Domaine Armand Rousseau Chambertin Grand Cru 1995

Highly expressive and moderately mature aromas explode from the glass to reveal dark fruit, earth and spice elements that lead to intense, full-bodied, robust and impressively muscular flavours, all wrapped in a wonderfully velvet-textured and mineral-inflected finish of superb length. This has neared its peak window of drinkability though I will continue to hold my few remaining bottles for a few more years first as there is just enough tannin remaining to suggest that a bit more development potential remains. I have tasted the '95 Cham many times with excellent results.