1999 Domaine Armand Rousseau Père et Fils Chambertin

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  4/10/2024 - broccoliflower Likes this wine: 98 Points

  Couldn't put it any better than the reviews below. This was open for business last night, just a complete and perfectly-integrated wine, with no singular characteristic stepping out in front of the others. Aromas and the palate danced from one element to another seamlessly, from fruit, to terroir, bits of game and animal, to mineral. An absolutely stunning and haunting wine. If you're going to serve with food, keep it simple. Roast chicken and potatoes. Let this wine sing because it will.

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  7/30/2023 - Benoit Hardy Likes this wine: 99 Points

  Once again, the fresh cellar + 1999 combo bought at the domain struck again.
  
  Very complex nose, restrained. It first made me think of a beautiful Piedmontese Nebbiolo, with spice and dried flowers, a pinch of herbs and earthy aromas on a background of black fruits.
  
  Note that the wine was linear from its opening to the end of the bottle, no notable evolution. The set is still very young as often with a well preserved 1999!
  
  In the mouth, it's simple: it's a symphony. It starts with the touch, enveloping and silky, the juice first coats the mouth to allow the wine to hatch with serenity. The texture of the wine is breathtaking, it is classy and racy, in a word: a lord. Then there is the depth of the wine, with delicate earthy aromas, coffee, a still juicy fruit, these subtle spices then an animal side in all finesse and elegance. And then there is the balance: the wine sings, more delicate than the Clos Saint Jacques from the same vintage, it imposes itself by an extraordinary presence, with a diaphanous tension. The finish is grandiose, always this powdery texture oscillating between dried flower and sweet spices, fantastic length that stretches endlessly...
  
  Great Burgundy, a noble wine. 1999 evolves very slowly!

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  5/21/2023 - Lord of the Bottles Likes this wine: 98 Points

  Paired against ‘01 DRC La Tache and ‘17 Forey Vosne Gaudichots. This was unsurprisingly youthful given the strength of the ‘99 vintage and felt like it wasn’t quite at its peak. Beautiful game and mushroom nose. Palate a little firm, dark morelo cherry, dark chocolate, cardamon, super long finish. We marginally preferred the ‘01 La Tache but splitting hairs here. 98 pts

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  9/9/2022 - La Grappe wrote: 98 Points

  A fairly deep, mature colour; an intense, penetrating bouquet mirrored on the palate, with mature red fruit flavours and exceptional balance; complex, profound and exceptionally long. This was my second bottle of two bought en primeur and it seemed much fuller than the first, drunk 4 years ago. Either the wine has improved or there is significant variation between bottles.

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  8/27/2022 - KristianT Likes this wine: 96 Points

  Absolutely delicious - quite forthcoming from the offset. The spiciness on the nose had us thinking Nebbiolo before we tasted it. Extremely elegant wine. Difficult to see it getting better, but no signs of it being tired either. Will probably be at this pleateu for years if not decades to come. Stunning wine.
  PS: the cork was unbelievably fresh.

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