Domaine Armand Rousseau (Gevrey-Chambertin, Côte de Nuit, Burgundy) vineyard sites

Domaine Armand Rousseau grows grapes for the production of Grand Cru, Premier Cru, and Village  wines in a number of vineyards in the communes of Gevrey-Chambertin and Morey-Saint-Denis (two parcels in a Grand Cru vineyard). The characteristics of the sites in the noted appellations are presented below.

      Domaine Armand Rousseau Grand Cru Appellation Vineyards

Appellation	Size (ha)	Aspect	Soil
Clos de La Roche	1.48	East	Hard calcareous with a depth of 30 cm and big stones
Charmes-Chambertin (grapes from Charmes and Mazoyers)	1.47	do.	Mazoyers - Comblanchian limestone with a shallow gravel layer Charmes - Upper: entroqual limestone                   Lower: Comblanchian
Chambertin	2.55	do.	Screes rich in limestone; plot located mid-slope on entroqual limestone of lower Bajocian and Maris Bajociennis
Chambertin Clos de Bèze	1.42	do.	do.
Ruchottes-Chambertin	1.06	do.	Soil shallow with layers of red marl; very pebbly, shallow, and infertile. Oolithic limestone dating from Bathonian
Mazy-Chambertin	0.52	do.	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.

Source: Underlying data from domaine-rousseau.com

      Domaine Armand Rousseau Premier Cru AppellationVineyards

Appellation	Size (ha)	Aspect	Soil
Lavaux-Saint-Jacques	0.76	Southeast	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
Clos St. Jacques	2.21	do.	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.
Les Cazetiers	0.60	East	Orange ochre rich in loam and limestone. Three types of soil: Upper: clay and limestone; soil often rich in clay Middle: rock- and scree-covered slope Lower: silt with clay and limestone

Source: Underlying data from domaine-rousseau.com

    Domaine Armand Rousseau Village Appellation Vineyards

Appellation	Size (ha)	Aspect	Soil
Village	2.40 over nine parcels; seven parcels (1.68 ha) used in blend.	East	The following vineyards are used in the blend: Le Crais Creux Brouillard Clos Prieur En Champs Les cerceiuls Les Etournelles Perrieres The latter two are Premier Cru sites which are included in the Village blend. The blending is done at harvest time.

Source: Underlying data from domaine-rousseau.com

Our visit to the domaine and tasting of its wines are described here.


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