Domain Rousseau Ruchottes Chambertin Grand Cru 1988 Bottle (75cl)
The 1988 Domaine Rousseau Ruchottes-Chambertin Grand Cru is a red Burgundy wine made from 100% Pinot Noir, from the Gevrey-Chambertin area. Classified as a Grand Cru, it comes from Ruchottes-Chambertin, an appellation in the Côte de Nuits. The estate's cuvée comes from the Clos des Ruchottes, a 1.06-hectare monopole located within an appellation of approximately 3.3 hectares. This east-facing sector is distinguished by its shallow rocky and limestone soils, which the estate combines with finesse, delicacy, and mineral freshness.
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
- Ruchottes-Chambertin
- Millésime
- 1988
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.
Ruchottes-Chambertin
Ruchottes-Chambertin is a physically delimited climat and a Grand Cru appellation in the commune of Gevrey-Chambertin, comprising the lieux-dits Ruchottes du Bas and Ruchottes du Dessus. Situated on the slope above the piedmont and higher up than the Chambertin vineyard, it benefits from an eastward exposure and a moderate slope. Its shallow, stony, and highly well-draining soils rest on fractured Bathonian limestones.
- Vineyard commune
- Gevrey-Chambertin
- Origin of the vineyard name
- The toponym "Ruchottes", related to "roche" (rock), evokes the abundance of stones and dry-stone walls ("murgers") characteristic of the site.
- Exposure
- eastward
- Altitude
- 290–310 m
- Slope
- moderate
- Soil
- Skeletal soils, generally carbonated, very thin and very stony, rich in clay and red silts.
- Subsoil and geology
- Substrate of frost-weathered and fractured Bathonian limestones, belonging to Middle Jurassic formations.
Le domaine dans cette parcelle
- Vineyard holding status
- Partial owner-operator via the Clos des Ruchottes, monopoly
Histoire de la parcelle
The name "Ruchottes" appears in the archives of Gevrey in the 16th century, and the site appears to have already been planted with vines at that time. Its reputation seems to have been established by the 18th century; in 1855, Jules Lavalle classified the upper part as a first cuvée and the lower part as a second cuvée. A judgment by the Dijon court in 1931 recognized the appellation of origin and its boundaries, and the AOC Ruchottes-Chambertin was officially recognized on July 31, 1937.
