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Dark ruby-red. Big, rich nose combines blackberry, blueberry, raspberry and chocolate, with its very ripe qualities leavened by a floral element. Very rich, fine-grained and harmonious in the mouth, showing good floral lift to its flavors of dark berries and tropical dark chocolate. This very plush, dense Bonnes-Mares conveys building sucrosité as it opens in the glass yet manages to avoid coming off as heavy. Finishes with building, slightly granular tannins that call for aging, even if the wine could probably be enjoyed today with aeration and the right robust dishes.
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Allen Meadows, Burghound
Neal Martin
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There are around 600 bottles of the 2015 Bonnes-Mares Grand Cru. It has wonderful transparency and delineation on the nose despite the intensity of the fruit: wonderful mineralité and precision, as if somebody has crumbled some rocks into the wine! The palate is extremely well balanced and poised, intense with a small flotilla of black fruit, yet the acidity cuts through the substance of this wine with effortless ease. There is outstanding penetration and finesse on the finish. This is superb.
(from a .123 ha of 80+ year old vines situated mostly in terres blanches; about 600 bottles are produced each year). Here the nose blends notes of both red and dark currant with those of earth, spice and lilac. The textured, lush and seductive big-bodied flavors possess ample mid-palate concentration before terminating in a muscular and powerful finish where a hint of bitter cherry arises. This is a big Bonnes Mares that should age effortlessly. Dec 2016, www.burghound.com
There are around 600 bottles of the 2015 Bonnes-Mares Grand Cru. It has wonderful transparency and delineation on the nose despite the intensity of the fruit: wonderful mineralité and precision, as if somebody has crumbled some rocks into the wine! The palate is extremely well balanced and poised, intense with a small flotilla of black fruit, yet the acidity cuts through the substance of this wine with effortless ease. There is outstanding penetration and finesse on the finish. This is superb. Dec 2016, www.robertparker.com, Drink: 2020-2045