Chambertin Clos de Bèze, Domaine Armand Rousseau 2009

This is quite ripe yet the impression is one of freshness with no surmaturité while the aromas reveal an exuberant spiciness to the dense mix of red and black fruit and wet stone aromas. The supple, round and marvelously well-detailed broad-shouldered flavors possess a silky mid-palate brimming with dry extract on the almost painfully intense and massively long mineral-driven finish that displays stunning persistence. The 2010 is an impeccably well-balanced effort in yet another in a long line of great vintages for this storied wine.

Reduction rendered the nose all but impossible to read save for a few pretty spice notes that could not be denied. Otherwise, the supple, round and marvelously well-detailed broad-shouldered flavors possess a silky mid-palate brimming with dry extract on the almost painfully intense and massively long finish that seems to have no end. Along with the Chambertin, I could taste this the next day. This could be one of the all time great vintages for this legendary wine and I include both the 1962 and the 2005 in that statement.