Armand Rousseau, Ruchottes Chambertin Clos Ruchottes

Armand Rousseau, Ruchottes Chambertin Clos Ruchottes(20% new wood). A discreet touch of wood frames mildly reduced aromas such that I would strongly advise decanting this if youre going to sacrifice a bottle in the interest of science. There is outstanding delineation and intensity to the refined and pure medium bodied flavors that are shaped by deceptively pliant tannins on the saline inflected finish that seems to be constructed from liquid stone, all wrapped in a wonderfully long and pure finish.

Kimsey vineyard (Ballard Canyon) and Harrison-Clarke vineyard (Ballard Canyon)

Put this bottle aside in your cellar for the decades to come

Then flavors similar to the aromas

with abundant balsamic aromas and notes from the woodspice and smoke with an ashy touch

acidity and alcohol

fine-grained tannins

This should be excellent in time

It has a perfumed bouquet of bilberry and mulberry fruit

complicated by nuances of violet and flint

the Chaillot

all in a deep

but it does so minus that delicate floral embroidery that comes forth with such delight in 2013