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AN OUTSTANDING EUROPEAN COLLECTION
The following 132 lots come from the private collection of a Northern European connoisseur. Christie’s Specialists travelled to the collector’s home and noted that the cellar was absolutely impeccable. The wines were all stored in a cold, well-organized and perfectly maintained home cellar. The collection focuses on a small group of producers that sit at the very top of the Burgundian pyramid; in particular Armand Rousseau, Jean Grivot and Jean-Jacques Confuron. The lots in our sale offer some of the finest wines these much-lauded producers have released in recent years.
ARMAND ROUSSEAU
The Domaine was started at the beginning of the 20th Century by Armand Rousseau who came from a family of vignerons and wine-merchants. At the age of 18 he inherited through marriage several plots of vineyards in Gevrey Chambertin.Today the Domaine's vineyards have a surface area of 15.33 hectares and the vines are and average age of between 40 and 45 years. Yields are kept low, at between 30 to 40 hectolitres per hectare, with practices such as bud removal and green harvesting being employed. No chemical fertilisers are used, and harvesting is done completely by hand. Vinification is traditionally Burgundian with 90% destemming, fermentation for an average of 18 days in open-topped stainless steel vats with regular “pumping over” and “pigeage”, and a strict control of temperatures with a maximum of 31-34°C. The wine is then aged in 100 % new oak barrels for Chambertin, 90 to 100% for Chambertin Clos de Bèze, 70 to 90% for Clos Saint Jacques and 20% for Clos des Ruchottes. The wines from Domaine Armand Rousseau have developed over the generations but have always kept the same spirit as when Armand and Charles were making them. The “Rousseau touch” is a style of wine instantly recognizable. Their wines are typically Burgundian: fine, elegant and an honest, true expression of the vineyards through the Pinot Noir grape and a little intervention from the winemaker.
Armand Rousseau, Chambertin 2004
Grand Cru, Côte de Nuits
One damaged capsule
4 bottles per lot
The following 132 lots come from the private collection of a Northern European connoisseur. Christie’s Specialists travelled to the collector’s home and noted that the cellar was absolutely impeccable. The wines were all stored in a cold, well-organized and perfectly maintained home cellar. The collection focuses on a small group of producers that sit at the very top of the Burgundian pyramid; in particular Armand Rousseau, Jean Grivot and Jean-Jacques Confuron. The lots in our sale offer some of the finest wines these much-lauded producers have released in recent years.
ARMAND ROUSSEAU
The Domaine was started at the beginning of the 20th Century by Armand Rousseau who came from a family of vignerons and wine-merchants. At the age of 18 he inherited through marriage several plots of vineyards in Gevrey Chambertin.Today the Domaine's vineyards have a surface area of 15.33 hectares and the vines are and average age of between 40 and 45 years. Yields are kept low, at between 30 to 40 hectolitres per hectare, with practices such as bud removal and green harvesting being employed. No chemical fertilisers are used, and harvesting is done completely by hand. Vinification is traditionally Burgundian with 90% destemming, fermentation for an average of 18 days in open-topped stainless steel vats with regular “pumping over” and “pigeage”, and a strict control of temperatures with a maximum of 31-34°C. The wine is then aged in 100 % new oak barrels for Chambertin, 90 to 100% for Chambertin Clos de Bèze, 70 to 90% for Clos Saint Jacques and 20% for Clos des Ruchottes. The wines from Domaine Armand Rousseau have developed over the generations but have always kept the same spirit as when Armand and Charles were making them. The “Rousseau touch” is a style of wine instantly recognizable. Their wines are typically Burgundian: fine, elegant and an honest, true expression of the vineyards through the Pinot Noir grape and a little intervention from the winemaker.
Armand Rousseau, Chambertin 2004
Grand Cru, Côte de Nuits
One damaged capsule
4 bottles per lot
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