Tasting note
The 2012 Ruchottes-Chambertin Grand Cru Clos des Ruchottes is showing beautifully, even if it's still a handful of years away from prime-time drinking, wafting from the glass with aromas of wild berries, plums, peonies, orange rind and a deft framing of oak vanillin from its used cooperage. Medium to full-bodied, velvety and elegant, with beautifully refined tannins and this cuvée's signature purity of fruit, it concludes with a long and penetrating finish.
Score: 94
William Kelley, The Wine Advocate, July 2020