2023 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. As Erwan Faiveley noted during our tasting, the 2023 might just be “the king of the cellar” this year. The wine soars from the glass – an intense nose that is rich and sweet. But it’s the extraordinary texture of this wine that is most striking: smooth, glossy and round, yet with incredible power and drive. There’s great intensity here, yet with a supple viscosity at its core. Firm minerality forms the backbone of the wine, while sweet spice dusts the long and fresh finish.
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Neal Martin, Vinous
Allen Meadows, Burghound
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This is more serious, along with the Cazetiers, the Mazis-Chambertin has the hoped for density. An attractive raspberry fruit lifts the bouquet, and is both sensual and sinewy on the palate. While it has not fully eaten its oak yet, this Mazis is surely heading in the right direction. A fine result. Drink from 2032-2043. Tasted Nov 2024.
Firm reduction completely dominates the fruit today. More interesting are the refined and generously proportioned medium-bodied flavors that flash both good power and a more subtle minerality on the balanced and equally austere finale that, like several wines in the range, would benefit from developing better depth.
My inclination is in favor of the ethereal Latricières, but some readers may gravitate toward the denser, fleshier 2023 Mazis-Chambertin Grand Cru, a full-bodied, supple and layered wine evocative of smoky berries and plums mingled with exotic spices and orange zest. Jérôme Flous and his team can't seem to put a foot wrong at Faiveley; and given the high level of vineyard management and skill and precision brought to bear in the winery and the cellar, I think it's fair to say this is one of the finest larger domaine and négociant operations in Burgundy in terms of both quality and consistency. The 2023 vintage has delivered a crop of supple, sensual reds and fleshy but precise whites that will offer broad drinking windows.
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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.