95+ After the top premier crus in the Harmand cellars being a bit cranky from their racking, it was nice to taste the Mazis-Chambertin while it was still undisturbed and resting comfortably in cask. This will be a great bottle in time, as it offers up a magically pure and vibrant bouquet of cassis, dark berries, grilled meat, espresso, a complex base of black minerality, a lovely element of spiciness and a stylish framing of cedary wood. This wine was raised in ninety percent new wood in 2013, but has absolutely eaten up most of this and seems like it was raised in a far lower percentage. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied and extremely pure on the attack, with a lovely core, a very minerally personality from the mid-palate back, ripe, perfectly-integrated tannins and outstanding length and grip on the bouncy and properly reserved finish. An utterly classic young bottle of Mazis.

The ultra-fresh nose offers up pungently sauvage aromas of earth, game and dark berries that are trimmed in just enough wood to notice. There is excellent richness to the broad-shouldered and muscular flavors that possess good size and weight before culminating in a mineral-driven and impressively long if youthfully austere finish. I like the balance and this should amply reward extended cellaring yet be approachable after 8+ years.