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Lot 160611
1995 Chambertin Clos De Beze Grand Cru
Armand Rousseau
75cl / 13%
A bottle of 1995 Armand Rousseau Chambertin Clos de Bèze Grand Cru from Burgundy.
'Superbly spiced and now mostly secondary aromas explode from the glass and lead to wonderfully concentrated flavors of impressive depth and excellent balance for such a big, structured and powerful wine. The length though is what separates this wine from most ‘95s it just goes on and on. As to drinkability, the nose is now all but fully mature though there is some of the typical '95 style structure on the backend and thus this will hold for another 30+ years. For my taste this is knocking on the door of its peak drinkability though another 2 to 3 years of cellar time will help to round the edges off of the supporting structure. By coincidence I happen to have the ’95 Bèze from magnum and even as good as this is from 750 ml, it was eye-opening to see just how good it is from magnum (see the database for that review). Drink 2017+. 94/100' Allen Meadows, Burghound.com, 2015
Condition
Please see images for fill level and label condition. Note minor damage to the label.
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This bottle does not appear to be leaking. While we take every care to pack bottles securely we cannot guarantee that old corks and closures will not leak in transit.
