Mark Haisma Gevrey Chambertin 2017
- Vintage
- 2017
- Country
- France
- Region
- Burgundy,Cote de Nuits
- Size
- 750ml
- Grape
- Pinot Noir
The nose here is rich and pure and dark, a touch smoky and there's that hint of bacon fat again. Fruit is celestial plums and cherries. There's a touch of creaminess about the palate that makes one think "old vines". Fruit is dark and wild. And the fine and nutty, integrated tannins become incisive. A fresh wine, very long, having an exceptionally busy death. Most impressive. Bowes Wine original notes
"Sweet little wild berries and a herby cedar note...Velvet texture and cool, dry finish. Mouth-watering." 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.