2012 Mazis Chambertin
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Tasting notes
The 2012 Mazy-Chambertin Grand Cru offers up a deep bouquet of wild berries, red plums, smoked game bird, peonies, orange rind, raw cocoa and underbrush. On the palate, it's medium to full-bodied, supple and enveloping, with powdery tannins, fine depth at the core and a lively spine of acidity, concluding with a pungently savory finish. This is an elegantly carnal Mazis that's deceptively structurally accessible today, though it will really need another six or seven years in the cellar to arrive at the beginnings of real maturity.
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Neal Martin
Jancis Robinson MW
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Good medium red. Restrained aromas of licorice, smoke, game and earth. Supple, savory and deep, with compelling sweetness complicated by smoky and saline qualities. Soil- rather than fruit-driven but plenty ripe. Finishes sweet and long, with salty tannins and lingering smokiness.
Delicate and lithe on the palate, the 2012 Mazy-Chambertin is intensely perfumed and sensual. This is typical Mazy. High-toned aromatics and bright red fruits abound in a pretty, sophisticated Burgundy. Vibrant saline notes linger on the finish.
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.