1990 Henri Bonneau - Chateauneuf du Pape Cuvee Marie Beurrier
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If you can't find Bonneau's 1990 Chateauneuf du Pape Cuvee des Celestins, don't despair. The 1990 Chateauneuf du Pape Cuvee Marie Beurrier is nearly as profound. Bonneau feels it is lighter than his Celestins, but in Bonneau's vocabulary, "light" means "massive!" This huge, concentrated wine possesses much of the same character as the 1990 Celestins, but it is slightly less tannic and powerful. However, it is unquestionably a wine of extraordinary size and enormous extract and richness. It should drink well for 20+ years. Long live Henri Bonneau! Importer: Alain Junguenet, Wines of France, Mountainside, NJ; Tel. (908) 654-6173
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Considerable development but deeper than the Beaucastel. Rich, high toned, actually integrated nose. Prunes. Almost cooked. Treacle. Very old fashioned but beguiling. Masses of alcohol! Enormous. Seems readier than the Beaucastel. Though lots of tannin underneath. (JR)
If you can't find Bonneau's 1990 Chateauneuf du Pape Cuvee des Celestins, don't despair. The 1990 Chateauneuf du Pape Cuvee Marie Beurrier is nearly as profound. Bonneau feels it is lighter than his Celestins, but in Bonneau's vocabulary, "light" means "massive!" This huge, concentrated wine possesses much of the same character as the 1990 Celestins, but it is slightly less tannic and powerful. However, it is unquestionably a wine of extraordinary size and enormous extract and richness. It should drink well for 20+ years. Long live Henri Bonneau! Importer: Alain Junguenet, Wines of France, Mountainside, NJ; Tel. (908) 654-6173
About the producer
This very old-school property makes the most unique Châteauneuf-du-Pape. The wines are fantastically complex and Boneauu made it as it would have been produced 100 years ago in the commune, using methods that familiar to any of the 11 generations of vignerons in his family who preceded him.