Domain Rousseau Clos St Jacques 1998
The 1998 Domaine Rousseau Clos Saint-Jacques is a Pinot Noir red wine, classified as a Burgundy Premier Cru within the Gevrey-Chambertin appellation. Coming from the Clos Saint-Jacques parcel, it originates from a lieu-dit where the estate farms 2.21 hectares out of 6.70 hectares. Facing southeast and influenced by the freshness of the Combe Lavaux, this terroir is described by the estate as harmonious, yielding powerful and intense wines with firm, integrated tannins.
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
- Clos Saint-Jacques
- Millésime
- 1998
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.
Clos Saint-Jacques
Clos Saint-Jacques is a climat officially classified as a Premier Cru of the Gevrey-Chambertin appellation, located on the Côte Saint-Jacques to the northwest of the village and near the mouth of the Combe de Lavaux. The southeast-facing hillside ranges approximately from 290 to 340 meters in altitude, with a steep slope in its upper two-thirds and a much gentler slope in the lower part. The terroir features a succession of stony clay-limestone soils and different Jurassic formations depending on the position on the slope. It is a true walled enclosure (clos), and not a monopole.
- Vineyard commune
- Gevrey-Chambertin
- Origin of the vineyard name
- According to Domaine Armand Rousseau, the name comes from the discovery in the vineyard of a statue of Saint James and the presence of a chapel dedicated to him, along an ancient route to Santiago de Compostela.
- Exposure
- southeast
- Altitude
- 290–340 m
- Slope
- approximately 10-20% in the upper two-thirds, then 2-4% in the lower third
- Soil
- Very stony clay-limestone soils, shallow at the top of the slope and deeper at mid-slope, where they reach about 60 cm; the lower part is also rich in limestone stones and flat limestone fragments.
- Subsoil and geology
- A succession including Ostrea acuminata marl and entroquitic limestone in the upper part, white oolite and Bajocian crinoidal limestone at mid-slope, followed by argillaceous limestone and Prémeaux limestone towards the bottom of the climat.
Le domaine dans cette parcelle
- Estate holding in the vineyard (ha)
- 2.210000 ha
- Year the vineyard was acquired
- 1954
- Vineyard holding status
- Owner
Histoire de la parcelle
In 1855, Jules Lavalle classified Saint-Jacques and Clos Saint-Jacques among the top cuvées of Gevrey. On February 2, 1931, the court of Dijon recognized the precisely cadastered plots of the site as having the right to the designation of origin "Saint-Jacques" or "Clos Saint-Jacques", while rejecting the name "Clos Saint-Jacques-Chambertin". During the organization of the Burgundian AOCs, the climat was integrated into the Gevrey-Chambertin appellation and classified as Premier Cru; this classification remains the officially recognized one.
