Mazis Chambertin tasting
Our group met to taste Mazis Chambertins. All tasted blind.
Champagne
Egly–Ouriet Blanc de Noirs
Meaty intense nose. Showed the pinot influence to its advantage. No overtly yeasty or toasty characters. Harmonious finish. Nice without being great.
White Burgundy bracket
2007 Morey- Coffinet Chassagne Montrachet Les Caillerets 1er Cru
2007 Morey- Coffinet Chassagne Montrachet La Romanee 1er Cru
2007 Morey- Coffinet Batard Montrachet
The wines showed no premox. Very lively. The acidity had settled and integrated well but there was background energy and freshness. There was good minerality on the finish of all three wines. The Batard had more obvious depth and intensity and clearly was top pointed of the three. There was white flowers, citrus and a touch of spearmint on the 1er crus which made some believe that they could be Ramonets. Pleasantly surprised when the producer was revealed which I had not tasted before.
Red Burgundy 1st Bracket
2013 Jean Michel Guillon Mazis Chambertin
2010 Domiane Faiveley Mazis Chambertin
2010 Oliver Bernstein Mazis Chambertin
2010 Domaine Tortochot Mazis Chambertin
2012 Domiane Faiveley Mazis Chambertin
The Guillon was a surprise package. I had not tasted wines from Guillon before. It was the top pointed wine of the bracket. It had lots of appeal with well balanced fruit. Intense, very energetic. The 2013 came head of all the 2010s.
Both Faiveleys were well liked by all. They were supple without noticeable oak influence. They had an attractive mouth feel and nice persistence on the palate.
The Tortochot was a bit polarising. Looked quite different to others. Decidedly mid bodied. More delicate than rest. Forward with good forest floor aromatics. I quite liked it.
Oliver Bernstein was the unanimous last pointed wine in the bracket. It was just way over the top. Looked as if Bernstein was trying too hard to cram everything possible in to the wine. Very hedonistic.
Red Burgundy 2nd Bracket
2006 Domaine Tortochot Mazy Chambertin
2005 Faiveley Mazis Chambertin
2005 Taupenot-Merme Mazoyeres
1996 Hospices de Beaune Mazis Chambertin
1995 Dom. Laurent Mazis Chambertin
The Tortochot again looked very nice. The wines from 2006s are well rounded . They may not have the overt power of 2005 vintage but the good wines have nice balance which makes them attractive. They are drinking quite well now.
The Hospices de Beaune was the top pointed wine. It belied its age. Looks like it will go on for ever. Very fragrant. Very good length. The acidity and tannins had resolved quite nicely and the overall texture and feel was great.
Everyone was surprised when the wine was unwrapped. The Dom. Laurent did not show its 200% oak. The oak was not standing out and appeared well very integrated. There was a comment made by the person who brought this wine that the earlier bottles of this wines did show lots of oak influence. So perhaps one has to wait a very long time for the integration to occur.
The 2005 Faiveley looked bigger and meatier than the ones in the earlier bracket. Perhaps due to the vintage and the it belonged to the old Faiveley regime. But the it was not over the top and there was indeed a degree of restraint that could be perceived.
The T Merme was not a Mazis. Some one brought along a wrong wine. Irrespective, it was not showing well. Like the Bernstrein in the earlier bracket it looked like an overblown pinot. Lacked grace and charm. May be it will acquire I a bit of subtlety in a decade or so when all the baby fat has resolved (?).
Vintage Ports
1985 Gould Campbell
1985 Dow
Tasting blind nobody guessed they were from the same vintage. They were polar opposites. Gould Campbell was fully evolved. Ultra medium bodied. Fragnant. Just a touch of VA. Pleasant drinking.
Dow looked 20 years younger than Gould Campbell. Very primary. Fleshy with lots of depth but quite primary in its characteristics.
Nice way to spend an evening.