Mark Haisma Morey St Denis 1C Les Chaffots 2017
- Vintage
- 2017
- Country
- France
- Region
- Burgundy,Cote de Nuits
- Size
- 750ml
- Grape
- Pinot Noir
Nose a smoky-dark thing, of rocky minerals with a suspicion of mint. Nutty, too. Palate is tasty, serious and structured. Fruit is blue and black and, within, one finds the super-fine, quite assertive tannin. A very long and fresh thing. A thing of class and precision. Bowes Wine original note "This has wonderful archetypal Morey perfume: peppery and lightly floral (more peony than roses) and crushed rocks. Fragrant and refined. Not showy. Then that peppery quality on the palate and the gentle scent and finest of tannins. It's both sober and scented. A beauty." Julia Harding MW
Mark Haisma was, for a decade, winemaker at Yarra Yerring with the late Dr Bailey Carrodus. Now he’s making his own wine, acting as one of a new breed of micronegociants in Burgundy. Mark buys grapes and makes wine from them in rented space in a cellar in Gevrey Chambertin (Pierre Naigeon’s).
It’s a model that a number of passionate young winemakers are following. In Burgundy, vineyard prices are totally crazy—and that’s when you can get your hands on decent patches of vineyard, which hardly ever come on the market. This makes it pretty much impossible to start out in the region. But if you are reasonably well connected, you might be lucky enough to purchase decent grapes, and Mark has lived in the region since 2009.
He sells direct to customers through his website.