Appellations
Grand Cru · Côte de Nuits
Ruchottes-Chambertin
Gevrey-Chambertin · red · 3
The smallest and highest of the nine, on almost bare rock.
Under the vines
Very thin over hard limestone; the name comes from roches, rocks.
In the glass
The tautest and most linear Gevrey grand cru; finely boned rather than powerful.
Why it sits here
Its tiny size and stony ground make it the exception to Gevrey's reputation for mass.
Commonly misread
That every Gevrey grand cru is a heavyweight. Ruchottes is the counterexample from within the village.
Names worth knowing
Armand Rousseau, Georges Mugneret-Gibourg, Christophe Roumier