New Arrivals
Advanced Search
wine regions
quick links

Bonnes Mares 1995

Chambolle Musigny / Vogue

Excel download

View All Vintages of this Wine

Units Size Case size GBP Price: Quantities Buy
Tasting Notes

Very dense black fruit aromas precede absolute huge, indeed even robust flavors underpinned by big but ripe tannins but they finish somewhat short. In sum, this is a curious wine as it's massive yet seems excessively structured and tight. Perhaps I'm missing the call on this one but I don't like the balance at the moment and the prospects do not appear promising that it will age out of this imbalance. If you own it, I would check in on it around 2005 and see how it's progressing.

Score: 87

Allen Meadows, Burghound Maturity: 2007+ 18 November 1998

Medium-to-dark ruby colored, the spectacularly aromatic Bonnes Mares explodes out of the glass with spiced apples, dark cherries and cola scents. Chewy, powerful, polished and intensely structured, this full-bodied wine is packed with wild berries, plums and red fruits. Drink 2003-2012+. This note is the result of tastings I did in Burgundy between January 7 and January 29. The wine was tasted from cask, not bottle. Pinot Noir, a fragile varietal, reacts poorly to fining, filtration, and careless bottling techniques, I recommend caution when considering buying a red burgundy based on cask samples. I called it as I tasted it, and hope the bottled wine reflects the quality of the samples I was provided.

Score: 91 - 94

Pierre Rovani, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com Maturity: 2003-2012 30 June 1997