Domaine Georges Roumier is one of the very best producers in Chambolle Musigny. Georges Roumier is producing a quite big selection of red Burgundies, from village Chambolle Musigny to Musigny Grand Cru – and all the wines are normally among the very best wines from the terroir.
Georges Roumier
The Chambolle Les Cras 2009 is still very very youthful, but starting to show more Chambolle character and minerality. The bouquet is still very much primary aromas, with red berry fruit – but is starting to show a nice spicy Chambolle minerality. The fruit in the nose is finely balanced with some fresh elements of forest berries, and some more hot liquorice notes. The palate is shaping up beautifully like many other 09s … it’s quite focused and the cooler red notes in the fruit is taking over.… Read the full article →
The Bonnes Mares 2004 from Roumier is quite impressive for the vintage .. but still need time to unfold fully. The bouquet offer crystal clear dark red and black fruits, it’s linear, very pure and only showing few mature red notes. On the palate it’s quite tight and focused with a very pure cool pinot fruit – no greenness here. It’s not a big and dense wine, but it offers purity and focus. Currently it’s a bit on the austere side – so I would give it 5 years more in the cellar to release some more expressive mature fruit.… Read the full article →
The Chambolle Musigny Combottes 2010 from Georges Roumier is a lovely effort. In the bouquet raspberries, dark cherries and red forest berries – spiced with a distinct Chambolle minerality. On the palate very good concentration for this level – loads of juicy pinot fruit – balanced by a fine acidity and the quite strong mineralic backbone. Is quite dense and dark now and not showing the ultimate transparancy – a fine, quite complex and beautiful 2010 from Roumier – but really needs time.… Read the full article →
I have always been ambivalent about Clos de la Bussiere from Roumier – as it lacks the playfull minerality of the Chambolle wines from Roumier. But when it reach full maturity it really delivers pleasure and drinkability. The 2010 edition offers quite cool red and dark fruits in the bouquet, with notes of red and dark cherries, cassis and hints of forest berries. On the palate slightly on lush and dense side for a 2010 … not displaying ultimate transparancy at the moment.… Read the full article →
The Chambolle Musigny Les Combottes 2005 from Georges Roumier is still very young and backward. In the bouquet dark fruits – notes of prune, cassis and raspberries. On the palate it’s very dense, fleshy and powerful. The fruit expression is currently muscular and slightly stewed – lacking some Burgundian charm and refinement. Need at least 10 years more in the cellar, and will keep for more than two decades. The 05s are big and very powerful wines .. they really need a lot of time before they will be truly enjoyable.… Read the full article →
The Clos de la Bussiere 2009 is getting more focused but is still quite open. In the bouquet cherries, strawberries and prune with a spicy sweetness and hints of liqourice and violets. On the palate quite dense but focused and juicy fruit – getting more and more red notes in the glass. The fruit is quite cool for a 2009, but still have some dense and sweet fruit notes. A very good wine but prefer the expression of the Chambolle wines from Roumier, where the minerality provides a better contrast to the dense 2009 fruit.… Read the full article →
The 2007 Chambolle Combottes from Roumier is a very good wine for the vintage. Sligthly closed in the bouquet – but after some time in the glass it’s starts to show more charm. In the nose red berry fruit – beginning to show sweet slightly matured notes and a nice Chambolle minerality. On the palate lovely sweet red pinot fruit, somewhat more open than the bouquet. The fruit is quite lush and juicy considering the vintage. It’s quite focused with a good minerality.… Read the full article →
The Georges Roumier Chambolle village 2007 is slightly closed but quite accessible. In he nose red coulis fruits, strawberries, raspberries and cherries with a hint of rhubarbs. The bouquet is also displaying a fine but slightly dusty minerality. On the palate sweet sour cherry aromas, quite focused with a medium length concntration. The fruit is quite fresh, but lacking some sparkle and nerve like many other 2007 wines. Will impove over the next 5 to 10 years … and will provide delightful drinking when more mature notes take over.… Read the full article →
The Chambolle Combottes from Georges Roumier is quite open and charming. In the nose cherries raspberries and redcurrant. On the palate lovely fruit, layers of red and darker berry aromas. Good freshness from the fine acidity and minerality + a hint of gooseberries in the finish. Quite typical for the vintage with a lovely rich and charming fruit. Impressive balance and purity – pinot par exellence.
