Domaine Auvenay Mazis Chambertin 1999 Bouteille (75cl) -2cm
The 1999 Domaine d’Auvenay Mazis-Chambertin is a red Burgundy wine from the Mazis-Chambertin climat in the Gevrey-Chambertin appellation, classified as a Grand Cru. Produced by Domaine d’Auvenay, it is made from 100% Pinot Noir. The Wine Advocate awards it 99/100 and recommends drinking it between 2018 and 2040; Jancis Robinson scores it 19,5/20, with a drinking window from 2022 to 2055. Critics describe a deep and complex wine combining dark fruits, savory nuances, a silky texture, energy, and fine tannins.
La bouteille proposée
- Size
- Bottle (75cl)
- Label Condition
- Perfect
- Capsule Condition
- Perfect
Identité du vin
- Couleur
- Red
- Pays
- France
- Région
- Bourgogne
- Appellation
- Gevrey Chambertin
- Producteur / Domaine
- Domaine D'Auvenay
- Parcelle / Cru
- Mazis-Chambertin
- Millésime
- 1999
Cépage et assemblage
- Grape Variety
- 100% Pinot Noir
Domaine D'Auvenay
The Domaine d’Auvenay is Lalou Bize-Leroy’s personal estate, situated around her fortified farmhouse in Saint-Romain, on the heights of the Côte de Beaune. Its 3.87-hectare vineyard comprises plots in the Côte de Beaune and Côte de Nuits, planted mainly with Chardonnay, alongside Pinot Noir and Aligoté. The estate is managed using biodynamic methods.
- Owner
- Lalou Bize-Leroy
- Maître de chais
- Lalou Bize-Leroy
- Surface (ha)
- 3.90 ha
- Production (average bottles per vintage)
- 8 000 bouteilles/an
Histoire du domaine
The history of Domaine d’Auvenay is linked to the Leroy family, who have been involved in the Burgundy wine trade since the founding of Maison Leroy in 1868. Lalou Bize-Leroy inherited the Domaine d’Auvenay with her sister upon the death of their father, Henri Leroy, in 1980. She bought out her sister’s share in 1990 and became the sole owner of the estate situated near Saint-Romain. The core of the vineyard consists mainly of family-owned plots in Meursault and Auxey-Duresses. Between 1989 and 1995, Lalou Bize-Leroy gradually expanded the vineyard by acquiring plots in the Côte de Beaune and the Côte de Nuits. These acquisitions included, in particular, plots in Les Folatières in Puligny-Montrachet, in Criots-Bâtard-Montrachet, in Chevalier-Montrachet, in Bonnes-Mares and in Mazis-Chambertin. The winery was refurbished in 1994. Lalou Bize-Leroy personally oversees the running of the estate and the winemaking decisions, continuing the biodynamic practices applied across her estates.
Mazis-Chambertin
Mazis-Chambertin is a Grand Cru appellation corresponding to a physically demarcated terroir in Gevrey-Chambertin, comprising the lieux-dits Les Mazis-Hauts and Les Mazis-Bas. Located on the foothills on a slight plateau facing east, it extends Clos de Bèze to the north and features a slightly concave topography. Its superficial, carbonate, clayey soils rich in iron oxides overlie a Jurassic marl-limestone substrate ensuring efficient drainage and regulated water supply.
- Vineyard commune
- Gevrey-Chambertin
- Origin of the vineyard name
- The place name "Mazis" evokes dwellings that disappeared in the Middle Ages, a presence corroborated by ashlar stones and fragments of tiles.
- Exposure
- East (levant)
- Slope
- gentle plateau; lower section with a slight slope
- Soil
- Scarcely developed, carbonated, thin, well-draining, clayey soils rich in iron oxides.
- Subsoil and geology
- Hard limestones and Bajocian marly level; Bathonian frost-susceptible limestone in the upper section, beneath scree deposits, clays, and red silts.
Le domaine dans cette parcelle
- Estate holding in the vineyard (ha)
- 0.260000 ha
- Vineyard holding status
- owner
Histoire de la parcelle
The reputation of the climat is attested in the 18th century: Abbot Courtépée cited the "Mazy" among the renowned climats in 1774. In 1855, Doctor Lavalle distinguished the upper part as "1ère cuvée" and the lower part as "2ème cuvée". A judgment by the Dijon tribunal in 1931 recognized the Mazis-Chambertin appellation of origin and established its boundaries; the AOC was subsequently recognized by decree on July 31, 1937.
