2013 Mazoyeres Chambertin Vieilles Vignes
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Tasting notes
Healthy dark red. Highly aromatic nose offers scents of raspberry, allspice, gingerbread and wild herbs, along with a hint of wildness. Concentrated and creamy in the mouth, conveying a strong savory character to the red berry, spice and underbrush flavors. This was vinified with 100% whole clusters but comes across as even sweeter than the Charmes. Finishes with smooth tannins and lovely perfumed persistence.
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Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
Allen Meadows, Burghound
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Elusive and ethereal, the 2013 Mazoyères-Chambertin captures the essence of this great site. Violets, lavender, sage, menthol and plums are all laced together in a deep yet weightless Burgundy endowed with stunning finesse and class. Today, the Mazoyères comes across as seriously tannic and closed, which is likely a good thing for the future.
The 2013 Mazoyeres-Chambertin Grand Cru, which is matured in around 30% new oak, has a very harmonious bouquet with raspberry, strawberry pastilles and a touch of iodine developing with aeration. The palate is medium-bodied with tensile tannins that are suppler than the Charmes- or Chapelle-Chambertin, thereby lending the finish ample roundness to complement the structure underneath. Give this several years in bottle – this is a very capable Mazoyeres.