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The 2021 Bonnes-Mares Grand Cru has a satisfying bouquet with beautifully defined red fruit, potpourri, orange zest and crushed limestone. The palate leaves a few questions to be answered however. It is light-bodied, a little skeletal, which is something you never expect from this habitually opulent Grand Cru. This slightly tapers towards its strict finish, as if the wine had been rationed by the 2021 growing season, dropping away rather rapidly. I must be parsimonious with my score because it is lapped by Mugnier's Premier Crus.
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Matthew Hayes, jancisrobinson.com
Neal Martin
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The 2021 Bonnes-Mares Grand Cru is more reserved than the Fuées, unwinding in the glass with a deep bouquet of red berries, blood orange, spices, sweet soil tones and smoked duck. Medium to full-bodied, rich and fleshy, it's layered and concentrated, with a deep core of fruit, powdery tannins and a long, sapid finish.
Cask sample. Bright cherry red. Zesty red fruits, red cherry, redcurrants with a little raspberry. It’s lighter than I expect for a Bonnes Mares. Fruit ripe, but not overripe. A very ‘feminine’ Bonnes Mares. (MH)