Georges Roumier - Bonnes Mares Grand Cru 2002 (750ml)
Price: $4082.00
| Producer | Georges Roumier |
| Country | France |
| Region | Burgundy |
| Subregion | Bonnes Mares |
| Varietal | Pinot Noir |
| Vintage | 2002 |
| Sku | 1358068 |
| Size | 750ml |
Vinous: 96 Points
The 2002 Bonnes-Mares Grand Cru is a wine that I have met for five years. Examining my previous note this seems to have meliorated in recent years displaying outstanding transparency on the nose more mineralité than the 2002 Les Cras poured alongside (also blind). Perhaps there is a little more black fruit here than I was expecting. The palate is medium-bodied with wonderful structure: filigree tannin pitch-perfect acidity and superb tension from start to finish. There is a hint of balsamic towards the finish that I remarked upon a few years ago but overall this is a wonderful Bonnes-Mares that unfurls with each passing moment in the glass. Tasted at the Roumier vertical in Hong Kong.
vBurghound: 95 Points
This is now just starting to display some secondary development with really lovely complexity on the earthy and ripe dark berry fruit and dried floral/spice aromas. There is a beguiling sweetness to the round intense and still somewhat muscular flavors that display a discreet minerality on the wonderfully long mouth coating and enveloping finale. This is a wine of harmony and balance and thanks to the underlying reserve of material should be capable of living for years. I should note that some bottles seem a bit more developed than others and while
Wine Advocate: 93 Points
I have not tasted the 2002 Bonnes-Mares for several years. This bottle has an exquisite delineated bouquet that suggests those precocious dark berry fruits have mellowed and given way to scents of Indian ink and a splash of balsamic. The palate is marked by a fleshy sweet entry and forward slightly aggressive tannins that coalesce with aeration in the glass. There is a touch of hardness toward the finish indicating that it might benefit from another two or three years in bottle. This is a stubborn Bonnes-Mares that has yet to really settle into its groove although that may come in time. Tasted November 2013.
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