Mazoyeres Chambertin 2016

Gevrey Chambertin / Taupenot-Merme

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Tasting Notes
The 2016 Mazoyères-Chambertin Grand Cru is consistent with previous notes. It is blessed with an irresistible bouquet that showcases Romain Taupenot's ability to conjure crystalline fruit from this vineyard. Medium-bodied on the palate, not inherently powerful, yet equipped with such a saline, complex finish that you cannot help but immediately return for another sip. This is superb. Score: 95 Neal Martin, Vinous.com Maturity: 2022-2046 01 August 2020
The 2016 Mazoyères-Chambertin Grand Cru has an open and accessible bouquet with hints of Vervane tea infusing the crystalline red fruit, becoming earthier with time, manifesting more and more complexity. The palate is medium-bodied with sappy red fruit, saline and grippy as you want from this Grand Cru with a compact and saline finish. It needs to coalesce, but that will come with bottle age. Tasted blind at the 2016 Burgfest tasting. Score: 95 Neal Martin, Vinous.com Maturity: 2022-2045 01 October 2019
The 2016 Mazoyeres Chambertin Grand Cru has more sophisticated and mineral-driven bouquet than the Charmes-Chambertin, with a mixture of red and black fruit, damp earth, minerals and pressed flowers. The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannin, a gentle grip in the mouth, quite effervescent in the mouth that tingles with its coiled-up energy on the finish. This is a deeply impressive follow-up to the 2015 and it may improve once in bottle. It has great potential, the standout from Taupeont-Merme this year. Score: 93 - 95 Neal Martin, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com Maturity: 2022-2045 29 December 2017
There is enough wood to merit mentioning present on the nose that is presently somewhat reduced though I would not expect it to persist beyond a year or two of bottle age. The rich, powerful and relatively robust flavors possess excellent size and weight along with very solid concentration where the abundant amount of dry extract does a fine job of buffering the very firm tannic spine shaping the youthfully austere and impressively long and beautifully complex finish. Over the past 5-ish years or so this wine has become the most consistent entry in the Taupenot portfolio and it appears that 2016 will be no exception. Score: 93 Allen Meadows, Burghound Maturity: 2034+ 10 January 2019
There is enough wood to merit mentioning present on the interesting nose that blends both upper and lower register aromas together that include the essence of red cherry and lavender that contrasts with plenty of earth, underbrush and sauvage elements. The rich, powerful and relatively robust flavors possess excellent size and weight along with very solid concentration where the abundant amount of dry extract does a fine job of buffering the very firm tannic spine shaping the youthfully austere and impressively long finish. Over the past 5-ish years or so this wine has become the most consistent entry in the Taupenot portfolio and it appears that 2016 will be no exception. Score: 91 - 94 Allen Meadows, Burghound Maturity: 2031+ 15 January 2018
Racy and beautifuly textured. Almost more Morey than Gevrey with its insouciant lifted nature. Lovely wine! Score: 17 - 18 Jancis Robinson MW, JancisRobinson.com Maturity: 2025-2039 09 January 2018
Dark red-ruby. Aromas of blueberry, black cherry, licorice and crushed warm stones. Thick but pungently spicy and bright on entry, then more backward and soil-driven in the middle palate than the Charmes-Chambertin. A bit less sweet than the Charmes as well, showing slightly edgy acidity and finishing with a firm tannic spine. This deep, layered wine, which Romain Taupenot believes will ultimate be "stronger" than the Charmes, will require substantial patience. Score: 91 - 94 Stephen Tanzer, Vinous.com 01 January 2018

Tasting Notes

The 2016 Mazoyères-Chambertin Grand Cru is consistent with previous notes. It is blessed with an irresistible bouquet that showcases Romain Taupenot's ability to conjure crystalline fruit from this vineyard. Medium-bodied on the palate, not inherently powerful, yet equipped with such a saline, complex finish that you cannot help but immediately return for another sip. This is superb.

Score: 95

Neal Martin, Vinous.com Maturity: 2022-2046 01 August 2020

The 2016 Mazoyères-Chambertin Grand Cru has an open and accessible bouquet with hints of Vervane tea infusing the crystalline red fruit, becoming earthier with time, manifesting more and more complexity. The palate is medium-bodied with sappy red fruit, saline and grippy as you want from this Grand Cru with a compact and saline finish. It needs to coalesce, but that will come with bottle age. Tasted blind at the 2016 Burgfest tasting.

Score: 95

Neal Martin, Vinous.com Maturity: 2022-2045 01 October 2019

The 2016 Mazoyeres Chambertin Grand Cru has more sophisticated and mineral-driven bouquet than the Charmes-Chambertin, with a mixture of red and black fruit, damp earth, minerals and pressed flowers. The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannin, a gentle grip in the mouth, quite effervescent in the mouth that tingles with its coiled-up energy on the finish. This is a deeply impressive follow-up to the 2015 and it may improve once in bottle. It has great potential, the standout from Taupeont-Merme this year.

Score: 93 - 95

Neal Martin, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com Maturity: 2022-2045 29 December 2017

There is enough wood to merit mentioning present on the nose that is presently somewhat reduced though I would not expect it to persist beyond a year or two of bottle age. The rich, powerful and relatively robust flavors possess excellent size and weight along with very solid concentration where the abundant amount of dry extract does a fine job of buffering the very firm tannic spine shaping the youthfully austere and impressively long and beautifully complex finish. Over the past 5-ish years or so this wine has become the most consistent entry in the Taupenot portfolio and it appears that 2016 will be no exception.

Score: 93

Allen Meadows, Burghound Maturity: 2034+ 10 January 2019

There is enough wood to merit mentioning present on the interesting nose that blends both upper and lower register aromas together that include the essence of red cherry and lavender that contrasts with plenty of earth, underbrush and sauvage elements. The rich, powerful and relatively robust flavors possess excellent size and weight along with very solid concentration where the abundant amount of dry extract does a fine job of buffering the very firm tannic spine shaping the youthfully austere and impressively long finish. Over the past 5-ish years or so this wine has become the most consistent entry in the Taupenot portfolio and it appears that 2016 will be no exception.

Score: 91 - 94

Allen Meadows, Burghound Maturity: 2031+ 15 January 2018

Racy and beautifuly textured. Almost more Morey than Gevrey with its insouciant lifted nature. Lovely wine!

Score: 17 - 18

Jancis Robinson MW, JancisRobinson.com Maturity: 2025-2039 09 January 2018

Dark red-ruby. Aromas of blueberry, black cherry, licorice and crushed warm stones. Thick but pungently spicy and bright on entry, then more backward and soil-driven in the middle palate than the Charmes-Chambertin. A bit less sweet than the Charmes as well, showing slightly edgy acidity and finishing with a firm tannic spine. This deep, layered wine, which Romain Taupenot believes will ultimate be "stronger" than the Charmes, will require substantial patience.

Score: 91 - 94

Stephen Tanzer, Vinous.com 01 January 2018

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