1987 Domaine Armand Rousseau Père et Fils Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Clos St. Jacques

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  7/10/2019 - jchan1 wrote: 85 Points

  A little tired; not giving much. Suboptimal bottle condition.

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  9/13/2016 - AJ72 wrote: 98 Points

  France Soir beauty (South Yarra): I think this is the highest score I've ever given to a premier cru burgundy and today it was the equal of one of the two younger Chambertin's from the same stable it was that good. I would expect given a bit more time the others will score higher but today in this condition this CSJ was nothing short of extraordinary. Surely there isn't another bottle around today which is in this good a condition. When the wine was first poured out in to the glasses even knowing that we had a thirty year old wine in the bracket it was hard to tell which wine of the four was the one with the age, even when you looked closely! Only with a few minutes of air did things become a little more apparent. Out of all the great wines we had today this was probably the most impressive because it looked so young and drank like a beautifully aged wine should. Very reductive initially oozing class out of every pore. Lovely fine bones on the palate and length that goes on forever. I would say this is one of the most perfect thirty year old wines I've ever had and if your bottle is as good as this one you're in for a real treat. Rousseau is the King of Burgundy in my book.

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