Château Bonalgue

Château Bonalgue, Pomerol, 2023

Name: Château Bonalgue, Pomerol
Brand: Château Bonalgue
Price: 131 GBP

93/100

Inside Bordeaux

90-92/100

The Wine Independent

89-91/100

Vinous

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2023
6x75cl
EP
£131.00

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GUARANTEED PROVENANCE

Provenance in fine wine

When it comes to purchasing wine, provenance is of upmost importance. A wine’s history – where it’s sourced from and how it’s been stored – can have an enormous influence on the eventual enjoyment it provides. At Justerini & Brooks, we can trace nearly every case back to the domaine, estate or Château it originally came from; we ship from over 200 wine producers throughout the world.

Wines not bought directly from the vineyard are either sourced from trusted suppliers, with whom we share the same philosophy and rigour in buying, or from our own network of Cellarers customers. These customers’ wines are stored in optimal conditions in Octavian Corsham and, in the vast majority of cases, have been stored by us since the wine was first shipped. We do not purchase wine from auctions.

We feel it is equally important to for our customers that the case they buy and leave in storage with us is exactly the same case they subsequently have delivered. This may sound obvious and straightforward, yet we are one of very few merchants to have taken measures to ensure this.

We have created a system where every case is independent, thereby ensuring a trail of ownership and peace of mind for every customer.

The Journey

Justerinis ensures that every case of wine stored with Cellarers (Wines) Ltd has a unique identifier and customer’s name, almost unheard of in the industry as it is expensive to administer. These details are printed and placed on every case which is logged and recorded under your account name and kept in the world’s most renowned storage facility, Octavian Corsham.

This information is sent from our systems to the warehouse every day to ensure the trail of ownership is verified and upheld.

While customer reserves are stored in Corsham, our physical stocks are kept in Hoddesdon, further providing a geographical separation between customers’ wines with Cellarers and Justerinis’ own stock.

Further Reassurance

Cellarers (Wines) Ltd is a legally separate limited company from Justerini & Brooks which currently holds approximately £450 million worth of customer reserves. It is fully insured to catastrophic loss. Many merchants will state that wine in their care is fully insured, but in reality this is on an individual case basis with insufficient cover for total loss as this is prohibitively expensive. The cover provided by Octavian and Justerini & Brooks is unmatched.

Cellarers (Wines) Ltd is audited by PwC every year.

Critic Reviews

90-92/100

Lisa Perrotti-Brown,

The Wine Independent

Bonalgue is a property of 9 ha with three terroirs: gravelly, clay, and sand. The 2023 is a blend of 94% Merlot and 6% Cabernet Franc and it has a deep garnet-purple color. It flies out of the glass with energetic scents of fresh redcurrants, juicy raspberries, and blackberries, giving way to underlying suggestions of wild thyme and Sichuan pepper. Medium-bodied, the palate is racy and taut, with lightly chewy tannins and a lifted finish.

drinking window 2028 - 2042

date of review 05/2024

93/100

Jane Anson,

Inside Bordeaux

Highly perfumed nose, this kicks off with spiced plum followed by fresh blackberry fruits, nothing too intense on the palate, well-judged balance in terms of structured tannins and acidity, gorgeous freshness overall, juicy finish. Harvest September 4 to October 2. 3.55ph, 45% new oak.

drinking window 2028 - 2040

date of review 04/2024

89-91/100

Neal Martin,

Vinous

The 2023 Bonalgue suffered more mildew pressure than its stablemate, Clos du Clocher. The yield had to be carefully managed. Picked from September 4 to October 2, it has a pastille-like purity on the nose with notes of blackcurrant and strawberry. The palate is medium-bodied with sapid black fruit laced with graphite. Linear in style with a strict finish, it will require four to five years in bottle just to shave its edges. Fine.

drinking window 2028 - 2042

date of review 04/2024

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Merlot Cabernet Franc

abv:

13.5%

allergen information

This product may contain sulphites. Full allergen information is available upon request, please call our Customer Relations Team on +44 (0)20 7484 6430.