Domaine Armand Rousseau’s 2014 Chambertin Grand Cru is a Pinot Noir from Gevrey-Chambertin’s most renowned Grand Cru slope, drawn from the domaine’s Chambertin holding (reported at 2.56 hectares, mid-slope and east-facing, on limestone and gravel) and typically raised with a firm hand on élevage (noted as “aged entirely in new oak” and “blended unfiltered”). In a vintage shaped by a cool, wet summer and a fine, dry September, the wine has been reviewed as both classically structured and unusually transparent for a young Chambertin.
The top-end critical response is emphatic. John Gilman (View From The Cellar) calls it “every bit as magical” as Clos de Bèze and rates it **99+**, highlighting a “pure and utterly refined bouquet” of black cherries, plums, smoke, violet and cedar, then “ripe, suave tannins and simply stunning length and grip.” Wine Spectator’s **98** describes it as “powerful and lush,” layering “cherry, rose and vegetal elements,” but “monolithic today” with a finish that “keeps coming in waves,” advising patience (Best from 2023–2045).
Several reviewers underline the wine’s proportion: Burghound (**97**) notes “enough wood to notice” around “exuberantly spicy” fruit and “sauvage and earth nuances,” while praising “a sense of proportion” and a “superbly long and seamlessly well-balanced finale,” projecting interest over “15 to 20 years.” Neal Martin (Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate) also scored **97**, finding a “fruit-driven bouquet” that shifts toward site expression with air; on the palate, “iron fist/velvety glove,” concluding: “This is what a grand cru should be,” but recommending, “Give it a decade.”
Decanter (**97**) neatly captures the house style here: “great power yet so refined.” More recently, Jasper Morris (Inside Burgundy) awards **96**, emphasizing “Supreme balance, length and elegance,” with new oak “barely” detectable as the wine begins to evolve.
