2013 Ruchottes Chambertin
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The 2013 Ruchottes-Chambertin Clos des Ruchottes Grand Cru initially has a backward and slightly disjointed bouquet, but it just requires aeration. After a few minutes, crushed limestone infuses the black rather than red fruit. It's a little rustic, loamy and slightly fungal in style. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannins, not a complex Ruchottes-Chambertin, but fresh and saline with a hint of kalamata olive towards the finish. This is drinking perfectly now, though it does require decanting.
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Neal Martin
The Wine Advocate
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Good dark red. Reduced nose dominated by strawberry and raspberry. Wonderfull silky on entry, then quite closed on the back half, with the element of reduction carrying through on the palate. Showed some enticing dark raspberry and game notes with air. Finishes firmly tannic but not dry. This wine was tough to taste following Rousseau's top 2014s but it boasts sneaky length.
The 2013 Ruchottes-Chambertin-Clos des Ruchottes is one of the more perfumed, lifted wines in the range. There is good depth on the attack and through the mid-palate but the finish turns a bit compact, albeit with lovely invigorating freshness. It will be interesting to see if the 2013 gains a bit more weight in bottle. Today, the Ruchottes lacks the nobility of the very finest wines in the range.
About the producer
Based in Gevrey-Chambertin, Domaine Armand Rousseau is one of Burgundy’s most famous estates. Revered for making unearthly expressions of Pinot Noir, the estate’s wines are some of the most collectable in the world.