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94 JG. "Mazis-Chambertin can often be one of the most sauvage grand crus in Gevrey, but the 2005 Faiveley is a polished and classy example of the vineyard. The nose offers up a complex and compelling mélange of dark berries, black cherries, bitter chocolate, blood orange, Gevrey black minerality and vinesmoke. On the palate the wine is full-bodied, deep and delivers superb focus, with great mid-palate depth, and great complexity and grip on the fine-grained and very long finish. This wine was raised in forty percent new oak, and yet there is very little sign of any wood at all in this wine. A seamless, intensely flavored and supremely elegant rendition of Mazis." View From the Cellar, Mar/Apr 2007, Issue #8 |