🏰From one of Burgundy's most revered estates, the 2013 Christophe Roumier Charmes-Chambertin Aux Mazoyeres Grand Cru is a highly allocated and collectible Pinot Noir, 【showcasing Roumier's signature purity and precision with a promise of long-term aging】. Christophe Roumier compared his 2013s to his 1995s, noting they possess more strength and are built for longer aging than the lighter, more immediate 2014s. The vintage saw a lot of millerandage, resulting in wines with significant skin tannins. This Grand Cru Pinot Noir offers a pure fruit expression, floral elegance, and subtle earthiness, with fine-grained tannins. While currently quite closed, acidic, and tannic, it displays a notable finesse on the mid-palate, with the usual size, weight, intensity, and muscle expected from this wine. It reveals a lovely bead of minerality on the firm finish, where a more typical rusticity appears, being borderline chewy. The nose, when it opens, can boast depth with notes of red fruit (raspberry, red currant), flowers (peony, rose, violet), and a delicate hint of oak, evolving over time to more animal and spicy aromas. This wine requires significant cellar time to fully resolve, with recommendations for 12 to 15 years of aging from the vintage, and a drinking window suggested from 2022-2032. 🍴 Excellent with roasted poultry, duck (especially duck confit with roasted potatoes), veal, mushroom dishes, or medium-aged cheeses. 🥂 A superb choice for a serious Burgundy tasting, a special anniversary, or as a prized addition to a collector's cellar. Its complexity and aging potential make it a wine to anticipate and savor over many years.