Very Good (90p)
Tasted 23/06/2012
The 2006 Les Cras is quite open and ready to rock …. it’s not matured, but still very accessible. In the bouquet fine raspberry notes, with hints of redcurrant and black cherries. The nose is intense, fresh and rich. On the palate loads of ripe fresh fruit, again fine medium sweet raspberry aromas with a hint of strawberry. A good balance of tannins, minerality and acidity. Quite loosely knit – but a lovely balanced wine, fine expression of the terroir … drinking quite well.… Read the full article →
The Bonnes Mares 2002 from Roumier is still very young and rather closed. In the bouquet a quite powerfull and meaty fruit, with spices and a fine minerality. After some time in the glass more refined with perfumed aromas of raspberries and a hint of cassis. On the palate very tightly knit, with a core of ripe fruit. After some time in the glass it starts to show a little more, but needs at least 10 years to loosen up. Has wonderful balance and refinement will without doubt be fantastic when it’s mature.… Read the full article →
The 1990 Clos de la Bussiere from Roumier is fully mature now. In the bouquet very enticing red ad dark fruit, with elements of forrest, truffle and orange peel. On the palate layers of mature red and dark fruit, slightly rustic. Still fresh and lively fruit, good length and balance. Not the most complex terroir, but nevertheless a quite refined wine. Very enjoyable.
(Drink Now) Fine – 91p
Tasted 06/2009
The Chambolle Les Cras 1995 from Georges Roumier is a beautiful wine. The bouquet offer red and sweet fruit, orange notes and a slight hint of fresh tobacco leaves. On the palate refined tart red fruits, feminine with a very nice balance and length. Good minereality, and while Les Cras is not the most refined vineyard in Chambolle, this wine really is a beauty. Still a tight core of fruit waiting to resolve, but a great pleasure now. This is how matured Burgundy should be!… Read the full article →
The Bonnes Mares 2001 from Roumier is beginning to show matured notes.The bouquet is quite open, with elements of mature red fruits – raspberries and dark cherries. Hint of orange and tar – completing a really beautiful almost perfumed nose. On the palate a different story. Quite tight, with a almost solid core of red and darker fruits, good acidity and minerality. After some time in the glass it starts to open slightly, revealing more complex layers of fruit and minerality.… Read the full article →
Celebrating the New Year is associated with good friends, nice food and a lot of good wines. This year was no exception, as quite many good bottles was on the table.
We always taste the some of the wines while preparing the food. Some of the wines are tasted at the table …. thus making detailed comments impossible.
The Chambolle village from Roumier is a quite dense wine in the 2009 edition. The nose offers both red and more dark aromas – raspberries with a hint of cassis. Rh nose also have a fine hint of chambolle minerality. On the palate quite lush and dark notes with even more cassis and sweetness interacting with the normal red fruits and Chambolle minerality. After some time in the glass more focused with slightly more minerality. A bit on the heavy side – and I must say the Chambolle Combottes really is quite a lot better than the village wine in 2009.… Read the full article →
The Clos de la Bussiere is normally a quite soft and very pleasent wine, compared to Roumiers more mineral driven Chambolle wines. This was aldo the case with the 2009 edition of Clos de la Bussiere. It showed some raspberry aromas in the bouquet, but otherwise mostly quite dense and dark notes. On the palate also quite dense and dark fruit, with a rather limited minerality. Lacks some of the red druits and freshness found in the Chambolle Combottes, but still a good effort from Roumier.… Read the full article →
The Chambolle 2004 from Roumier was slightly closed. On the nose some cherry aromas, but also some coffee and some less charming cheese notes. The palate was more forward, with some red fruit. Starting to show, but like a lot of 2004 wines slightly onedimensional and austere in the fruit expression. But still a nice Chambolle minerality, a good length – a good wine.
(Drink from 2015) Good – 86p
Tasted 15/11/2011
Chambolle Combottes is one of the entry levels to the wonderful world of Roumier. It’s a bigger wine than the village Chambolle, but often it seems to be less focused than the village wine. In the 2009 edition the bouquet offered red colis fruit, raspberries and strawberries, with a underlaying refined minerality – and a hint of vanilla. On the palate a good minerality and primarely red and sweet fruit – coulis style. Very accessible and almost organic in style. Fine balance and while slightly on the dense side, the minerality still makes this a quite elegant wine.… Read the full article →