The Groffiers 1ha vineyard is at the Morey-St-Denis end of the Grand Cru, but still in Chambolle-Musigny on a mixture of mostly red with around 25% white soils. This is a wine that seduces rather than overpowers you, showing considerable elegance and grace in a year when Bonnes Mares produced some extremely well-upholstered wines. Fresh, balanced and very fine, it's an infusion rather than an extraction. Delicious.

(93-95 points) 100% whole bunch and 50% new wood. Glowing purple. Unlike the Sentiers, here the whole bunch style leaps out of the glass, along with a succulent deep red fruit. Ready for bottling. Sweet raspberry wouldn’t mind a little bit more precision, but will be a crowd pleaser. Good length though.

Aromas and flavors of sandalwood, woodsy underbrush, smoke, spicy cherry, currant and iron mark this supple red. It's linear and taut, with a dense matrix of tannins lining the long, spicy finish. Best from 2024 through 2045. 20 cases imported. — BS

The 2018 Bonnes-Mares Grand Cru feels a little disjointed on the nose, brambly red fruit, quite earthy, just a touch of reduction here. The palate is medium-bodied with chewy tannins, quite solid and dense, initially hemmed in but it responds positively with aeration and develops some lovely earthy red fruit towards its structured finish. It should meld together with bottle age, so give it three or four years in bottle. Tasted blind at the Burgfest 2018 red tasting. -- Neal Martin