2016 Domaine Faiveley, Mazis-Chambertin Grand Cru 3×1.5L

Vinous 93-95

(60% new oak): Dark red with ruby highlights. Complex, inviting aromas of black raspberry, peony, toast, smoke and game. Compellingly rich, creamy wine with a captivating mixture of dark berries, flowers and toasty oak. Maintains its thickness and body straight through to the very ripe, long, suavely tannic finish. A beauty. [Stephen Tanzer, 01/01/2018]

Robert Parker 95

From bottle, the 2016 Mazis-Chambertin Grand Cru is showing superbly, wafting from the glass with a wild and complex bouquet of blackberries, cassis, grilled game, currant leaf and candied peel. On the palate, the wine is medium to full-bodied, deep and concentrated, its satiny tannins beautifully cloaked in a succulent core that marries pristinely ripe fruit with alluring hints of the savory and the carnal, concluding with a long and expansive finish. Finer boned than the more gourmand 2015 rendition, this is an incredibly classy effort that will offer a broad drinking window. [William Kelley, 01/11/2019]

Anticipated maturity: 2022-2050

JancisRobinson.com 18

Cask sample. Light to mid cherry red. Lots of pepper and spice on the nose. Lifted and fragrant. Super-fine texture and quite a bit of oak flavour but the fruit intensity is very good – more in its persistence than in its depth. Very long. Chewy, scented and fresh. (JH) [11/06/2017]

Anticipated maturity: 2026-2036