Bonnes Mares, Grand Cru, 2021

Name: Bonnes Mares, Grand Cru
Brand: Robert Groffier
Price: 5896.73 GBP

Available Vintages

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justerini & brooks tasting note

Flowers and red fruits present a very pure bouquet, with invisible whole bunch impact. There’s more flesh here than Amoureuses, with a core of concentrated crystalline fruit and a crisp rudder of typical Bonne Mares mineral structure. Energetic, intense and long but also translucent. Power and poise combined! From 80-year-old vines aged in a maximum of one third new oak. All whole-bunch fermented.

critic reviews

93-95/100Neal Martin,Vinous

The 2021 Bonnes-Mares Grand Cru, which is located 25% on Terres Blanches and 75% on Terres Rouges, is raised in 50% new oak and made with 100% whole bunches. This has a very delineated and pure bouquet. The stems are neatly assimilated; subtle scents of sous-bois and Earl Grey emerge with time. The palate is medium-bodied with fine-grain tannins, taut and fresh, quite saline, like others, maybe missing the usual flamboyance and opulence on the finish, yet that is articulating the style of the growing season. I can see this gaining more weight after its final racking.

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date of review 01/2023