Robert Groffier Bonnes Mares Grand Cru (750ML)
From Bonnes-Mares
| Vintage: | 2018 |
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| Description: | 98 De / 94 Jm / 94 Ws / 93-95 Vm. The Groffiers 1ha vineyard is at the Morey-St-Denis end of the Grand Cru, but still in Chambolle-Musigny on a mixture of mostly red with around 25% white soils. This is a wine that seduces rather than overpowers you, showing considerable elegance and grace in a year when Bonnes Mares produced some extremely well-upholstered wines. Fresh, balanced and very fine, it's an infusion rather than an extraction. Delicious.-Tim Atkin Mw, Decanter. Bright magenta. The nose initially tends to the pruny without overstatement. Better on the palate with a sweet fruit fleshing out the second half of the wine. Good length, there is something here to build on. Drink from 2030. Tasted: September 2022.-Jasper Morris, Inside Burgundy. Aromas and flavors of sandalwood, woodsy underbrush, smoke, spicy cherry, currant and iron mark this supple red. It's linear and taut, with a dense matrix of tannins lining the long, spicy finish. Best from 2024 through 2045. 20 cases imported.-Bruce Sanderson, Wine Spectator. The 2018 Bonnes-Mares Grand Cru is raised in 25% new oak and is almost entirely made from whole bunches. That stem addition gently guides the aromatics here, imparting a subtle pepperiness and earthiness that combines deftly with the vivid black fruit; perhaps there is less blue fruit here compared to other Bonnes-Mares this vintage. The palate is well balanced with supple tannins and a fine bead of acidity, reminiscent of de Vogüé in some ways. The slightly confit finish manages to retain impressive freshness. It is missing a little persistence, but otherwise this is a fine, quite delicious Bonnes-Mares. -- Neal Martin, Vinous Media |
| Price: | $ 599.89 |
| Price in original currency: | None |
Available from Grand Vin Wine Merchants
| Address: |
1003 4th Avenue East Olympia, WA 98506 United States |
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| Telephone (regular): | 360-350-4896 |
First added to 1000 Corks on August 18, 2024.
