Domaine Armand Rousseau, Gevrey-Chambertin

Domaine Armand Rousseau is no ordinary Burgundy producer and the AOC Gevrey-Chambertin is no ordinary Village wine. Eight separate plots totalling 1.68ha and including declassified Premier Cru fruit from Perrières, Estournelles Saint-Jacques, and Craipillots are included and, like all the wines at Rousseau, yields are kept naturally low. There is no new oak in the Village wine and, regardless of the year, this always exhibits red and black fruits, superb purity of fruit and enough fine-grained tannins for the wine to cellar well for up to ten years, at least.