1 dozen bottles per lot
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DOMAINE ROUSSEAU
This estate brings to mind the kind and knowledgeable words of Christie's senior consultant Anthony Hanson, MW: "this is one of Burgundy's great traditional domaines and Charles Rousseau one of the Côte's best-loved, most courteous growers." Domaine Armand Rousseau is privileged to have ownership of some of Burgundy's greatest, most written about, vineyards: over 20 acres of Grand Crus, 8.65 acres of Premier Crus, 5.56 acres of Gevrey Village land. Charles took control of this illustrious estate upon his father's, Armand, untimely death in 1959. At that time the inheritance totaled 16 acres. The Domain was started at the beginning of the 20th century by Armand Rousseau. His wedding in 1909 allowed him to increase the size of his vineyard holdings and to acquire the present Domaine.
Armand Rousseau sold his wines in bulk to local wholesalers. Then he bought new vineyards-Charmes Chambertin in 1919, Clos de la Roche and Chambertin in 1920 and 1921 respectively. He decided to bottle his most prestigious wines and sell them directly to consumers. The offer here is a piece of winemaking history from one of Burgundy's most celebrated producers.
THE 1945 VINTAGE IN BURGUNDY
"A great vintage. Though the war in Europe had ended earlier in the year, labour problems and shortages continued. In the vineyards, the major setback was severe frosts in March and April, otherwise the unaffected vines benefited from a beautiful spring and flowering beginning 20 May (the earliest start between 1940 and 1977) and completed rapidly. On 21 June a sudden and severe cyclone ravaged ten of the principal villages in the Côte de Beaune. The ensuing summer was hot but dry. The result of 'nature's pruning' and low rainfall resulted in a small crop of high quality, concentrated grapes. *****" Michael Broadbent, MW, Vintage Wine
Clos de la Roche--Vintage 1945
Côte de Nuits, A. Rousseau
Lot 170 levels: one 4cm, four 4.5cm, six 5cm, one 7cm; domaine embossed short lead capsules, lightly corroded capsules, one signs of old seepage, heavily bin soiled labels, one torn label
Lot 171 levels: one 5.5cm, one 6.5cm; domaine embossed lead capsules, heavily bin soiled labels, one loose vintage tag, one lightly nicked label
1 dozen bottles per lot
This estate brings to mind the kind and knowledgeable words of Christie's senior consultant Anthony Hanson, MW: "this is one of Burgundy's great traditional domaines and Charles Rousseau one of the Côte's best-loved, most courteous growers." Domaine Armand Rousseau is privileged to have ownership of some of Burgundy's greatest, most written about, vineyards: over 20 acres of Grand Crus, 8.65 acres of Premier Crus, 5.56 acres of Gevrey Village land. Charles took control of this illustrious estate upon his father's, Armand, untimely death in 1959. At that time the inheritance totaled 16 acres. The Domain was started at the beginning of the 20th century by Armand Rousseau. His wedding in 1909 allowed him to increase the size of his vineyard holdings and to acquire the present Domaine.
Armand Rousseau sold his wines in bulk to local wholesalers. Then he bought new vineyards-Charmes Chambertin in 1919, Clos de la Roche and Chambertin in 1920 and 1921 respectively. He decided to bottle his most prestigious wines and sell them directly to consumers. The offer here is a piece of winemaking history from one of Burgundy's most celebrated producers.
THE 1945 VINTAGE IN BURGUNDY
"A great vintage. Though the war in Europe had ended earlier in the year, labour problems and shortages continued. In the vineyards, the major setback was severe frosts in March and April, otherwise the unaffected vines benefited from a beautiful spring and flowering beginning 20 May (the earliest start between 1940 and 1977) and completed rapidly. On 21 June a sudden and severe cyclone ravaged ten of the principal villages in the Côte de Beaune. The ensuing summer was hot but dry. The result of 'nature's pruning' and low rainfall resulted in a small crop of high quality, concentrated grapes. *****" Michael Broadbent, MW, Vintage Wine
Clos de la Roche--Vintage 1945
Côte de Nuits, A. Rousseau
Lot 170 levels: one 4cm, four 4.5cm, six 5cm, one 7cm; domaine embossed short lead capsules, lightly corroded capsules, one signs of old seepage, heavily bin soiled labels, one torn label
Lot 171 levels: one 5.5cm, one 6.5cm; domaine embossed lead capsules, heavily bin soiled labels, one loose vintage tag, one lightly nicked label
1 dozen bottles per lot
Provenance
Both lots: Etude Tajan - Morrel, March 7, 1998, lot 25, originally 36 bottles