Reviews & Scores
The 2020 Ruchottes-Chambertin Grand Cru is brilliant, unwinding in the glass with aromas of dark berries, cherries, plums, violets, sweet spices and dark chocolate. Full-bodied, deep and layered, it's taut and structured, with serious reserves of concentration and powdery tannin, concluding with a long, saline finish. This will require and reward patience. - WA
WA96+January 2023
The 2020 Ruchottes-Chambertin Grand Cru has a crystalline bouquet that articulates the limestone terroir with style. You can smell the vineyard in this wine, crushed rock percolating through the dark berry fruit. The palate is medium-bodied with vibrant red fruit mixed with spice and sous-bois, quite powerful yet somehow strict, almost to the point of attenuation, towards the finish. Perhaps this year, their crown jewel is surpassed by their Clos de Vougeot, which is not unprecedented. (Drink between 2028-2060) - VM
VM95December 2021
I love this vineyard, but the sad news is that he old vines are struggling and the young vines dying off. Just 23 hl/ha and no whole bunches, though the domaine has experimented with them here previously. A deep purple once again, explosively heady, concentrated sweet raspberry juice, some floral aspects, but the balance is just a fraction off. I like the finish more, though there is a drier patch as if there had been some whole clusters employed. - JM
JM95November 2021