Tasting Notes
Vinous 93
The 2016 Mazoyeres-Chambertin Grand Cru is showing some stem addition on the nose, and it works well: complex and very terroir-driven with endearing sous-bois aromas. The palate is medium-bodied with fine grain tannins, good acidity, classic in style with hints of tobacco and white pepper towards the fresh and persistent finish. Excellent. Tasted blind at the 2016 Burgfest tasting.
Anticipated maturity: 2022-2048
Robert Parker 95-97
"The 2016 Mazoyeres-Chambertin Vieilles Vignes Grand Cru clearly is the most intense of Christophe’s 2016s on the nose with ebullient scents of black cherries, bilberry, slightly overripe Satsumas and rose petal aromas. It takes a while to get going, but it is worth persisting with. The palate is very harmonious with supple tannin, a silver bead of acidity that winds its way through the layers of pure red fruit and it fans out with a glorious mineral-rich, lightly spiced finish. The mouth is tingling afterward for 30 to 45 seconds. Superb-this is a strong follow-up to the 2015 and may even surpass it."
Anticipated maturity: 2021-2045
