2022 Mazis Chambertin
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Tasting notes
Faiveley’s Mazis-Chambertin comes from two separate parcels, one at the top (Mazis Haut) and one at the bottom of this Grand Cru site (Mazis Bas). Assembled together, it beautifully combines the site’s best traits – earthy minerality and muscular power. The 2022 was quite closed when we tasted it, not revealing much on the nose, however the wine’s quality shone on the palate, full of seamlessly ripe, sweet red berry fruit. Packed with cherry and strawberry, this is intense, tightly wound at this point, the fruit lifted by zesty acidity and firm yet velveteen tannins. Mouth-wateringly fresh, it builds to a moreish and nutty finish.
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James Suckling
Neal Martin, Vinous
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The 2022 Mazis-Chambertin Grand Cru is deep and brooding, unwinding in the glass with aromas of minty cherries and dark berries mingled with spiced plums, orange zest and peony. Full-bodied, broad and enveloping, with an ample core of fruit framed by supple tannins and animated by bright acids, it concludes with a pure, saline finish.
The 2022 Mazis-Chambertin Grand Cru is missing the same cohesion and presence as the Latricières at the moment, though it has an attractive rose bush/potpourri scent that emerges with time. The medium-bodied palate has a tad more angularity than the Latricières and fine mineralité, edgy and linear with a strict, tensile, lightly spiced finish. What you might term a "grower, aloof, but the sapidity draws you back. Excellent.
About the producer
Domaine Faiveley is one of Burgundy’s most important wine producers. The family-owned estate, now in the hands of the seventh generation, is one of the largest in the region, with significant holdings in both the Côte d’Or and the Côte Chalonnaise.