Domaine Armand Rousseau Grand Cru Appellation Vineyards
Appellation
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Size (ha)
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Aspect
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Soil
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Clos de La Roche
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1.48
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East
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Hard calcareous with a depth of 30 cm and big stones
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Charmes-Chambertin (grapes from Charmes and Mazoyers)
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1.47
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do.
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Mazoyers - Comblanchian limestone with a shallow gravel layer
Charmes - Upper: entroqual limestone
Lower: Comblanchian
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Chambertin
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2.55
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do.
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Screes rich in limestone; plot located mid-slope on entroqual limestone of lower Bajocian and Maris Bajociennis
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Chambertin Clos de Bèze
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1.42
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do.
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do.
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Ruchottes-Chambertin
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1.06
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do.
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Soil shallow with layers of red marl; very pebbly, shallow, and infertile. Oolithic limestone dating from Bathonian
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Mazy-Chambertin
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0.52
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do.
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Premeaux limestone of the Bathonian. Soil dense in Mazy-bas (where the plot is located and as opposed to Mazy-haut), with depths of as much as 1.5 m.
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Source: Underlying data from domaine-rousseau.com
Domaine Armand Rousseau Premier Cru AppellationVineyards
Appellation
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Size (ha)
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Aspect
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Soil
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Lavaux-Saint-Jacques
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0.76
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Southeast
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Two parcels located at bottom of slope. Soil 33% limestone with 25 cm fine gravel covering.
Premeaux limestone at top of plot with remainder loamy limestone. The soil produced is less deep; dark and rich in light calcareous stones
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Clos St. Jacques
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2.21
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do.
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Domaine Rousseau owns 1/3 of Clos.
Rich soil that is rocky at the top, giving a very shallow clay soil
Middle has deeper soil with a Bajocian base; the soil here is rich in clay and limestone
Lower end based on Premeaux limestone; rich clay and flinto soils.
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Les Cazetiers
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0.60
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East
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Orange ochre rich in loam and limestone. Three types of soil:
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Source: Underlying data from domaine-rousseau.com
Domaine Armand Rousseau Village Appellation Vineyards
Appellation
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Size (ha)
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Aspect
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Soil
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Village
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2.40 over nine parcels; seven parcels (1.68 ha) used in blend.
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East
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The following vineyards are used in the blend:
The latter two are Premier Cru sites which are included in the Village blend.
The blending is done at harvest time.
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Source: Underlying data from domaine-rousseau.com
Our visit to the domaine and tasting of its wines are described here.
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