2016 Domaine Dugat-Py Mazis-Chambertin Grand Cru
Reviewed by William Kelley
Issue Date 5th Jan 2019
Source Interim January 2019 Week 1, The Wine Advocate
Rating 99 points
Release Price NA
Drink Date 2028 - 2075
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.