Armand Rousseau Charmes Chambertin Grand Cru 2016

Armand Rousseau Charmes Chambertin Grand Cru 2016

with notes of charcoal

There is terrific vibrancy to the slightly more muscular large-scaled flavors that culminate in a linear and beautifully delineated finish that really firms up as it sits on the palate

powerful and opulent big-bodied flavors that possess an abundance of palate soaking dry extract that pushes the otherwise tightly coiled tannins to the background on the massively long coffee-inflected finish that really fans out as it sits on the palate

The wine possesses a more roasted

an aroma of pen ink

The intense and tautly muscular middle weight plus flavors are even more refined if perhaps not quite as mineral-driven while delivering superb length on the balanced but markedly austere finish where a touch of cherry pit emerges

although it certainly seems a step behind the biggest winners in the mini-vertical

but that's not the main attraction here

this is very much built-to-age yet the copious dry extract will permit this to be enjoyed on the younger side

I would further note that the 2017 is a relatively elegant example and

The delicious

firmly structured and mildly warm finish that goes on and on