Producer

Domaine Armand Rousseau

SUMMARY

Based in Gevrey-Chambertin, Domaine Armand Rousseau has been producing wines since 1820. This well-respected winery is best known for its excellent reds, including the classic Chambertin Clos de Beze and Gevrey-Chambertin Les Cazetiers cru vineyards. Domaine Armand Rousseau has been producing excellent quality wine since the 1930s and continues to produce some of the most highly-regarded wines from Burgundy. The Domaine is a family run business with less than 20 hectares of vines. The Rousseau family is noted for its dedication to organic farming, sustainable practices and careful blending in order to produce high-quality wines that are full-bodied with complex aromas. This Burgundy winery has won numerous awards over the years including Grand Cru Classé status in Gevrey Chambertin Clos de Beze since 1934.

Armand Rousseau came from a family already heavily involved in winemaking and inherited several vineyard plots as well as the winemaking facilities in Gevrey-Chambertin as a wedding gift in 1909. Rousseau immediately set about expanding his vineyard holdings purchasing new plots of land, carefully seeking out indigenous grape varietals that would flourish in the region. The wines produced by Domaine Armand Rousseau are elegant and complex with a beautiful balance between fruitiness and minerality. The estate is noted for its dedication to organic farming, sustainable practices and careful blending in order to produce high-quality wines that are full-bodied with complex aromas. This Burgundy winery has won numerous awards over the years including Grand Cru Classé status in Gevrey Chambertin Clos de Beze since 1934. The estate is now run by the family and has over 100 hectares of vineyards in Gevrey-Chambertin, Morey Saint-Denis and Chambolle Musigny. In the mid-1990s, Armand Rousseau Winery released a new line of wines called Les Jardins de Cécile. These wines are produced from 100% organic grapes and have been fermented with wild yeast instead of cultivated yeasts. The estate is now managed by Eric Rousseau, son of Charles Rousseau and grandson of Armand Rousseau. Eric, who joined his family business in 1993 after graduating with a Master’s degree from Paris University where he studied international trade law. However, this did not stop him from pursuing winemaking as an additional career choice to working for his father. In 1998, Eric Rousseau was named president of the Union des Grands Crus de France (UGC) and in 2004 he became the youngest ever President of Inter-Rhône, an organization created by winegrowers to promote wines made from grapes harvested between Lyon and Montelimar. Today, Domaine Armand Rousseau is considered one of Burgundy’s most prestigious wineries with over 30 hectares (74 acres) spread across seven Grand Cru Classe A vineyards including Musigny which covers 17 hectares (42 acres). The other Grand Cru Classé A vineyards include Chambertin Clos de Bèze, Bonnes Mares Les Suchots, Charmes Chambertin Cros Parantoux, Mazis Chambertin Clos de la Roche and Ruchottes Chambertin.