DOM ARMAND ROUSSEAU RUCHOTTES CHAMBERTIN 2012 Tuscany and sweet oak

and sweet oak

a record forty-one separate lots were assembled to create this vintage of Monte Bello

and since then

and its 16 Year Old is the flagship expression of slow maturation in oak

which adds structure and a light vanilla edge without burying the fruit

DOM ARMAND ROUSSEAU RUCHOTTES CHAMBERTIN 2012 Tuscany and sweet oakWine Advocate: 94 points The 2012 Ruchottes Chambertin Grand Cru Clos des Ruchottes is showing beautifully, even if it s still a handful of years away from prime time drinking, wafting from the glass with aromas of wild berries, plums, peonies, orange rind and a deft framing of oak vanillin from its used cooperage. Medium to full bodied, velvety and elegant, with beautifully refined tannins and this cuve s signature purity of fruit, it concludes with