2021 Charmes Chambertin Les Mazoyeres
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The 2021 Charmes-Chambertin Les Mazoyères Grand Cru is quite reserved on the nose with slightly darker fruit, introspective but well defined. Hints of cola emerge with time. The palate is medium-bodied with sapid black plum and raspberry fruit. Structured, quite Mazis in style with a sapid almost briny finish, this is not a crowd pleaser and is all the better for it. Cellar required. But the potential is here. Tasted blind at the Burgfest tasting.
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Neal Martin
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The 2021 Charmes-Chambertin les Mazoyères Grand Cru comes from 114-year-old vines and is one of the few to contain stems this year, just 10%. It has an open-knit bouquet with red fruit, bay leaf and Earl Grey, nicely defined but certainly missing some power. The palate is clean and fresh with crunchy red fruit, slightly ferrous with a bit of dryness towards the finish. But there is a sense of complexity here, and I find this Charmes-Chambertin has plenty of character and sapidity.
About the producer
Based south of Nuits-Saint-Georges in Prémeaux-Prissey, Domaine de la Vougeraie was created in 1999, grouping all of Jean-Claude Boisset’s holdings under one name. The property has a total 40 hectares of vines, with extensive holdings in Vougeot as well as plots in six Grands Crus.