Reviews

Don't miss! This is restrained to the point of being borderline inexpressive though aggressive swirling coaxes notes of highly spiced floral, red currant, black cherry and kirsch to reveal themselves. The mouth feel of the strikingly seductive medium weight plus sized flavors is pure silk and satin as the grain of the tannins is ultra-fine. There is also excellent underlying tension and delineation to the understated and harmonious finish that really fans out on the beautifully well-balanced finish. This is a stunner of a wine that should thoroughly reward long-term cellaring.

Don't miss! This is almost exuberantly pinot in basic character with its cool, pure and spicy mix of various red berries combined with a broad array of warm earth and floral nuances. The big-bodied but round and mouth coating flavors are blessed with an abundance of structure-buffering dry extract that imparts a velvety texture to the mid-palate before terminating in a powerful and explosively long finish. Wow, this is very impressive as there is plenty of underlying tension as well as impeccably good balance.

Moderate wood influence frames the ripe and fresh nose that combines crushed red berries, earth, dried rose petal and subtle kirsch and spice hints. There is good power, size and weight to the medium weight plus flavors where once again the underlying tannins are relatively fine grained, all wrapped in a mouth coating, balanced and cool finish that delivers excellent persistence where the wood resurfaces. Note that this will also require 12 to 15 years of cellar time to arrive at its full potential.

An admirably fresh, cool and airy mix of lavender, oak, red berries, cassis, spice, wet stone and discreet game nuances introduce rich, mouth coating and muscular broad-shouldered flavors that possess good delineation and excellent energy. The dusty, balanced and palate coating finish displays seriously good length as well as really lovely depth as well as bit less austerity than usual. A classic Bonnes Mares that should cellar well.

An adroit application of wood frames a strikingly broad ranging nose that features notes of violet, lilac, game, earth, smoke, spice, red currant, cassis and blue berry. The rich, intense and tautly muscular broad-scaled flavors display focused power and plenty of punch though there is less rusticity than is typical thanks to the relatively fine grain of the supporting tannins on the driving finish. This is excellent though note that it will require longer-term cellaring.

A wonderfully fresh nose of ripe red currant, rose petal, wet stone and pungent earth scents precedes round, fleshy and well-concentrated middle weight flavors that possess first-rate intensity on the gorgeously persistent, dusty and mouth coating finish. This is also very well proportioned and should amply reward 10 to 12 years of bottle age. Recommended.

Outstanding. Here the wood treatment is more obvious though still relatively modest as it allows the ripe, earth and appealingly spicy red currant, plum, violet and rose petal aromas to shine. I very much like the mouth feel of the distinctly mineral-tinged medium-bodied flavors that possess outstanding complexity while concluding in a tension-filled and impressively persistent finish. The balance of structural elements is perfect and this should age effortlessly for up to a decade.

An intensely floral and ultra-fresh nose features notes of cool red berries, earth and discreet spice notes. There is more earth and a hint of the sauvage to the humus-inflected, vibrant and attractively textured middle weight flavors that culminate in a moderately austere finish that delivers excellent intensity and very fine persistence. There is a touch of wood that also surfaces but this should be rapidly absorbed.

Outstanding. This is exceptionally fresh, cool and restrained with an absolutely lovely mélange of various red berry fruit aromas that are liberally laced with mineral and sauvage hints. There is good richness but also fine precision to the mineral-driven, delicious and impressively complex flavors that possess plenty of verve and first-rate persistence for a villages level wine. This is stunningly good for what it is and highly recommended.

Outstanding. A really lovely and intensely floral nose offers up notes of lilac, violet and rose petal along with pretty red pinot fruit and subtle earth scents. There is good body and mid-palate density to the rich, round and utterly delicious flavors that possess excellent complexity on the mildly rustic and persistent finish where a touch of wood surfaces. This is a very fine villages and worth a look.