In Bond Fine Wine. 2016 Denis Mortet Mazis Chambertin, Gevrey-Chambertin, Burgundy, France. Grand Cru • Red Burgundy in 6x75cl. Top critic score: 96–98/100 (NM). Drinking window: 2021+. Sold in bond by Albany Vintners, independent fine wine merchants.
Neal Martin (NM) — 96–98/100 · Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com, 29/12/2017 · Drink 2021-2050
The 2016 Mazis-Chambertin Grand Cru, which debuted in 2014, is the first vintage that Arnaud Mortet feels is part of the domaine. This was not affected by frost and was picked at 35 hectoliters per hectare. It has a ripe and intense bouquet with the 70% new oak and 50% whole bunch deftly integrated, very harmonious with superb mineral undertones. The palate is very poised, nicely structured, here…
Allen Meadows (BH) — 91–93/100 · Burghound, 15/01/2018 · Drink 2028+
An intensely floral-suffused nose reflects additional breadth in the form of game, smoke, earth and forest floor. The sleek, intense and more mineral-driven flavors possess lovely detail but not nearly the same density of material before culminating in a relatively refined and beautifully persistent finish thanks to the fine grained supporting tannins. There is a touch of youthful austerity thoug…
Stephen Tanzer (ST) — 92–94/100 · Vinous, 01/01/2018
(40% vendange entier; 70% new oak; these vines on the middle of the hillside, close to Clos de B'ze, yielded 35 frost-free hectoliters per hectare in 2016): Bright medium red. Sexy perfume of raspberry, flowers and spices complicated by a saline mineral element. At once silky and juicy, with thick flavors of red berries, herbs, menthol and spices thrown into relief by a cool, almost minty quality…