Domaine Faiveley : Mazis-Chambertin Grand cru 2013

Tasted blind at the Burgfest tasting in Beaune, the 2013 Mazis-Chambertin Grand Cru from Faiveley has a brisk red and black cherry-scented bouquet, hints of violet coming through with aeration. The palate is medium-bodied with supple red berry fruit, well-judged acidity, improving all the time in the mouth and gaining cohesion so that the lightly spiced finish has appealing focus and tension. Afford this 1-2 hours in a decanter or preferably give it 8-10 years in the cellar. I like the cut of its jib. Tasted September 2016.

Powerful and deeply colored compared to other wines from the domaine, with a wonderful balance and a highly accomplished expression of this great terroir, yielding wines that are a touch more earth-driven, a bit more Richebourg, if you will, than Latricières.