Domaine Armand Rousseau 2015 Gevrey-Chambertin Premier Cru Clos Saint-Jacques

The top Domaine in Gevrey-Chambertin owns a stellar number of Grand Cru vineyards. Among the elite Domaines in Gevrey-Chambertin, the Domaine Armand Rousseau is the most respected. At the beginning of the 20th century, Armand Rousseau founded the Domaine by gathering together the small vineyards owned by his family in Gevrey-Chambertin. After expanding the vineyards through marriage, he purchased Grand Cru vineyards such as Charmes Chambertin, Clos de la Roche, and Chambertin, whose prices had plummeted in the aftermath of the phylloxera plague and World War I, and built the foundations of the Domaine.