{"title":"Le Mazel","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"mazel-larmande","title":"Cuvée Larmande 2023","description":"\u003cp _msttexthash=\"31432505\" _msthash=\"904\"\u003eFull of delicious, dark blackcurrant fruit, this is 100% Syrah given a twelve-day, whole-bunch carbonic maceration before being pressed back into tank. This had completed fermentation 7 months later and was bottled with no additions in spring 2023.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp _msttexthash=\"65792571\" _msthash=\"903\"\u003eAnother lifted and vibrant expression of the varietal. Nicely fruit-forward this vintage, the palate is all salty black olive and blackcurrant, with some saline, savoury bitters and the line of acidity is taut with energetic vim. Mazel never fail to surprise and this is a seriously approachable vintage of Larmande, drinking so well now, with a long life ahead.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Le Mazel","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45153460977894,"sku":"WAY-MAZ-LARM-23","price":23.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/8259\/2742\/files\/MazelLarmandeJuly24.jpg?v=1720091468"},{"product_id":"mazel-larmande-magnum","title":"Cuvée Larmande 2023 MAGNUM","description":"\u003cp _msttexthash=\"35910784\" _msthash=\"904\"\u003eMagnum bottling. Full of delicious, dark blackcurrant fruit, this is 100% Syrah given a twelve-day, whole-bunch carbonic maceration before being pressed back into tank. This had completed fermentation 7 months later and was bottled with no additions in spring 2023.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp _msttexthash=\"65792571\" _msthash=\"903\"\u003eAnother lifted and vibrant expression of the varietal. Nicely fruit-forward this vintage, the palate is all salty black olive and blackcurrant, with some saline, savoury bitters and the line of acidity is taut with energetic vim. Mazel never fail to surprise and this is a seriously approachable vintage of Larmande, drinking so well now, with a long life ahead.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Le Mazel","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45153485029606,"sku":"WAY-MAZ-LARM-23-MAG","price":51.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/8259\/2742\/files\/MazelLarmandeMagnum.jpg?v=1720091546"},{"product_id":"cuvee-larmande-2011","title":"Cuvée Larmande 2011","description":"\u003cp\u003eThose who have had the experience know that, whilst humbly priced, Mazel wines age with aplomb. We're happy to offer a small quantity of the above Syrah cuvee with well over a decade under its belt. Here we start to see the youthful fruit fall away into something more chiseled and defined.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs with more recent vintages Larmande is 100% Syrah, fermented in carbonic maceration as whole bunches. The main point of intrigue here is that 2011 marks the final vintage that the wine would be transferred from steel tanks with a portion left to rest in old oak for a couple of years. Developed flavours are now appearing in the wine, but the captivating thing is that the taut acids do not seem to have dropped a notch. This is a wonderful example of the potential these wines hold. To drink now, with experience telling us that it could easily see another decade in the cellar.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Le Mazel","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45362917507302,"sku":"WAY-MAZ-LAMA11","price":42.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/8259\/2742\/files\/MazelLarmandeJuly24_6f49bc14-91be-401b-99c7-4e34ecf161ed.jpg?v=1729159324"},{"product_id":"le-mazel-cuvee-charbonnieres-2022","title":"Cuvée Charbonniéres 2022","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhilst we've been enjoying some of the drier expressions of Mazel whites in recent vintages, here we hark back to the wild, vinous Chardonnay of 2022, a wine bottled under a crown cap with residual sugar remaining, invigorating the palate as a a fine Lambic beer might, rather than a typical wine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhilst having the obvious potential to drink alongside cheeses or sweeter dishes, the Oustrics prefer to open this ice cold as a bracing aperitif; its sweet\/sour trade off certain to lift and energise. Sweet sherbet lemon is offset by a tart, raw citrus acidity and a prickly spritz bubbling beneath the surface. A welcome companion to fiery aromatic Asian dishes and most certainly one for the true Mazel heads.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Chardonnay was directly pressed into stainless steel where it began a long and slow spontaneous fermentation that took place over the course of almost two years without completing. It was bottled in 2024 with no additions at any stage.