(93-97 points) The domaine has one plot in a spot they call Paradis – a real oven. This is picked apart and during vinification it seemed over-ripe and pruny, but it has freshened up since. Nonetheless this part on its own is not balanced – rough tannins alongside fully-ripe fruit. However the main cuvée is a much better prospect. It is still really ripe but much better balanced, offering sweet ripe dark red fruit with plenty of tannins, but well integrated. There is plenty of stuffing her

The 2017 Bonnes-Mares Grand Cru has a lifted, perfumed and quite floral bouquet of brambly red fruit infused with wilted rose petal and a touch of blood orange. Gorgeous! The palate is medium-bodied with fine structure, a killer line of acidity and perhaps some discreet stem addition, as it is overtly peppery toward the finish. Plenty of freshness and quite linear. Classic Burgundy. Tasted blind at the Burgfest 2017 tasting. -- Neal Martin