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9.6

The 2020 Bonnes-Mares Grand Cru has a fragrant, perfumed and classier bouquet than Hudelot-Baillet's Bonnes-Mares: well-defined with clever use of stems. Wonderful delineation. The palate is medium-bodied with fine-boned tannins. Lovely symmetry and poise build towards a linear yet intense finish. It will require 4-5 years to subsume the oak, but there is great potential, and it has a sense of statesmanlike class. Tasted blind at the Burgfest tasting. (Neal Martin, Vinous, October 2024)
— 5 days ago

Jason Gelman

9.3

2014. still young, powerful, and very good. — 13 days ago

Ericsson

9.6

This bottle is bound to make any day that much better. It’s young but composed with ample elegance and perfect balance. A true gem, even at this age. — 2 months ago

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.0

2022 vintage. A bit lighter than remembered but still delicious. Rose petals, cherry, touch of dust/earth, white chocolate. 10.16.24. — 18 days ago

Ron Siegel

9.3

This was drinking well showing red & black fruits, earth, savory spices, mineral & violets. — a month ago

Ericsson

9.3

Yes, this is liquid luxury, on a pnp, young, and off vintage (fires). Can’t wait to try one with some years on it. — 2 months ago

Jeff Payne

8.9

Loving this. Very affordable. Dark fruits for a Pinot. Will get it again. — an hour ago

romo

9.3

Worrisome olive gives way to firm transparent Cabernet typicity. Some RS covers real CA beauty. — 23 days ago

DelectableWino

9.0

Light, elegant, a bit floral. Great wine — 2 months ago

Aaron Tan

9.1

Not part of our little “Vosne-side of NSG” blind shootout, but it might as well have been. Opened earlier during dinner as a blind, I thought it looked very NSG. Why I had it there was mostly down to the elimination process in our blind options. Right on I was, but had it younger.

Very dark fruited on the nose, along with earthy, spicy notes and hints of dark chocolate and moss. The palate was quite pure and elegant, with grippy tannins and an earthy, lightly mineral (which didn’t seem to grow with air) finish. When drank side-by-side with the pair of 19’ NSG during dinner, it didn’t quite have the depth not intensity of the two. It certainly wasn’t as bombastic as the MG, nor had the obvious “goût de terrior” notes of the Grivot, but had a certain elegance I liked. — 3 months ago