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Bonnes Mares 2002 75cl

AOC Grand Cru | Côte de Nuits | Burgundy | France
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Critics scores
97 Robert Parker
Superb scents of spicy candied cherries, perfume, roses, blueberries, and mint can be discerned in the aromatic profile of the sensual 2002 Bonnes Mares. A wine of magnificent breadth, power, focus, and purity of flavors, it gracefully dances across the palate releasing a myriad of super-ripe red fruits. Exceptionally well-balanced, its satin-textured, seamless personality lingers for 40 seconds in the finish, exhibiting additional waves of sweet red cherries. This tour de force should be drunk between 2007 and 2017. <br/><br/>
97 Wine Spectator
A beautiful red, dense and broad, with concentrated black cherry, plum and mineral flavors. Shows an old-vine richness and is backed by a firm structure, with ripe, fine-grained tannins. Fine length. Best from 2012 through 2025. 500 cases made, 100 cases imported. — BS
96 Vinous
The 2002 Bonnes-Mares Grand Cru is a wine that I have met for five years. Examining my previous note, this seems to have meliorated in recent years, displaying outstanding transparency on the nose, more mineralité than the 2002 Les Cras poured alongside (also blind). Perhaps there is a little more black fruit here than I was expecting. The palate is medium-bodied with wonderful structure: filigree tannin, pitch-perfect acidity and superb tension from start to finish. There is a hint of balsamic towards the finish that I remarked upon a few years ago, but overall this is a wonderful Bonnes-Mares that unfurls with each passing moment in the glass. Tasted at the Roumier vertical in Hong Kong.
Producer
Domaine Roumier
One of the great estates in Chambolle-Musigny, Domaine Georges Roumier was founded in 1924 by Georges Roumier. Georges began domaine-bottling in 1945, and this was later carried on by his son, Jean-Marie and later in turn, carried on by his son, Christophe in 1982. Christophe is currently at the helm. Most of the vines are rented from family members (en fermage) while the Ruchottes-Chambertin is on a sharecropping contract (en métayage). The estate produces some of the top appellations, including both Chambolle Grand Crus - Bonnes-Mares and Musigny - as well as two of Chambolle's best Premier Crus - Les Cras and Les Amoureuses. The wines are vinified in wooden vats which are temperature-controlled to better respect the freshness of the fruit. Christophe's goals over the years have been to produce more and more precise wines and he has been succeeding, as they are some of the most refined, polished and sculpted in the region.