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2009 Domaine Armand Rousseau Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru "Clos Saint Jacques"

2009 Domaine Armand Rousseau Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru "Clos Saint Jacques"

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Burghound

Review Date: 03/2019
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Unusually for a Rousseau wine, this was moderately reduced and about the only aspect that could be discerned was the wood treatment. I found this doubly curious as a bottle tasted in 2016 was expressive, pretty and fresh with no reduction. Otherwise, the detailed and strikingly intense medium-bodied flavors coat the palate with dry extract that effectively pushes the still firm tannic spine to the background on the palate staining and beautifully long finish. This is arguably somewhat less elegant than it usually is but even so, it's still really lovely stuff. I would add that the sap is so generous that the '09 CSJ could actually be enjoyed now with air though there is obviously plenty of unrealized development potential remaining.

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John Gilman

Review Date: 11/2010
The use of eighty percent new wood, instead of a full hundred, has given the ’09 Clos St. Jacques an even more pronounced signature of soil and the wine was absolutely singing at the time of my visit. The beautiful nose soars from the glass in a glorious blend of red and black cherries, plums, raw cocoa, grilled meat, herb tones, a great base of soil and a refined framing of vanillin oak. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied and absolutely refined, with a great core of fruit, ripe tannins and superb length and grip on the very elegant and intensely flavored finish. Great juice. (Drink between 2016-2050) 94+

94

Int'l Wine Cellar

Review Date: 03/2012
(aged in 75% new oak, vs. 15% for the Clos des Ruchottes and 0% for the preceding wines; the Clos de Beze and Chambertin here always get 100% new oak): Good full, deep red. Lovely tangy perfume of cherry, raspberry, red licorice, fresh herbs, rose petal and spicy oak. Dense, sweet and fine, with an obvious new oak element nicely carried by the wine's concentration of fruits and flowers. Offers an uncanny combination of seamless texture and power. Most impressive today on the firmly structured, slowly building finish, which features fine-grained tannins and a complex saline and spice perfume. A beauty. (ST)

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Wine Advocate

Review Date: 04/2012
The 2009 Clos St. Jacques is a rich, deeply pitched wine built on a serious core of dark red fruit, menthol, spices and licorice. Readers won’t find much of the early appeal of 2009 here, rather this is a wine built for the cellar. Layers of flavor build to a huge finish supported by considerable tannin. This intense, powerful wine is going to require quite a bit of patience. (AG)

Product Details

Origin: Gevrey Chambertin, Burgundy, France

Type/Varietal: Pinot Noir

SKU: #1121292