Mazis Chambertin Grand Cru Cuvée Madeleine Collignon 2016 3000ml156th Hospices De Beaune Wine Auction on the 20th November 2016 Mazis Chambertin Grand Cru Cuve Madeleine Collignon Hospices de Beaune 2016 A fine elegant medium deep purple, with a sublime elegance on the nose, very lively, showing raspberry and alpine strawberry flavours. This is fine boned and racy, very classy indeed. In many ways it is the complete opposite of the power of the Clos de la Roche: this is more the ballerina style of Burgundy. The

The robe is a dense lemon yellow colour

wild blueberries

Massive and flamboyant concentration but nothing is overdone

the 2011 Chateauneuf du Pape Boisrenard is a blend of 60% Grenache

For hedonists only

tobacco-infused blackberry fruit

and I would certainly not be surprised to see it have an interesting evolution beyond

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just the right amount of spiciness with excellent salinity on the long finish

though not as immediately pretty

it fills the mouth with spice and herb-laced black and blue fruit layers

it slowly unfurls to reveal an earthy/minerally undercurrent of damp soil