Domain Rousseau Chambertin Clos de Beze Grand Cru 2004
The 2004 Domaine Rousseau Chambertin-Clos-de-Bèze Grand Cru is a red Burgundy wine from the Gevrey-Chambertin appellation, produced by Domaine Rousseau from the Chambertin-Clos-de-Bèze parcel. Classified as a Burgundy Grand Cru, it is made from 100% Pinot Noir. Jancis Robinson awards it 18/20, suggesting a drinking window from 2009 to 2018. The critic describes a rich and complete wine on the nose, with a fruity, dense, and vibrant palate, notably marked by cherry and a long finish.
La bouteille proposée
- Size
- Bottle (75cl)
- Packaging
- Loose
- Label Condition
- Perfect
- Fill Level
- Perfect
- Capsule Condition
- Perfect
Identité du vin
- Couleur
- Red
- Pays
- France
- Région
- Bourgogne
- Appellation
- Gevrey Chambertin
- Producteur / Domaine
- Domaine Rousseau
- Parcelle / Cru
- Chambertin-Clos-de-Bèze
- Millésime
- 2004
Cépage et assemblage
- Grape Variety
- 100% Pinot Noir
Domaine Rousseau
Domaine Armand Rousseau is a family-run estate based in Gevrey-Chambertin, in the Côte de Nuits. Éric Rousseau runs it with his daughter Cyrielle, the fourth generation of the family. The vineyard covers 15.33 hectares in Gevrey-Chambertin and Morey-Saint-Denis, spread across village, premier cru and grand cru appellations.
- Owner
- Éric Rousseau et Cyrielle Rousseau
- Maître de chais
- Éric Rousseau
- Surface (ha)
- 15.33 ha
- Production (average bottles per vintage)
- 63 000 bouteilles/an
Histoire du domaine
Armand Rousseau acquired his first vineyard plots in Gevrey-Chambertin in 1902, upon coming of age. Born into a family with links to viticulture, cooperage and wine trading, he gradually built up the estate in the early 20th century. Following his marriage in 1909, he expanded his wine-growing holdings. In particular, the estate acquired vineyards in Chambertin, Charmes-Chambertin and Clos de la Roche. Armand Rousseau also developed the estate’s own bottling operations during the interwar period. In 1954, the Clos Saint-Jacques Premier Cru was acquired in the name of his son Charles. Following Armand Rousseau’s accidental death in 1959, Charles took over the estate, which at that time comprised six hectares, and continued to develop it. Éric Rousseau joined his father in 1982 after studying oenology, and subsequently took over the running of the estate. Today, he manages it alongside his daughter Cyrielle, who represents the fourth generation of the family.
Chambertin-Clos-de-Bèze
Chambertin-Clos de Bèze is a physically delimited Grand Cru appellation whose parcel area corresponds exclusively to the "Clos de Bèze" lieu-dit in Gevrey-Chambertin. The terroir occupies an east-facing hillside, with piedmont plots at the heart of a small amphitheater. The shallow, well-draining, carbonated clay-limestone soils combine scree, clays, and red silts. They primarily overlie a Bajocian substratum of crinoidal limestone and marly levels.
- Vineyard commune
- Gevrey-Chambertin
- Origin of the vineyard name
- The name "Clos de Bèze" recalls the former wine estate of the Abbaye de Bèze, which owned the site as early as the 7th century; the term "clos" has survived despite the disappearance of its walls.
- Exposure
- Levant, generally east-facing
- Slope
- Piedmont, at the heart of a small amphitheater
- Soil
- Shallow, carbonated, and well-draining clay-limestone soils, with scree, clays, and red silts.
- Subsoil and geology
- Plateau of hard Bajocian crinoidal limestone, with marly levels; Bathonian towards the upper part.
Le domaine dans cette parcelle
- Estate holding in the vineyard (ha)
- 1.420000 ha
- Year the vineyard was acquired
- 1961
- Vineyard holding status
- owner of two plots
Histoire de la parcelle
Clos de Bèze has been known since the 7th century, and the BIVB dates its entry into history to 640 as a monastic property of the Abbaye de Bèze. It was transferred to the Chapter of Langres in the early 13th century, then remained in the hands of the canons until the French Revolution, when it was divided among multiple owners. The Chambertin-Clos de Bèze appellation d'origine contrôlée was recognized by the decree of July 31, 1937; its delimited parcel area corresponds exclusively to the lieu-dit Clos de Bèze.
