2017 Mazis-Chambertin, Grand Cru, Domaine Tawse, Burgundy

This wine is a bin-end, discounted by 20%. Excludes BBX stock.

The very first nose gives a suggestion of just how good this wine is – simply oozing class. Concentrated fruits of the forest are woven in between garrigue spice notes and a touch of lifted perfume which floats above. The palate is intense and concentrated but with sublime elegance and some spicy, exotic touches to the finish. Cool and mineral with some classic Mazis herb notes. Drink 2025-2032.

Our relationship with Domaine Tawse goes back many years, to the days of Domaine Maume, which was purchased in 2012 by Canadian Moray Tawse. Since then there have been shrewd additions of vineyards in Beaune, Savigny and Volnay, the winemaking has moved to MarchandTawse’s facility in Nuits-St Georges and a bright, affable English winemaker by the name of Mark Fincham has been installed. Having previously made wine at Domaine du Pegau in Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Mark is realising his dream of making Burgundy. The vineyards are worked organically and biodynamically, often with the help of a horse. The style here is clean, precise and terroir-driven.

Mark feels the 2017s are simply lovely wines, with real freshness and a focus on red fruit. For the reds, he de-stemmed a larger proportion than in the past, feeling that the stems were slightly less ripe than he would like, particularly in the cooler Gevrey vineyards, and could impart some green character. All the vineyards are already certified organic, but they are in the process of obtaining biodynamic certification too. This was the first vintage made entirely in the cellars in Nuits, having left the Maume property in Gevrey shortly after the 2016 harvest.