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Le Mazel","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55756076876158,"sku":"WAY-MAZ-CHARB-22","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/8259\/2742\/products\/LEMAZELCUVEECHARBONNIERES12_2018ED.jpg?v=1658594630"},{"product_id":"le-mazel-cuvee-paulou-2024","title":"Cuvée Paulou 2024","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe second vintage of the Oustric’s latest cuvée to the ranks, which is sure to delight just as much as it did upon its debut. From vines much younger than the other long-established reds of the domaine, it is a recent planting of Cinsault that transmits vigour and youthful energy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePut through the usual carbo treatment for 10 days as whole bunches, it shows an attractive vivid ruby in the glass and aromas give off those dusty dry spices so typical of the grape. Crackling with a bright, nervy energy, the fruits have a pleasing balance of tart raspberry and plum. There is something iron-rich and bloody at its core and the mineral imprint of the limestone can be felt distinctly in the finish. Reflecting a cooler vintage, a lower finished alcohol keeps things incredibly breezy and bright. A wine we would happily drink forevermore...\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Le Mazel","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55756109185406,"sku":"WAY-MAZ-PAULOU-24","price":22.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/8259\/2742\/files\/Le_Mazel_Cuvee_Paulou.jpg?v=1750851041"},{"product_id":"le-mazel-cuvee-raoul-2002","title":"Cuvée Raoul 2002","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn utterly thrilling wine and the epitome of the beguiling, almost unfathomable potential that these humble-in-youth wines have to age. 100% Carignan, now with over two decades in the bottle, it has slowly transformed into something quite astonishing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA good friend of ours once remarked \"It's like Mazel wines are meant to be old\" - it makes a lot of sense when you get the chance to see how they evolve. There's something about the way the generous, youthful fruitiness falls away to reveal an impressively chiselled framework that has formed under the surface. And whilst certain Mazel vintages can be a little wild and unruly in their early years, this is giving nothing short of classic, old school Rhône.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWines from this era still began as whole bunch carbonic, but after fermentation were aged for two years in old oak, something the Oustrics do not do these days. Absolutely no additions at any stage, as always. The way the barrel notes now fully mesh with the developed qualities of the wine is pure harmony. A keen wire of acid cuts it all through, providing all the signs the contents of this bottle are still well and truly alive. A revelation!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Le Mazel","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55756115345790,"sku":"WAY-MAZ-RAOUL-2002","price":79.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/8259\/2742\/files\/MazelRaouljuly24.jpg?v=1720088910"},{"product_id":"le-mazel-mazel-roz","title":"MazelRoz 2024","description":"\u003cp\u003eSomething of a curiosity from the Mazel cellar; an unusual demi-sec rosé that isn't made every year. From a direct-pressing of Syrah and Grenache, with a small percentage of macerated Merlot, the wine was fermented in tank and bottled under crown cap before the sugars had completely fermented, 8 months later.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn counterpoint to the compote-like fruits is a twang of balsamic acid - the trademark volatility that here helps with a neat, sweet\/sour tightrope balance. Plum, beetroot, pomegranate, tomato... lots of atypical descriptors making for a truly unique wine that is certainly not for everyone, but fans of Mazel's more challenging output will surely rejoice!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Le Mazel","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55879044137342,"sku":"WAY-MAZEL-ROZ-24","price":23.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/8259\/2742\/files\/Le_Mazel_Mazelroz_2024.jpg?v=1759142391"},{"product_id":"le-mazel-cuvee-raoul-2024","title":"Cuvée Raoul 2024","description":"\u003cp\u003eVivid ruby Carignan and another delightfully bright, luminous vintage, already drinking superbly in its youth. Fruit is freshly crushed black and red cherry with a herbal lilt of wild fennel garrigue and light balsamic twang, towards a lovely sense of limestone minerals in the finish. Of all the Mazel cuvées, Raoul feels to shift in appearance more noticeably from year to year - 2024 is what we'd describe as a classic vintage; dry, fruit-driven and with an unmistakable energy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom 50 year-old vines planted over limestone and clay, the grapes undergo a ten-day carbonic maceration before being slowly pressed into steel to rest until the following spring before bottling with no additions.