On another level, with terrific intensity and freshness to the rose, cherry jam, mineral and spice aromas and flavors. Concentrated but not extracted, supple and dense, this remains lively and complex on the palate-coating aftertaste. Full of energy. Best from 2022 through 2045. From France. — B.S.

(WA93-95 points) The 2014 Bonnes-Mares Grand Cru is the same élevage as the les Sentiers, both picked on the same day, with 80% whole bunch fruit and 50% new oak. It has a quintessential Bonnes-Mares bouquet with small dark cherries, red plum, crème de cassis scents billowing from the glass, the oak nicely integrated here. The palate is medium-bodied with succulent black and red fruit, a touch of graphite in the background, very nicely focused with a long and very satisfying, sorbet-fresh finish that lingers long in the mouth. This is a Bonnes-Mares that will inevitably beg to be drunk until it is empty. - Neal Martin