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2005 Domaine Armand Rousseau Clos de la Roche Pinot Noir

Pinot Noir: 750ml
$299.99

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WA 92-94

92 -94 points,

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, April 2007

Rousseau's 2005 Clos de la Roche offers a nose of ripe cherries, cedar and brown spices, a rich and expansive palate, and a sweet, pure, juicy finish of cherry, boysenberry, toasty, crusty pastry, hints of caramel, a whiff of wood smoke and a lick of salt. For purity of fruit and intensity allied to formidable extract and superb, lattice-like structure, it's hard to beat this wine as a candidate for at least a couple of decades in the cellar, one to check up on in eight or ten years. With Eric Rousseau taking over increasingly from his father Charles, bottling may end up being slightly earlier than in the past, but such routine features as triage exclusively in the vineyards (not the press house), the inclusion of whole clusters and stems, precocious malolactic fermentation (although in 2005 and 2006, at least, Rousseau says he didn't force this), reliance on older barrels, and an eventual light plaque filtration for all wines remain as before. Given the long-running success of these Pinots in subtly yet insistently conveying the distinct personalities of their sites and standing the test of time, some might well ask "why change the recipe?" while others will wonder whether the wines could be made even better. In any event, nature conspired to hand the new generation a vintage of historic dimensions.


92 -94 points,

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, April 2007

Rousseau's 2005 Clos de la Roche offers a nose of ripe cherries, cedar and brown spices, a rich and expansive palate, and a sweet, pure, juicy finish of cherry, boysenberry, toasty, crusty pastry, hints of caramel, a whiff of wood smoke and a lick of salt. For purity of fruit and intensity allied to formidable extract and superb, lattice-like structure, it's hard to beat this wine as a candidate for at least a couple of decades in the cellar, one to check up on in eight or ten years. With Eric Rousseau taking over increasingly from his father Charles, bottling may end up being slightly earlier than in the past, but such routine features as triage exclusively in the vineyards (not the press house), the inclusion of whole clusters and stems, precocious malolactic fermentation (although in 2005 and 2006, at least, Rousseau says he didn't force this), reliance on older barrels, and an eventual light plaque filtration for all wines remain as before. Given the long-running success of these Pinots in subtly yet insistently conveying the distinct personalities of their sites and standing the test of time, some might well ask "why change the recipe?" while others will wonder whether the wines could be made even better. In any event, nature conspired to hand the new generation a vintage of historic dimensions.


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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