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The 2017 Bonnes-Mares Grand Cru has a generous bouquet, the discreet stem addition lending an attractive leafiness that complements the brambly red fruit. More undergrowth scents emerge with time. The palate is silky-smooth on the entry, very plush but controlled, and despite the opulence, terroir floods through this Bonnes-Mares, which fans out wonderfully on the finish. This is an impressive showing and one of the best from the domaine this vintage. A long-term prospect. Tasted blind at the Burgfest 2017 tasting.
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The 2017 Bonnes-Mares Grand Cru contains 100% whole bunches this year, matured in around 25% new oak. It has an attractive, tightly knit bouquet of blackberry, bilberry and light briny scents, quite Morey-Saint-Denis-like in style. The palate is structured and (for a Bonnes-Mares) quite strict and grippy. Firm and stoic toward the finish, this is a Bonnes-Mares that will certainly require five or six years in bottle.
About the producer
Based south of Nuits-Saint-Georges in Prémeaux-Prissey, Domaine de la Vougeraie was created in 1999, grouping all of Jean-Claude Boisset’s holdings under one name. The property has a total 40 hectares of vines, with extensive holdings in Vougeot as well as plots in six Grands Crus.