2015 Chambertin, Grand Cru, Domaine Armand Rousseau, Burgundy

This is at once ripe yet distinctly cool with its fresh and still mostly primary ultra-spicy red currant, underbrush, sandalwood, lilac and earth aromas. The rich, intense and overtly muscular big-bodied flavors possess evident minerality that is borderline pungent and it informs the explosively long, firm and very serious finish. This notably powerful, but not really austere effort, is coming along nicely and while it's still quite young, it's not so backward that it couldn't be enjoyed now. I would stress though that for my taste, I would suggest holding it for roughly another decade and 12 to 15 more years is more probable if you really want to see this at its apogee. In a word, magnificent.

98/100, Alan Meadows, Burghound (July 2023)