MAZOYÈRES CHAMBERTIN

This is one to wait on. Given its concentration, persistence and flair, it will be well worth it. The youthful nose is pungent with spice, crunchy black currants and black plum skin. While bold and muscular, the palate is beautifully sculpted by velvety tannins and tingling acidity. Joyously sumptuous and harmonious, the plums, graphite and game notes power into a very long finish. Loïc said he's always very attentive to the vinification here as this can easily turn too masculine. Drinking range: 2028 - 2050 Rating: 98 Christy Canterbury MW - TimAtkin.com (Feb 2022)

The 2020 Mazoyères-Chambertin Grand Cru marks another step in the direction of elegance for this historically rather firm cuvée, and it has gained immeasurably in charm while losing nothing in intensity or concentration. Unfurling in the glass with aromas of cherries, wild berries, sweet spices, forest floor and burning embers, it's full-bodied, ample and layered, with a velvety attack that segues into a fleshy mid-palate and a long, perfumed finish. Rating: 94-96+ William Kelley, The Wine Advocate (Jan 2022)

(from a .25 ha parcel and vinified with ~80% stems). There is just enough reduction to mask all but discreet floral nuances. The delicious, vibrant and more powerful larger-scaled flavors exude notably more minerality on the youthfully austere and superbly persistent finale. This beauty could also use a bit more depth. Drinking range: 2040 - Rating: 93-95 Allen Meadows, www.Burghound.com (Jan 2022)