Domaine Armand Rousseau, Gevrey - Chambertin, Clos Saint-Jacques 2006

92-93 / 100 Robert Parker
Rousseau's 2006 Gevrey-Chambertin Clos St.-Jacques – which received 75% new barrels this year, rather than 100% as in 2005 – is strikingly pungent and bracing even in the nose, mingling fresh sour cherry, cherry pit, bitter-sweet herbal concentrate, iodine, peat, and hints of game. This attacks the palate as its aromas anticipated, and hints of black pepper and chalk add to the invigorating sense of grip. Even (as this was when I tasted it) prior bottling – which at Rousseau involves pumping and bottling – the overall impression here is relatively spare and delicate. But this offers a fine example of how this need not preclude sheer flavor intensity or energy, present in spades here. The finish is impressively pungent and piquant, and one can safely assume at least a decade of fascination is in store for the owners of bottles.
Wine Advocate #186 Dec 2009

95 / 100 Wine Spectator
Packed with sweet fruit, this silky red exudes cherry, strawberry, licorice, sandalwood and mineral aromas and flavors. Despite its intensity, this remains lithe and refined, with excellent harmony and resonance on the long finish. Best from 2012 through 2024.
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17 / 20 Jancis Robinson
Mid transparent crimson. Low-key nose. Then wonderful purity on the palate. Tucked in for a long and glorious life.. Wonderful line through it. Great balance and lots of density.
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93 / 100 Allen Meadow
A gentle touch of wood frames the elegant and ultra refined high-toned red pinot fruit nose that also evidences notes of spice, earth and soft floral nuances. There is ample minerality on the rich, sweet and sappy middle weight flavors that are almost delicate yet focused, pure and sneaky long as the flavor impact is really impressive. A strikingly intense wine of finesse and understatement in 2006 that still isn't quite 100% yet it's sufficiently close that this could easily be enjoyed now if desired.
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