2004 Bonnes Mares
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The 2004 Bonnes-Mares Grand Cru offers light, smudged mulberry and decayed leaf scents on a nose that pales against Christophe Roumier’s other vintages. There is something quite Oriental about the aromas, ( hoisin emerges with time) but also the greenness that I remember when I first tasted it from barrel. The palate is medium-bodied with dry tannins. Quite a hollow Bonnes-Mares, to be frank, ending in a severely attenuated and raw finish. Tasted at Sarah Marsh’s 2003/2004 tasting in London.
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Jancis Robinson MW
Jancis Robinson MW
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Dark, reasonably intense ruby. Colour further out to the rim than for most of these 2004s. The nose is not as outstanding as I would have hoped. Still seems rather introvert. And there is a pretty massive palate impact; this does have grand cru depth of fruit but the charge of tannin still seems to dominate it. Acidity is not too great, but those sandy tannins dominate the current tasting experience. Pretty briary and scratchy for now. Rather austere. (JR)
The 2004 Bonnes-Mares Grand Cru has always been a perplexing wine, always stalky and rather green on the nose. The undergrowth scent is potent here and one wonders if it achieved full ripeness (or is it those "lady-bugs" that spoiled the wine in the winery). Likewise, the palate is a bit green and gawky, although with aeration it does improve and either that greenness ebbs away or I am inured to it! I will leave a question mark against my score. Tasted at a private dinner in Beaune.
About the producer
Based in Chambolle-Musigny, the domaine was established by Georges Roumier in 1924. The domaine started to bottle their own wines in 1945.