2020
1x6L
DP
£4,357.64
vintage
portfolio
2020
1x6L
DP
£4,357.64
The Mazis 2020 is as generous as ever, sleek-textured fruit prolonged on the expansive finish by a nice freshness. It's openness belying its true Grand Cru length and power. One of the jewels in the Hospices crown, this magnificent plot was donated by Jean Collignon in 1976 and named in memory of his mother. The vines lie in the heart of the hillside in the “Mazis Haut” on the same contours as its immediate neighbour, Chambertin Clos de Bèze. Old vines planted in 1947 account for nearly 60% of this blend, no doubt explaining the typically silken tannins this cuvée boasts year in, year out.
The Hôtel-Dieu hospital was founded in Beaune in 1443 by the Nicolas Rolin, Chancellor under Burgundy's ruler Duke Philip the Good, as a solution to the great poverty and sickness created in the afternmath of the Hundred Years War. Out of the Hôtel-Dieu a group of carers formed called the Hospices de Beaune. Today the proceeds from their annual auction in November of young wines in barrel are entirely used for the modernisation of medical equipment in the new hospital, created in 1971, as well as other charitable projects in Beaune that provide care and shelter to the poor. The Hospices is proprietor of over 61 ha in some of Burgundy's most prestigious vineyards, donated over the years by benevolent winegrowers. They have their own vineyard and winemaking team, comprising 23 different growers, headed up by Roland Masse, formerly winemaker at Domaine Bertagna.
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