Bonnes-Mares Grand Cru

Score

93-95+

"Wafting from the glass with a beautiful bouquet of cherries, raspberries, cinnamon and potpourri, Mortet's 2018 Bonnes-Mares Grand Cru is medium to full-bodied, elegant and beautifully complete, its velvety attack segueing into a lively and concentrated mid-palate, concluding with a long and perfumed finish. I suspect it will be even better after another winter in barrel."

Score

95-97

"The 2018 Bonnes-Mares Grand Cru includes 30% whole bunch with 80% new oak. It has a backward, bashful bouquet that gradually opens to reveal blackberry, boysenberry and light cassis aromas and wonderful mineralité and focus. The palate is medium-bodied with crunchy red currant and cranberry fruit on the entry. Linear for a Bonnes-Mares, with outstanding tension and energy on the finish. Stunning."

Score

97

"Comparatively recently acquired from Domaine Newman, this remarkable Bonnes Mares holding is divided into two parcels. It wasn't easy to make something this well balanced in 2018 in the Grand Cru, but Arnaud Mortet has done it in his stride. Elegant, sappy and showing the effortless concentration of well-established old vines, this has added freshness and forest floor notes from 70% whole bunches."