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2020 Mazoyères-Chambertin, Grand Cru, Domaine Tawse, Burgundy

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Full Bodied
  • Pinot Noir
Not ready
Allen Meadows
92-94/100
Jasper Morris MW
94-97/100
Product: 20201434615
2020 Mazoyères-Chambertin, Grand Cru, Domaine Tawse, Burgundy

Description

This is a windy spot, atop the highest mound in the centre of the vineyard. Mark had wanted to do 100% whole-bunch this year, but the vat wasn’t big enough; he had to settle for 60%. The bouquet is beautifully perfumed, with lots of floral notes of rose and peony. This is lush and graceful, long and beguiling. Drink 2030-2045. 
Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2020
Alcohol % 13.5
Maturity Not ready
Grape List Pinot Noir
Body Full Bodied
Producer Domaine Tawse

Critics reviews

Allen Meadows 92-94/100
An overtly floral nose reflects the perfumed essence of ripe red raspberry, earth and a whiff of spice. There is a lovely sense of underlying tension to the muscular and powerful yet refined medium weight plus flavors thanks mainly to the fine-grained tannins shaping the dusty, youthfully austere and built-to-age finale. This has the potential to be excellent.2032+allen_meadows, burghound_com.com (Jan 2022)
Allen Meadows, Burghound.com (Jan 2022)
Jasper Morris MW 94-97/100
All destemmed, two new barrels. Glowing purple, I don’t smell the new wood because the fruit concentration wins out. The sensual side of raspberry, heady but gorgeously opulent, perhaps a mineral or two at the back – doubtless this will tighten up, but it is so sensual. Very good indeed, long finish.Jasper Morris MW, insideburgundy_com (January 2022)
Jasper Morris MW, InsideBurgundy.com (Jan 2022)

About this wine

Pinot Noir

Pinot Noir is probably the most frustrating, and at times infuriating, wine grape in the world. However when it is successful, it can produce some of the most sublime wines known to man. This thin-skinned grape which grows in small, tight bunches performs well on well-drained, deepish limestone based subsoils as are found on Burgundy's Côte d'Or. Pinot Noir is more susceptible than other varieties to over cropping - concentration and varietal character disappear rapidly if yields are excessive and yields as little as 25hl/ha are the norm for some climats of the Côte d`Or.
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Domaine Tawse

Our relationship with Domaine Tawse goes back to the days of Domaine Maume, which was purchased in 2012 by Canadian Moray Tawse. The domaine is today run by Englishman Mark Fincham. A thoughtful and articulate winemaker, Mark can be relied upon for an original take on the vintage, and on the state of vinous play in Burgundy generally. Mark farms the estate biodynamically.
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