2013 Mazis Chambertin
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Good medium red. Blueberry and licorice pastille aromas convey a medicinal reserve. Boasts the creamy sweetness of the best 2013s at this address, but also with terrific inner-mouth tension and lift to the flavors of purple berries and violet. Finishes very long, with the ripe tannins building in harmony with the wine's fruit. Not yet as complex as the Bonnes-Mares and showing little sign of the animal character of so many Mazis bottlings.
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Jancis Robinson MW
Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
More reviews and scores
The 2013 Mazis-Chambertin is the most graceful and delicate of the Grand Crus. Exotic and silky on the palate, the 2013 wafts from the glass with a classic expression of Mazis. An ethereal bouquet of sweet red berries and flowers melds seamlessly on to the palate, where the overall impression is of perfume, silkiness and persistence.
Good full red. Very complex nose melds raspberry, coffee, mocha, spices and wilder notes of meat and animal fur. Like liquid silk on the front half, offering sexy flavors of fruits, flowers and underbrush, then turns much more clenched--even austere and tough--on the back half. This connoisseur's wine is hiding more than it's showing today. Leaves behind scents of truffle and violet in the empty glass. I may be underrating this.
Dark ruby. Very dense and sleek on the nose. Interesting savoury, meaty edge to the fruit. Very polished and sophisticated. Definitely not a countryman, more a lounge lizard, but with lots of pleasure to give. Very correct even if with slightly drying tannins on the end which cause me a bit of concern. A long-term wine. (JR)
About the producer
Olivier Bernstein is among the most successful producers in Burgundy, setting the bar high for the growing number of micro-négociants in the region by producing wines that compete with those of the Côte d’Or’s finest domaines.