2012 Mazis Chambertin
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Tasting notes
Tasted blind at the annual "Burgfest" tasting in Beaune. The 2012 Mazis Chambertin Grand Cru from Faiveley has a beguiling nose with brambly red berry fruit, damp earth, cold flagstone and just a faint smear of marmalade. The palate is medium-bodied with fine, supple tannin matched with assiduous acidity that lends tension and poise. It is quite backward, even compared to other grand cru 2012s, but there is the substance and the breeding here to suggest a seriously long and pleasurable evolution. This is one of the standouts of the Côte de Nuits.
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Allen Meadows, Burghound
Neal Martin
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Full medium red. Rather wild aromas of raspberry, smoky minerals and pungent sandalwood. Then plush, tactile and savory in the mouth, displaying classically dry flavors of strawberry, raspberry and minerals. At once polished and youthfully clenched, this distinctly saline, highly concentrated wine finishes with almost painful length and an impression of weightlessness. Less sweet in the early going than Faiveley's stunning Clos de Bèze but showing much more verve and fruit intensity than a barrel sample did in November of 2013.
Lovely gentle expressiveness and perfume. It’s a brooding, subtle style but there is lots of complexity … but then it doesn’t quite back it up on the mid palate and length. Where’s the power? (RH)
Good medium red. Distinctly riper on the nose than the Latricieres, even a touch stewy. Then rich and wild on the palate, with a brooding quality to the dark fruit, spice and graphite flavors. Showing little in the way of easy sweetness today but very closed. More saline than fruity or floral on the persistent finish. This wine needs longer elevage, noted Hervet, who expected to bottle it in April--a good three months later than the Latricieres. Certainly in an awkward stage today.
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.