2017 Ruchottes Chambertin
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The 2017 Ruchottes-Chambertin Grand Cru is beautifully defined on the nose, delivering raspberry, wild strawberry and rose petal scents and superb mineralité . The medium-bodied palate displays supple tannins and a fine bead of acidity. Very tight at the moment, possibly a Grand Cru that is entering a closed phase. Yet there is freshness and genuine class here – it just needs time. Tasted blind at the Burgfest 2017 tasting.
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The 2017 Ruchottes-Chambertin Grand Cru has a wonderful bouquet that fulfills its potential from barrel: very well defined, precise and mineral-driven with scents of black cherry, raspberry preserve and crushed stone. The pure, medium-bodied palate offers supple tannins, a silky texture and a caressing, seductive finish that feels very tender and sustained. Superb.
The 2017 Ruchottes-Chambertin Grand Cru is showing brilliantly from bottle, wafting from the glass with a deep and complex bouquet of wild berries, peonies, potpourri, dark chocolate, cinnamon and sweet soil tones that are even more beautifully integrated than they were when I tasted the wine from barrel last year. On the palate, it's full-bodied, velvety and enveloping, with a deep and multidimensional core, succulent acids and beautifully refined, powdery tannins, concluding with a long and mineral finish. This is an immensely elegant, graceful Ruchottes that has come together brilliantly.