Lucien Le Moine, Mazis Chambertin

Lucien Le Moine, Mazis Chambertin(from Mazis Haut). Here the nose isnt quite as elegant as the Griotte as there is plenty of sauvage character but otherwise the red and dark berry fruit, earth and underbrush aroma are almost as complex. There is excellent volume and plenty of underlying vibrancy to the bigger and richer flavors that possess really lovely delineation on the equally mineral driven finish. Good stuff and built to reward long term aging. (92 94) 2027+

Tasted blind

and it may indeed reach the perfection my predecessor predicted for it

There is a superb sense of underlying tension to the much more mineral-driven flavors that are also stunningly dense and powerful yet the bone dry and hugely long finish is an exercise in grace and harmony

Part of the wine matured in 20

-- Stephen Tanzer

occasionally other Echézeaux is added from purchases but in 2018 this is a domaine wine)

olive tapenade and violet pastille on the evolved

The fruit bestows purity

The nose of this nascent beauty was locked up tight for the first few minutes

hard candy

Broad and rich but also magically airy in the mouth

but its benchmark quality is already glaringly apparent