Clos de la Roche Grand Cru

Specification

Producer

Domaine Armand Rousseau

Region

Burgundy

Where

Gevrey-Chambertin, Burgundy

Classification

Grand Cru

Grapes

Pinot Noir

Vintage

1999

Case

12 x 75cl OWC

Held at

Wine Tunnels, London City Bond (in bond)

Code

DOMARM9912X75

About this wine

Clos de la Roche is the leading Grand Cru of Morey-Saint-Denis, Gevrey’s neighbour to the south. Rousseau’s wine from it is firm and mineral, with dark fruit and a structure that rewards ten years or more in the cellar.

About Domaine Armand Rousseau

Domaine Armand Rousseau was built up in the early twentieth century by Armand Rousseau, one of the first growers in Burgundy to bottle his own wine. Run today by his grandson Eric Rousseau and Eric’s daughter Cyrielle, it is one of the most revered estates in the Côte de Nuits.

The domaine’s holdings are concentrated in the finest Grand Cru vineyards of Gevrey-Chambertin, above all Chambertin and Clos de Bèze. The wines are made traditionally, aiming for purity and finesse rather than weight, and demand far outstrips the small quantities made.