1996 Domaine Armand Rousseau Gevrey-Chambertin

This ruby-colored wine has fresh, spicy, and candied strawberry aromas that lead to an oily-textured, glycerine-feeling, medium-bodied, and appealing core of black raspberries and cherries. It is a well-made, simple, and delightful wine for drinking over the next 3 years. As far as the 1996 vintage is concerned, Rousseau's comments were bluntly candid - "the North wind is concentration. It saves a harvest, prevents rot, concentrates color and sugar, concentrates everything we want. 1996 is better than 1990, it may be too early to say, but there, I said it." With that, Rousseau picked up one of the tastevins hanging on the wall (these are the small, wide, shallow, and traditional silver utensils used for tasting. As far as I know he is the only Burgundian who continues to use them on a regular basis), and the tasting began. Importer: Frederick Wildman & Sons, New York, NY; tel (212) 355-0700.

This ruby-colored wine has fresh, spicy, and candied strawberry aromas that lead to an oily-textured, glycerine-feeling, medium-bodied, and appealing core of black raspberries and cherries. It is a well-made, simple, and delightful wine for drinking over the next 3 years.||As far as the 1996 vintage is concerned, Rousseau's comments were bluntly candid - "the North wind is concentration. It saves a harvest, prevents rot, concentrates color and sugar, concentrates everything we want. 1996 is better than 1990, it may be too early to say, but there, I said it."||With that, Rousseau picked up one of the tastevins hanging on the wall (these are the small, wide, shallow, and traditional silver utensils used for tasting. As far as I know he is the only Burgundian who continues to use them on a regular basis), and the tasting began. Wine Advocate.August, 1998