, a chewy impression of extract and endless subtlety. This extremely intense wine shut down in my glass, but was once again spectacular when I retasted it a few hours later.

About Winery

Domaine Armand Rousseau ranks with Romanée-Conti, Leflaive, Jacques Prieur and another handful of names that are the stuff of Burgundy legend. These domaines produce impeccable quality from vintage to vintage. Owned by Charles Rousseau, winemaker since 1959, son Eric has progressively assumed more winemaking duties recently. With breed, elegance, and marvelous perfume, these wines are the essence of Pinot Noir expressed through the finest terroir on earth for this grape. All domaine holdings are in Gevrey Chambertin, except Grand Cru Clos de la Roche in Morey-St. Denis.

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