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Le Mazel","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56295302463870,"sku":"WAY-MAZ-RAOUL-24","price":23.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/8259\/2742\/files\/MazelRaouljuly24.jpg?v=1720088910"},{"product_id":"mazel-cuvee-paulou-magnum","title":"Cuvée Paulou 2024 MAGNUM","description":"\u003cp\u003eA magnum bottling of the second vintage of the Oustric’s latest cuvée to the ranks, which is sure to delight just as much as it did upon its debut. From vines much younger than the other long-established reds of the domaine, it is a recent planting of Cinsault that transmits vigour and youthful energy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePut through the usual carbo treatment for 10 days as whole bunches, it shows an attractive vivid ruby in the glass and aromas give off those dusty dry spices so typical of the grape. Crackling with a bright, nervy energy, the fruits have a pleasing balance of tart raspberry and plum. There is something iron-rich and bloody at its core and the mineral imprint of the limestone can be felt distinctly in the finish. Reflecting a cooler vintage, a lower finished alcohol keeps things incredibly breezy and bright. A wine we would happily drink forevermore...\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Le Mazel","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56580581261694,"sku":"WAY-MAZ-PAULOU-MAG","price":49.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/8259\/2742\/files\/Le_Mazel_Paulou_Magnum_2023.jpg?v=1763463267"},{"product_id":"mazel-cuvee-les-leches-magnum","title":"Cuvée Les Lèches 2024 MAGNUM","description":"\u003cp\u003eMagnum bottling! Ripe and textural with layers of stone fruits, savoury herbs and a bright mineral backbone from the limestone. Honeyed and nectar-like, with rich aromatics of bay, chamomile, melon and pear. There is an oily, mouth-coating quality with some great attack and verve as the wine passes through into a lovely electric oyster shell salinity in the finish. A nourishing country wine with plenty of Mazel soul.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe return of an old cuvée - Les Lèches was originally made using a parcel of vines that Gérald sold to neighbouring vigneron Sylvain Bock when he started out. Having planted more Grenache Blanc that has come to maturity, the wine was reborn in 2023. Roughly half of this young fruit and half Sauvignon Blanc, minus the textbook tasting notes of that varietal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe grapes are slowly pressed into steel for the juice to co-ferment. As opposed to the long, slow 24-month process of past vintages, the fermentation was fast and had completed by the spring, so Gérald elected to bottle with no additions in April 2025 - something he is experimenting with more frequently as the behaviour of the yeasts appears to be changing along with the climate of the south.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Le Mazel","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56590689501566,"sku":"WAY-MAZ-LECHES-MAG-24","price":52.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/8259\/2742\/files\/Le_Mazel_Cuvee_Les_Leches_Magnum.jpg?v=1764083869"},{"product_id":"mazel-cuvee-briand-magnum","title":"Cuvée Briand 2024 MAGNUM","description":"\u003cp\u003eMagnum bottling! A perfectly nourishing, Ardéchoise expression of Grenache that we'd happily drink day after day. 2024 sees an abundance of blackcurrant fruit right upfront, giving way to those typically herb-flecked notes of liquorice root, fennel and clove. The acidity gives some welcome, angular attack, and as the generous fruits fall back it reveals a mineral undertow of charcoal and stone, something we've found to become more pronounced in recent years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt continues the run of form of wines from the last couple of vintages with their propensity for youthful drinking. To us, it is in many ways the perfect bistro wine – affordable enough to put on the table without to much fanfare, yet quietly overperforming and drinking well with just about anything you care to pair it with. A bottle to reach for time and again.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs with all of Gerald’s red wines, the grapes go into tank as whole bunches to go through carbonic maceration, then are gently pressed ten days later. After a relatively short rest, the wine was then bottled in April 2025 with strictly no additions at any stage.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Le Mazel","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56590783578494,"sku":"WAY-MAZ-BRIAND-MAG-24","price":51.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/8259\/2742\/files\/Le_Maze_Cuvee_Briand_Magnum_2024.jpg?v=1765560756"}],"url":"https:\/\/waywardwines.co.uk\/collections\/le-mazel\/style-ageworthy.oembed","provider":"Wayward Wines","version":"1.0","type":"link"}