2016 Bernard Dugat-Py, Mazis-Chambertin Grand Cru

Robert Parker 99

One of the wines of the vintage but one that will require considerable patience, the 2016 Mazis-Chambertin Grand Cru unfurls in the glass with a brooding bouquet of dark berries, cassis, undergrowth, peony, rich spices and espresso roast that gains in subtle savory nuance the longer it sits in the glass. On the palate, the wine is full-bodied, richly structured and immensely deep at the core, with a broad-shouldered chassis of powdery tannin, searing concentration and a lifted, almost minty finish of interminable duration. More primordial and even more reserved than the Lavaux-Saint-Jacques, this will demand over a decade of bottle age, but the only Mazis-Chambertin to rival it this year is Domaine d’Auvenay’s. Vinified with 90% whole cluster in a wooden cuve and matured in new barrels, it’s one of the best wines I’ve ever tasted from Dugat-Py. [William Kelley, 20/12/2018]

Anticipated maturity: 2028-2075