1999 Mazis Chambertin
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Tasting Notes
Medium red. Red fruits and tobacco on the nose, with some funky hints of truffley evolution. Silky and fine-grained on entry, then classically dry but more harmonious in the middle palate than the nose suggests. Clamps down on the finish, showing a cool and slightly ungiving character and an edge of acidity. I expected a bit more expansiveness and sweetness but Cyrielle Rousseau noted that she and her father Eric find their 1999s rather ungiving so far. She told me that she opened this bottle about six hours before I tasted it and predicted that it would be better the next day. She also described this Mazy as "a funny wine, like a clown."
Critic Scores
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Allen Meadows, Burghound
Pierre Rovani, Wine Advocate
More reviews and scores
As Rousseau stated, his ruby-colored 1999 Mazis-Chambertin "has more flesh than the Charmes." It is medium-bodied and offers an excellent depth of super-ripe black fruit flavors. Its tannin-filled finish is ripe and ensconced in fruit. Drink it over the next 8-9 years.
Sappy sweet fruit though like the Charmes in that it's not particularly dense. Stylish for Mazis with good length but this is not of grand cru quality.
About the producer
Based in Gevrey-Chambertin, Domaine Armand Rousseau is one of Burgundy’s most famous estates. Revered for making unearthly expressions of Pinot Noir, the estate’s wines are some of the most collectable in the world.