Bonnes-Mares, Grand Cru, 2023
One of the most svelte Bonnes-Mares there is. The shape is typically thick-set but the tannins are so seamless and curvaceous. Dark berry fruit with red cherry highlights, touches of earth and mineral. Deep, complex, powerful but uplifting. The plots planted on the white marney soils (55%) dominate and influence the style of the final blend more than the 45% on redder soils.
critic reviews
The 2023 Bonnes-Mares Grand Cru is shaping up brilliantly, unfurling in the glass with aromas of cherries and mulberries mingled with blood orange, musky spices and rose petals. Full-bodied, cool and layered, it's rich but mineral, with an enveloping core of fruit, lively acids and sweet, powdery tannins. As ever, this is a broad-shouldered wine, but it remains impeccably balanced.
The 2023 Bonnes-Mares Grand Cru is comprised of four different cuvées this year. Some fruit was declassified and blended with the Bourgogne Rouge. The fermenters were full this vintage. The bouquet has fabulous delineation, with subtle mineral/crushed stone infusing the blackberry and blueberry fruit. The palate is supremely well balanced with wonderful structure and tension from the start. It's classic in style, though it will need a few years to absorb the 75% whole bunch. It will be worth the wait.