2013 Charmes-Chambertin, Les Mazoyères, Grand Cru, Domaine de la Vougeraie, Burgundy
- Red
- Dry
- Medium Bodied
- Pinot Noir
- Neal Martin MW
- 93+/100
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Product: 20138005250
75 cl Bottle
150 cl Magnum
Description
Made from vines planted in 1902 and aged in 60% new wood with 60% whole bunch fermentation. It has a superbly ebullient nose with amazing dark fruit, tiny berries – some blueberry – and is very dense across the palate. It needs time, but this is a winner in 2013.
Jasper Morris MW - Wine Buyer
Jasper Morris MW - Wine Buyer
Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2013
Alcohol % 13
Grape List Pinot Noir
Body Medium Bodied
Property Domaine de la Vougeraie
Critics reviews
Neal Martin MW 93+/100
Tasted blind at the Burgfest tasting in Beaune, the 2013 Charmes-Chambertin les Mazoyres Grand Cru has a lighter bouquet than its peers, a little simplistic for a grand cru although it does improve in the glass, becoming savory with hints of dried blood. The palate is medium-bodied with chewy tannin, good weight if missing sophistication and breeding, showing a slight bitterness towards the dry finish and yet you cannot help but feel this is going to turn into a lovely Charmes-Chambertin. Maybe this is enduring a dumb phase ... you will just have to wait it out. Tasted September 2016.Neil Martin - 29/11/2016
About this wine
Pinot Noir
Pinot Noir is probably the most frustrating, and at times infuriating, wine grape in the world. However when it is successful, it can produce some of the most sublime wines known to man. This thin-skinned grape which grows in small, tight bunches performs well on well-drained, deepish limestone based subsoils as are found on Burgundy's Côte d'Or. Pinot Noir is more susceptible than other varieties to over cropping - concentration and varietal character disappear rapidly if yields are excessive and yields as little as 25hl/ha are the norm for some climats of the Côte d`Or.
Domaine de la Vougeraie
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