Morey-Saint-Denis Premier Cru, Les Chaffots, Mark Haisma, 2014

Mark Haisma continues to impress with his dedication and commitment to sourcing and nurturing excellent parcels of vines from the growers he works with.

An Antipodean ex-pat, formerly winemaker at Yarra Yering – Mark is a rare example of an outsider managing to work his way into Burgundy’s notoriously closed circle, but who has been accepted by dint of diligence and tenacity. A number of growers now trust him sufficiently to give him just enough fruit – or rather, the opportunity to choose and work personally on specific micro-parcels of their vines, from pruning through to harvest.

An engaging host (“it takes many litres of beer to make one litre of wine”), he shows you can take the winemaker out of Australia but…
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