Red Wine from Bonnes Mares

Jancis Robinson's Purple Pages, 95 points: From the south-east corner so all terres rouges. Pungent and concentrated. Lots of ‘minerality’. Masses of bumptious, almost gamey, fruit. Not massive in terms of alcohol but massive in terms of flavour. Great freshness –...

Burghound, 95 points: (BH92-95 points) Once again reduction prevents a proper evaluation of the aromas. Otherwise there is good freshness to the big, bold and overtly powerful broad-shouldered flavors that brim with both dry extract and...

Burghound, 95 points: (BH93-95 points) This is very generously wooded, indeed so much so that either the sample was pulled from a new barrel or this isn't really consistent with the Drouhin style. While the wood is indeed quite pronounced it...

Wine Spectator, 94 points: This starts out with pure cherry, raspberry and floral flavors, which quickly give way to the tight tannic structure. I like the way the fruit and structure intermingle on the long aftertaste, so be patient here and you...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC, 97 points: (ST94-97 points) Medium red. Aromas of smoky, earthy wild herbs, dried flowers and mocha, with fruit in the background today. Like liquid silk in the mouth, but energized by strong minerality and a peppery, herbal...

Antonio Galloni's Vinous, 95 points: (ST93-95 points) Medium red. Deep, brooding aromas of dark berries, brown spices and earth. Extremely introverted on the palate, with strong saline soil tones currently overshadowing the wine's fruit. This finished its...

Antonio Galloni's Vinous, 94 points: Moderately saturated medium red. Highly nuanced scents of red cherry, raspberry, flowers and underbrush. At once silky and penetrating, showing a positive medicinal aspect to its flavors of red berries, flowers and spicy...

Burghound, 95 points: (BH92-95 points) Once again there is ample menthol character to the overtly spicy aromas of plum liqueur and violet. The impressively rich and broad-shouldered flavors also possess outstanding mid-palate concentration...

Antonio Galloni's Vinous, 92 points: Deep red-ruby. Wild blueberry, blackberry, licorice and herbs on the nose, with piquant accents of black pepper and violet building with air. Dense, juicy and youthfully imploded, with dark berry flavors complicated by...