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Healthy, dark red-ruby color. Reticent, youthfully medicinal aromas of purple and black berries, licorice and crushed rock. Then densely packed and surprisingly deep, with its moderately sweet dark fruit flavors framed by sound acidity and firm underlying minerality. But this very youthful grand cru also displays a slightly minty greenness that limits its appeal in the early going. Finishes with more sweetness than the Groseilles but also with a serious dusting of tannins that will require extended cellaring.
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Neal Martin
Tamlyn Currin, jancisrobinson.com
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Not yet bottled. Milky soft red-fruit nose, almost mocha. Looser than the Clos de la Roche, warmer and more gravel tasting. Plum conserve and some green streaks and cedar spice. Long and clenched, really latches on and won't let go. Tiny bit of bitterness but the fruit is so good that it only adds another dimension. (TC)
The 2015 Bonnes-Mares Grand Cru has an uncharacteristically reserved bouquet, although there is plenty of blackberry and blueberry fruit tied up here, hints of fresh dates and fig. The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannin, though there is a very good structure here. What it is just missing is the sophistication and nuance of the Chambolle Amoureuses on the finish that does not quite deliver the same persistence. Perhaps this is holding something back for the future?