2011 Mazis Chambertin

(75% new oak): Good bright red-ruby. Expressive, nuanced nose offers redcurrant, spicy oak, flowers, menthol, licorice and a whiff of game. Sweet and fine-grained, with juicy, intense red fruit flavors picking up notes of licorice and bitter chocolate with air. Not particularly fleshy, in fact a bit youthfully severe today. But finishes primary and fresh, with emerging mineral character.